Second Sea Serpent Washes up in California
A 13-Foot Oarfish Appears Within a Week of the Last Discovery.
Cain Velasquez stops Junior Dos Santos in 5th
HOUSTON (AP) — Cain Velasquez stopped Junior Dos Santos in the fifth round Saturday night at UFC 166 to retain the heavyweight title.
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LONDON (AP) — Johnny Depp has made a surprise appearance at the London Film Festival to give a career honor to horror icon Christopher Lee.
The Biggest Victim of the Debt Ceiling Deal: Your Retirement
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Koki Doesn't Even Peek
Arizona man David Yanito has a very clever dog called Koki. As he describes, everything command that Koki knows he learnt in under 15 minutes. Watch as Koki is told not to peek in this video and knows exactly what to do. He cutely covers his eyes with his paws, eagerly awaiting the surprise that…
For Obama, a frustrating health care rollout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week, President Barack Obama gathered some of his top advisers in the Oval Office to discuss the problem-plagued rollout of his health care legislation. He told his team the administration had to own up to the fact that there were no excuses for not having the health care…
Insight: Hard work, long hours: French find Chinese recipe sour
By Alexandria Sage and Nicholas Vinocur PARIS (Reuters) - A newspaper open on the bar of this Paris cafe tells of a row over France's Sunday trading rules. But the bar owner, Zhang Chang, says he has little time to follow such debates. He's too busy working. While French workers worry the country's…
Mystery girl in Greek Roma camp abandoned by mother: lawyers
Athens (AFP) - A young girl found in Greece in the company of a Roma couple who are not her biological parents was given up by her mother because she could not raise her, the couple's lawyers said Saturday.
Relative: Egyptian family rejects Israel honor
CAIRO (AP) — A member of the family of the first Arab honored by Israel for risking his life to save Jews during the Holocaust says the family isn't interested in the recognition.
Two Florida convicted killers captured after release on forged orders
By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Two convicted murderers released from a Florida prison based on forged court documents were captured on Saturday, law enforcement officials said. Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were arrested at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in Panama…
Delhi hospitals overflow with hidden dengue epidemic
New Delhi (AFP) - Factory worker Mohammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonising aches that mean his condition is sometimes called "breakbone disease". It's an annual plague in India and a hidden epidemic, say experts.
Police in Kentucky believe theft of rare bourbon is an inside job
By Tim Ghianni (Reuters) - The theft of dozens of cases of rare, high-quality bourbon worth more than $25,000 from a local distillery appears to be an inside job, a Kentucky sheriff investigating the case, said on Saturday. Police in Frankfort, Kentucky, who learned on Tuesday of the robbery, said…
Greece riveted by mystery of 'blonde angel'
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police have asked Interpol to help them track down the real parents of a blonde girl with green eyes who was found in a Roma camp in central Greece. Known as Maria, the four-year-old was spotted peeking out from under a blanket at a Roma settlement near…
Barca surrender perfect start, Real win on Bale return
Madrid (AFP) - Barcelona missed the chance to equal the best ever start to a Spanish league season as they dropped their first points of the campaign in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna.
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Two BART employees were fatally struck by a maintenance train between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations on Saturday.
FBI investigating lasers that target aircraft in New York
New York City (AFP) - The US Federal Bureau of Investigations says its antiterrorism unit is investigating lasers that have increasingly been targeting commercial airplanes arriving at New York City's airports.
Syrian activist in Britain keeps grim toll of civil war
London (AFP) - The founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, rages at the "hypocrisy" of the international community in focusing on chemical weapons and overlooking the "endless bloodbath" in war-ravaged Syria.
Tropical Storm Raymond Forms in Pacific off Mexico
US National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Raymond has formed in Pacific south of Mexico
North Dakota: Trouble in boomtown
When did the boom begin? About seven years ago. Geologists have known about the Bakken shale foundation, one of the largest oil and natural gas deposits in the world, since the early 1950s. But oil production in the state was slow to develop because it was too difficult and costly to get at the…
AP PHOTOS: Skid Row, a battle of misery and hope
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles has been home for thousands of homeless people, a tenuous comfort zone for many who hit the rock bottom of their lives in America.
