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- Microsoft reveals Xbox One entertainment console
- Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes
- Lawyer revises testimony on 'This Is It' contract
- Toback, Baldwin eye Cannes movie-making underbelly
- ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs'
- Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage
- Tiger will return to Begay's charity event
- Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'resilient'
- Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum
- Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC
Oklahoma Tornado
A child is carried from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla.
Minn. soda shop rebuked for stocking candy smokes
Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.
Sweden: Foreigner angered over gray Santa outfit
Police in Sweden had to intervene after a foreign visitor to a spa and conference center grew angry because a visiting Santa Claus was wearing a gray instead of red costume.
Young Redskins fans sing a carol to RGIII
A group of young carolers sing along to the Christmas carol, "O Christmas Tree" while taking a little creative freedom with the lyrics.
Mastering 30-foot heights, bouncers are new extreme athletes
Gone are the days when jumping on a trampoline was enough. A new extreme sport is intriguing people worldwide as they see these athletes master a "trampoline wall."
So. Calif. couple unlawfully wedded for 48 years
After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married.
Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa
They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors.
Denver sirens are just a test, not doomsday signal
Officials in Denver want people to know this is only a test.
German scientists seek to clone perfect Xmas trees
The hunt for the perfect Christmas tree may soon become a lot easier: just pick a nice clone.
A weather forecast for the end of the world (VIDEO)
Want a clue to what we might have been in store for today, should the Mayans have been right?
Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights
A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.
Chinese toad in candlestick comes to South Africa
It's a real life Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
Owner protests to get monkey back
A woman whose pet monkey was found wandering in an Ikea parking lot protested Wednesday with some 15 other people at a Toronto Animal Services office Wednesday in an effort to get him back.
Spokane robbery suspect tackled, caught on tape
Instead of letting a robber get away, a witness to a convenience store stickup in Spokane, Wash., caught the armed man and held him for police.
$500 million in checks left at Jerusalem holy site
Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at one of Judaism's holiest sites. But half a billion dollars?
Clip shows eagle snatching child ... or does it? (VIDEO)
Hide your kids. Maybe even hide your wife. That's what you should do if you live in Montreal and believe what's depicted on the YouTube video below.
Frosting brings an early summer to Facebook
It might not look like winter in the D.C. region, but many across the globe will be celebrating a white Christmas. Not everyone is excited about the snow, and some have taken to Facebook to vent their grievances.
'Raiders of the Lost Ark' package mystery solved
First, there was "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Now, there's "Mailers of the Lost Package."
Australian court: Worker's comp covers sex mishap
An Australian court has ruled that a bureaucrat who was injured while having sex on a business trip is eligible for worker's compensation benefits.
Substitute teacher becomes heir to gold fortune
A substitute teacher from California was found to be the only heir to a fortune of gold coins discovered by a cleaning crew in the home of a reclusive cousin who quietly stashed away a treasure of more than $7 million before he died this year.
NM woman parlays $1 investment into $5,500 payout
A Santa Fe woman has parlayed her sister's $1 investment in an old ammunition box into a $5,500 payout.
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