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Judd Weighs Senate Bid as McConnell Does Harlem Shake

Actress Ashley Judd is “seriously considering” running for Senate, according to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. Beshear, a Democrat, spoke with Judd on the phone last week about her potential Senate bid which would pit her again Republican rival and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “I...

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Photos: Wicked Winter Weather

Wicked Winter Weather

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Arias Jury Has 100 Questions to Ask the Defendant

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'Snowquester' Hits the Northeast

The winter storm that hit the Midwest Tuesday and cancelled hundreds of flights in its wake is moving east, prompting a shutdown of federal offices in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. Schools are closed today in the Washington, D.C, and Baltimore areas.

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Watch: Man Loses 300 Pounds After Major Lifestyle Change

Brian Beck was able to shed more than half his body weight after previous surgery, diets failed to keep weight off.

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Photos: First Photos of Pope Emeritus

Pope Benedict XVI's Final Day

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Jamming Device Readied for Pope Vote

The Vatican prepared the Sistine Chapel today for the election of a new pope by installing electronic jamming devices, floorboards to protect the historic chapel's marble floors and the stove that will eventually send up white smoke signals announcing the new pope's election.

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Kate Upton's Lookalike?

Kate Upton has a lookalike, an equally buxom Russian named Ania. The 22-year-old Moscow student who goes by her first name only is the latest Twitter sensation after posting a picture of herself wearing the same fur-lined parka that Upton posed in for the cover...

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Breast Cancer? Get a Second Opinion, Experts Say

Dr. Elisa Port, one of the nation's leading breast surgeons who works at Mount Sinai's Dubin Breast Center, said women must absolutely get a second opinion if they have been diagnosed.

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Watch: Is This the Moment Kate Middleton Slipped?

Kate Middleton's talk about a teddy bear leads to speculation about the gender of her baby.

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Jury Deliberates High School Sweetheart Murder Trial

There's no question that high school football player Nathaniel Fujita killed his 18-year-old high school sweetheart, but jurors in Massachusetts hearing his case are charged with determining whether he was temporarily insane, as claimed by his defense, when he killed her.

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Robert Menendez Prostitution 'Scandal' - How It Happened

New Jersey Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez is demanding an investigation into the political operatives who may have been behind an elaborate plot to embroil him in an international sex scandal.

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'Ghost Marriages' Trigger Grave Robbing

A grisly business in grave robbing is booming in China as rural people buy stolen female cadavers for "ghost marriages" for sons who have died as bachelors.

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