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'Sopranos' actor dies of cardiac arrest in Italy

James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of ...

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Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race

After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might ...

Sci/Tech

Birth control shots could alter life in poor areas

A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were ...

US

Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in ...

Sci/Tech

Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck

A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried ...

World

China sex tape official: I'm a lecher but no crook

Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense ...

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Same-sex marriage, real estate and the law

Many laws treat same-sex homeowners differently from traditional married couples.

Entertainment

Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct '50 Shades' movie
British visual artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has been signed to direct the movie version of erotic best-seller "50 ...
Sony chief says time needed to study proposal
Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief ...
James Gandolfini: He let his characters star
James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss. He was an actor who shrank from attention for anything but the roles he brought to life. No false modesty. He simply did his ...
Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota ...

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Norway opens Arctic border area to oil drilling
Norway's Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling despite protests from ...
China astronauts float water blob in kids' lecture
Astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's ...
France threatens Google with privacy fines
France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users — or be fined. The legal action accelerates a Europe-wide fight against Google ...
Singapore haze at worst yet, Malaysia schools shut
Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened ...

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Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club Lane
He parks his silver Mercedes-Benz sedan behind his condo, below a deck decorated with white and pink flowers, where a couple of ...
AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier
The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory ...
4 shot, 3 dead in Ky. condominium complex shooting
A domestic situation apparently prompted the midweek shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person ...
Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver
Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild ...

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Does Future of Human Race Depend on Kansas Mine?
If the world's population is wiped off the map by a meteorite or nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just ...
Fans: Gandofini 'Put New Jersey on the Map'
Fans of the Sopranos are expressing shock and sadness at the death of actor James Gandolfini. Particularly fond memories of Gandolfini could be found...
Reining in 'Bad News' Sports Parents
Bad behavior on the sidelines at kids' sports games isn't new. But now park districts and leagues are trying to get parents and other adults to chill...
Ex-Hit Man's Past Is a Shock to Some Neighbors
Some neighbors of a former mob hit man have been shocked to find out about his past during his testimony against former reputed Winter Hill Gang boss...

Sports

Hewitt summoned to appear in South African court
Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been served a summons to appear in a South African court to face allegations he ...
Pirelli, Mercedes in dock over F1 tire tests
The governing body of motorsport argued Thursday that Mercedes broke the rules and got an unfair advantage over other Formula One teams by taking part in private in-season ...
A Game 7 with more on the line than an NBA title
He is the best player in the game and this is the best moment in his sport. Game 7, NBA title on the line. "The moment is going to be grand," LeBron James said. And it might ...
Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-all
The Blackhawks are heading back to Chicago having regained home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup finals and with a renewed faith in an offense that took more than 120 minutes ...

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Business

Futures slump in wake of Fed statement
Stock futures are sliding in the wake of comments by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who said that the U.S. would pull back ...
Markets roiled by Bernanke's exit strategy
Markets were roiled Thursday by a suggestion from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus next year.
AP PHOTOS: Bangladesh collapse left many amputees
It was the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry. When the Rana Plaza factory building crashed down in April, 1,129 people were killed. But many others had to ...
Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle ...