Congress can't get anything done. And 50 million people are living in poverty.... Read more»
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Police in Brazil's largest city will distribute safety pamphlets to World Cup visitors next month. Among the suggestions given is to hold your tongue when you're being robbed. Screaming will only get you killed. Solid advice.... Read more»0
Rinorea niccolifera absorbs and stores up to 18,000 parts per million of nickel in its leaves without being poisoned.... Read more»0
What about fighting forest fires instead of bombing wedding parties in Yemen?... Read more»0
It's purple and pretty and composed of cube-like crystals just 0.5 mm in size. But what really makes putnisite, the world's newest mineral, truly unique is that nothing like it has ever been discovered before.... Read more»0
You paid $81.50 toward America's nuclear weapons last year. ... Read more»0
You can get the pill over the counter in Pakistan, but not in Canada or the US.... Read more»0
A leading toxicologist may have solved the 2,000-year-old mystery of what killed Alexander the Great. The ruler of the largest kingdom in the ancient world died at just 32 years of age in the year 323 BC.
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Authorities in Lubbock, Texas, say 14-year-old Miguel Martinez tripped and fell onto the bull statue's horn during a game of hide and seek.... Read more»0
The U.S. Supreme Court is staying out of the gun control debate for now. Justices declined Monday to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes it difficult for citizens to get concealed carry permits, and requires residents to prove “proper cause” to carry a weapon for self-defense outside the home.... Read more»0
In the Pew marijuana poll, 52 percent of Americans support legalizing the drug while 45 percent oppose it.... Read more»0
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital today after receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection and pneumonia.
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The Vatican is hitting back at critics who have charged that Pope Francis didn't do enough during Argentina's Dirty War. A spokesman called the accusations "defamatory" and told reporters today that they "must be clearly and firmly denied."... Read more»0
Sen. John McCain is calling for a congressional hearing into the Transportation Safety Administration's decision to allow small knives on planes.... Read more»0
President Barack Obama will meet with Sen. John McCain and other lawmakers working on a bipartisan overhaul of the country's immigration system.... Read more»0
The New York Times had filed the drone lawsuit against the Obama administration seeking more information about the attacks.... Read more»0
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