| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | More than 140 dead in typhoon | | An intense typhoon has carved across the southern Philippines, destroying buildings, setting off floods and landslides and killing at least 95 people, authorities said Wednesday. |
| Hear the call | | On the recently released 911 tapes you hear Jovan Belcher's mother pleading for someone to help Kasandra Perkinson. |
| Cities with the best quality of life | | Vienna, famous for its hundreds of museums, 2000 parks and of course its roasted coffee, is the best place on the planet to live, according to Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living Index. This year's latest accolade makes Vienna number one in the world for the fourth year in a row. |
| Hiding underground | | The cold chamber that shields a family from shelling looks more like a dungeon than a home. |
| Little left in Aleppo | | In a small village outside of Aleppo where we are hunkered down for the night, our host apologizes profusely. He doesn't have enough blankets for us and it's bitterly cold. |
| NATO OKs Patriots, delivers warning: | | NATO foreign ministers have approved Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend its borders, a statement of "solidarity" with its fellow alliance member. |
| McAfee | | The story of American tech mogul John McAfee reads like a bestselling mystery: murder, poisoned dogs, young women and international intrigue fueled by weeks on the run. |
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