| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Easter by the numbers | | Some Christians will mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter by donning their Sunday best, attending church and going on egg hunts. But what's the history of the holiday? And how much will we actually spend on those yummy chocolate rabbits? Below are some interesting facts about Easter: |
| N. Korea: U.S. is like a 'boiled pumpkin' | | Pyongyang's propaganda machine flung new insults at the United States on Saturday, comparing it to a "boiled pumpkin," unable to endure an attack. Washington finds North Korea's statements "unconstructive." |
| Dental patients begin HIV tests | | They'd gone to W. Scott Harrington's dentist office in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, suburb to have a wisdom tooth pulled or perhaps have their jaw realigned. |
| Greene: Winky Dink and ... Bill Gates? | | It's a fact that a 1950s-era TV show encouraged kids to draw on a screen, but whether "Winky Dink" was praised by Bill Gates as the first interactive TV show is a question that intrigued Bob Greene. |
| Minesweeper lifted from reef | | The Guardian is gone. What was left of the former U.S. Navy minesweeper was lifted off a Philippine reef on Saturday. |
| Cops still looking for girl's kidnapper | | Days after a 10-year-old girl was snatched from her bedroom in the middle of the night -- but found alive nearly 12 hours later and a few miles away -- Los Angeles police pleaded Saturday for the public's help tracking down those responsible. |
| Chief justice fed up with Obama | | After two days of tense arguments in the Supreme Court over same-sex marriage, we don't know for certain how the justices will rule on either California's Proposition 8 or the Defense of Marriage Act. But we did see -- over and over -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts' irritation with and contempt for the Obama administration. |
| Stay-at-home dad tracks Syria weapons | | Elliot Higgins has never been to Syria. He has no friends and family there. Nor does he have any military experience or background in weapons analysis. But when he lost his job, he found a new calling. |
| Was Colo. killer mistakenly freed? | | There are indications that the man believed to have killed the head of the Colorado prison system this month may have been released from prison early because of a clerical error. |
| The man who took a bullet for Reagan | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 11:26 PM | |
| A former Secret Service agent who took a bullet intended for President Ronald Reagan talks about his experience. |
| The secret world of super slo-mo | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 11:12 PM | |
| A BYU facility has received attention for their extraordinary videos of ordinary actions into slow motion. |
| Oklahoma dentist | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:53 PM | |
| | About 7,000 patients of an Oklahoma dentist from the past six years are being urged to get tested after investigators found unsanitary conditions at his dental office. |
| Man's best friend gets some ink | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:14 PM | |
| A North Carolina man says he tattooed his dogs for identity purposes, but an animal rights activist begs to differ. |
| Rapist recaptured after 35 years | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:08 PM | |
| Convicted serial rapist Gary Irving was offered a last weekend of freedom by a judge in Massachusetts before reporting to jail. He took nearly 35 years. |
| 'Pope of Pop' Phil Ramone dies | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:02 PM | |
| Music producer and engineer Phil Ramone, winner of 14 Grammys and a technical innovator, died Saturday morning in a New York hospital, his son Matt told CNN. |
| '62 Playmate of Year dies | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:27 PM | |
| Playboy magazine's 1962 "Playmate of the Year," Christa Speck Krofft, died March 22 of natural causes at the age of 70, a family spokesman said Friday. |
| North Korea | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:57 PM | |
| | North Korea's threatening rhetoric has reached a fevered pitch, but the Pentagon and the South Korean government have said it's nothing new. |
| Can he do it? | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:54 PM | |
| An NCAA win for coach Rick Pitino of Louisville would be like no other. |
| Rejected gorilla gets human care | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 11:55 AM | |
| A mom rejected her baby gorilla, so human surrogates are raising Gladys at the Cincinnati Zoo until they find a new mom. |
| Why your Facebook feed went red | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:54 AM | |
| You may have noticed something different about your friends' profile pictures as you scrolled through your Facebook feed this week. According to the social networking site, roughly 2.7 million users changed their profile image on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court pondered the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. |
| Baby killed | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:45 AM | |
| The investigation into the shooting of a baby in Brunswick, Georgia -- a crime that's grabbed national headlines -- has taken yet another turn with the arrest of a local politician. |
| Guy jumps really, REALLY high | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:04 AM | |
| Do not try this at home. You will fail. And it will hurt. Just enjoy what this guy is able to do and have a burger. |
| Gay marriage hasn't won (yet...) | | Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:46 AM | |
| If Rush Limbaugh says same-sex marriage is inevitable, it's inevitable. Here's what the conservative radio host had to say about the topic on a recent show: |
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