| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Ashton and Demi | | Two years after Demi Moore announced she wanted to end her marriage to Ashton Kutcher, their union is legally undone. |
| Captive girls | | Three sisters who were imprisoned for possibly two years in a Tucson, Arizona, home were bombarded by a constant barrage of music or white noise day and night, police said Wednesday. |
| Comet ISON | | Comet ISON is "alive and brightening dramatically," according to an update on NASA's Comet ISON Observing Campaign website. The "somewhat upbeat" forecast came a day after it looked like the sun may have cooked the core, or nucleus, of the closely watched comet. |
| Church fire | | Members of an Ocean City, Maryland, church are mourning this week after a bizarre fire left two people dead, including the church's longtime pastor, and a woman critically injured. |
| War games | | The deafening roar of state-of-the-art warplanes being catapulted into the air from its huge flight deck signaled that the USS George Washington was back in combat mode after its recent detour to the Philippines to take part in the aid effort in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. |
| Nigella Lawson | | The ex-husband of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson will take the stand Thursday in the trial of the couple's former personal assistants, who are accused of defrauding them of hundreds of thousands of pounds. |
| Celeb chef's ex alleges drug use | | | The ex-husband of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson will take the stand Thursday in the trial of the couple's former personal assistants, who are accused of defrauding them of hundreds of thousands of pounds. |
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