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Bush's war on terror over
Despite dramatic terrorist incidents, the terror threat that led to 9/11 has been defeated, and Obama is right to say the U.S. should move on, says Peter Bergen.
Categories: National News
One block, two tornadoes: Life in the cross hairs
Nancy E. Davis crouched alone in her white barn as a tornado tossed off the roof and peeled back the walls.
Categories: National News
Man sets Mount Everest record
An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said.
Categories: International News
Sean Penn irks Bolivian minister
Actor Sean Penn, a friend of Bolivian President Evo Morales, nonetheless angered the South American country's government after his call for the release of a U.S. businessman who has been imprisoned since 2011.
Categories: International News
When company owns human genes
Gayle Sulik says the reason the BRCA1 gene mutation test for breast cancer risk is so expensive is that a company owns the gene and sets the price.
Categories: National News
Could Weiner replace Bloomberg?
Dean Obeidallah, Margaret Hoover and John Avlon take on the NY mayoral race's new candidate, GOP hypocrisy in Oklahoma relief funding and Bloomberg's comment on who shouldn't go to college
Categories: National News
Obama: Drone strikes are a necessary evil
Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Categories: International News
Second jewelry theft reported at Cannes Film Festival
A valuable necklace was stolen from a party at the Cannes Film Festival, the second major jewelry theft at the event this year, police said Thursday.
Categories: International News
Stockholm sees fourth night of rioting
Sweden's capital endured a fourth consecutive night of rioting Wednesday, with fires and clashes with authorities decreasing in the original flashpoint in the northern suburbs but increasing to the south, police said.
Categories: International News
Runways reopen after emergency landing at Heathrow
London's Heathrow Airport is "fully operational" and returning to normal after an emergency landing Friday forced the closing of both runways, the airport said -- but many travelers are likely to suffer delays anyway.
Categories: International News
When the tornado hit, they were ready
When an EF5 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, this week, Tad Agoglia and his First Response Team of America were stationed at a hotel about 30 miles away, ready to take action.
Categories: International News
'Eye for an eye makes the world go blind'
Tributes are pouring in for British soldier Lee Rigby, killed in a grisly knife attack in London -- and police are now holding four suspects in connection with the crime.
Categories: International News
Opinion: Win over youth to beat Boko Haram
Any Nigerian government victory over Boko Haram will be hollow unless it wins over a disenfranchised youth and roots out alleged Boko Haram sympathizers in the government, says expert.
Categories: International News
Kids playground made from trash
Categories: International News
Does Pitt suffer from face blindness?
It seems that anytime Brad Pitt speaks, the world stops to listen, and his latest interview with Esquire has been no exception.
Categories: Entertainment News
Ill woman at center of abortion debate in El Salvador
A 22-year-old woman in El Salvador, pregnant and suffering from illnesses, has become a flashpoint in the country's debate on abortion.
Categories: International News
Ahmadinejad aide banned from race
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Wednesday.
Categories: International News
Blogger sentenced to Turkish prison for blasphemy
A Turkish-Armenian blogger vowed to appeal a day after an Istanbul court sentenced him to more than a year in prison for blasphemy.
Categories: International News
