The Taliban said today that they are prepared to sit down for direct peace talks with Afghan and U.S. officials over the future of Afghanistan. The news comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that Afghan security forces have taken over the country’s...

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has found himself in a kitchen nightmare after former employees of his Los Angeles eatery are suing him for what they say are unpaid wages. Four former employees of The Fat Cow restaurant filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles...

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A woman faked her own kidnapping because she was “intoxicated by fear” of getting caught driving under the influence, police told ABC News. The Beverly Police Department in Massachusetts charged Maria Brayfield, 24, with filling a false police report on Monday. “She maintained that she...

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A lock of hair of rocker Mick Jagger will be auctioned for the U.K. charity, Changing Faces, which supports people with disfigurements. The lock of hair is estimated to be worth £1,500 to £2,000, or about $2,300 to $3,100. Cut in the 1960s, the hair was saved by an old girlfriend's grandmother. "The statement from Chrissie Shrimpton confirms that, unbeknown to her at the time, this lock was saved by her grandmother when Mick and Chrissie were staying at her parents' farm. Apparently, on her grandmother's death, the hair passed to Chrissie's aunt and when she died, the hair was returned to Chrissie by a cousin taking care of personal effects," the listing states.

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The director of the National Security Administration today told Congress that more than 50 potential terrorist attacks have been thwarted by controversial two programs tracking more than a billion phone calls each day.

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Ex-hitman describes more killings in Bulger trial in Mass.; defense to attack his credibility
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NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall Street thwarted
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Federal authorities announced today a new push to track down the man or woman who used a bicycle for their getaway when they tried to blow up a military recruiting station in New York's Times Square five years ago, fearing the suspect may be a serial bike bomber.

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Justin Bieber has been cleared in a possible hit-and-run accident involving a paparazzo Monday night. Bieber is no longer under investigation for the late-night possible hit-and-run in Hollywood, ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV confirmed with the Los Angeles Police Department. See Other Celebs Accused...

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