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Photos: A look back at America's 'astrochimps'

Mon, 2013-01-28 06:00

Secret Service dog dies while serving

Mon, 2013-01-28 05:43

A Secret Service dog fell to its death in New Orleans over the weekend while performing a sweep of a six-story parking garage. The garage was next to a Ritz Carlton where Vice President Joe Biden was speaking.

Arrests made in Brazil fire as funerals begin

Mon, 2013-01-28 05:35

More than 230 people died early Sunday during the fire at a university party in southern Brazil.

Explanations differ for terrifying plane engine video

Mon, 2013-01-28 05:05

The airline says the plane was struck by lightning, but experts say that's not possible.

Funerals begin for 233 killed in Brazil club blaze

Mon, 2013-01-28 03:40

"We had to use trucks to remove them. It took about six hours to take the bodies away," a policeman said.

Grand jury wanted to indict JonBenet Ramsey's parents

Mon, 2013-01-28 03:30

District Attorney Alex Hunter refused to sign off on the grand jury's decision, saying there was too little proof.

GOP millionaire Friess wants Santorum, again

Mon, 2013-01-28 03:26

Wealthy conservative investor Foster Friess spent well over a million dollars on Santorum's campaign in 2012.

North Koreans reportedly turn to cannibalism due to 'hidden famine'

Mon, 2013-01-28 03:21

News out of North Korean in notorious unreliable, but food shortages in the country have gotten so bad and people so desperate that there are now reports of men murdering their own children for food. These startling reports were compiled by independent reporters commissioned by Asia Press, a independent press agency focusing on Asia, and were published by the Sunday Times. And here's one of the most disturbing thing you'll read this morning:

What sank a Confederate submarine?

Mon, 2013-01-28 03:04

Scientists say a pole on the front of the H.L. Hunley is a clue.

Iran successfully launches monkey into space-report

Mon, 2013-01-28 02:41

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the Fars news agency reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space program that has alarmed the West and Israel. There was no independent confirmation of the report and there have been no announcements by Western powers of any Iranian launch late last week. Fars said the monkey was launched into space on a Kavoshgar rocket. The rocket reached a height of more than 120 kilometers and "returned its shipment intact", Fars reported. ...

France: Islamists could rise in Syria

Mon, 2013-01-28 02:31

France's foreign minister said on Monday Syria risks falling into the hands of Islamist militant groups if supporters of the Syrian opposition do not do more to help it in a 22-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

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