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DEAR ABBY: My wife and I speak English as our native language. I also speak other languages fluently, although my wife does not. When we travel to a country where I speak the language, she insists I speak only English. She says everybody in the world now speaks English and accuses me of showing off…
Philippines releases photos of Chinese reclamation
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government on Thursday released military surveillance photos of Chinese land reclamation on a reef claimed by Manila in the South China Sea that it said showed Beijing violated a regional agreement not to escalate territorial disputes.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel where someone recorded security video appearing to show Beyonce's sister, Solange Knowles, attacking Jay Z inside an elevator said Wednesday it had identified and fired the person.
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Remains of missing Fort Bragg medic found; suspect arrested
By Kelly Twedell Fayetteville, North Carolina (Reuters) - The remains of former U.S. Army combat medic, Kelli Bordeaux, were found Wednesday morning in a wooded area about four miles from the North Carolina bar where she was last seen alive more than two years ago. Nicholas Michael Holbert, 27, who…
Nigeria vigilantes kill Islamic militants
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — The villagers knew an attack was coming, so they used the dark of night to ambush the suspected Boko Haram militants, killing scores and arresting at least 10 in a move to deter the extremists and make future attacks "impossible."
Obama to NYC supporters: 'Move to North Dakota'
President Barack Obama has a modest, tongue-in-cheek suggestion for people in New York City who support his agenda: move to North Dakota. The idea drew laughs in what was otherwise a somber speech at a $32,400-per-ticket fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the posh Upper…
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Dallas artist Willie Baronet has been buying and collecting homeless signs for more than 20 years. In July, he plans to travel across the U.S. to buy more signs for his art projects and to raise awareness about homelessness. See RELATED STORY by Jason Sickles/Yahoo News Find more news related…
YouTube Prankster Asks Women Out Using Their Own Advice
Norwegian YouTube prankster Freddy Fairhair, nee Fred Andreas Ligaard, operates under the assumption that women love to give relationship advice in a new video where he puts their tips to the tes
Massive tunnel bomb hits Syrian army base: video
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of meters (yards) into the air, an insurgent in the operation who provided footage of the attack said on Thursday. Opponents have dismissed the vote…
Hawaii scuba diver says breathing apparatus ripped off in rare attack
Hawaii officials are investigating a potentially deadly underwater attack on a scuba diver who reported that another diver ripped off her breathing apparatus at a depth of 50 feet, in a rare incident caught on video. Rene Umberger, 53, said on Wednesday that she and others in her group had been…
Defendant called 911 repeatedly about slain dancer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas Strip dancer testified Wednesday that he made multiple 911 calls, but police didn't take seriously his complaints that he was being harassed and sometimes attacked by the ex-girlfriend he's charged with killing and dismembering in December 2010.
'Searching for Sugar Man' director dies at 36
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Malik Bendjelloul, the cash-strapped film maker who shot to Hollywood stardom overnight with the Oscar-winning music documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" about an obscure Mexican-American folk-rocker who became a cult hero in apartheid-era South Africa, has died. He was 36.
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Wall murals portraying Crusader knights and symbols of medieval military orders have been rediscovered in a Jerusalem hospital thanks to a burst water pipe and a storeroom reorganization. These paintings were the works of a French count, Comte Marie Paul Amédée de Piellat, who believed himself to…
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$10,000 still unclaimed, but law from 1939 says the honest boy who found it won’t get to keep it
An honest boy who turned in $10,000 he found in an airport hotel room will not get to keep the cash even though it has gone unclaimed for a year.
Ohio teen scoops 3-foot carp from flooded street
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio (AP) — A northern Ohio teenager is reeling in attention for a big catch after he spotted a 3-foot carp swimming in receding floodwaters on his street and scooped it into his arms as his mother caught the scene on video.
Hurricanes on the Move! Tropical Storms Shift Toward Poles
Hurricanes and typhoons are migrating from the tropics toward the North and South poles, a new study finds. In the past 30 years, the total number of storms has remained about the same in the tropics, said lead study author Jim Kossin, a climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Turkey coal mine explosion (52 photos)
Rescue teams recovered eight more victims of Turkey's worst mining accident on Thursday, raising the death toll to 282 in a disaster that has thrown Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential ambitions off stride. Hundreds of people were attending funerals for the victims; dozens and dozens…
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