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| US scrambles planes in response to Russian bombers | | Two Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were spotted flying about 41 miles off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, just hours after two US F-22 fighter jets intercepted the same type of Russian aircraft in the area. |
| Court doc: Teacher refilled Cialis prescription, made hotel plans | | In the days before he allegedly abducted his 15-year-old student, Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins refilled a prescription for Cialis, took out a loan for quick cash and made hotel reservations in another state, actions investigators believe show he was planning to leave with the girl. |
| Opinion: O'Reilly's payout an outrage | | Bill O'Reilly is reportedly walking away with tens of millions of dollars. How insulting. After being accused of habitual sexual harassment and other lewd acts, causing him and his employer, Fox News, to pay out $13 million in settlements; after costing the network millions when advertisers fled his show; after finally being fired from his job after years — he leaves with a golden payout. |
| Battle over Aaron Hernandez's brain | | Jose Baez, the lawyer representing Aaron Hernandez's family, says Hernandez's brain will be donated to the Boston University CTE Center, but adds the medical examiner is "illegally" holding the brain. |
| Sessions: No disrespect to Hawaii for 'island' remark | | Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday he was not disrespecting Hawaii or a judge in the state when he said he was "amazed" that the official was able to block President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban halting immigration from several majority Muslim countries. |
| He insulted my state, Hawaii senator says | | Jeff Sessions, the attorney general of the United States, appears to need a reminder: Hawaii was granted statehood in 1959. I'm happy to tell him where I was when Hawaii became a state. I was in sixth grade at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu, and was chosen to pin the 50th star on the American flag in front of my teachers and classmates at a special assembly to celebrate statehood. |
| Fla. state senator resigns over racial slurs | | The Florida lawmaker under fire over racially inflammatory remarks toward his African-American colleagues has resigned, a spokeswoman for the Florida Senate Majority Office told CNN. The embattled state senator, Frank Artiles, submitted his letter of resignation to Senate President Joe Negron on Friday, just days after apologizing on the Senate floor for his remarks. |
| Palin receives backlash for photo | | Sarah Palin is receiving backlash for a picture taken in front of former first lady Hillary Clinton's portrait at the White House with Ted Nugent and Kid Rock. |
| Ex-official: Trump offended with mix-up | | South Koreans were less than impressed by Donald Trump's recent comments that he learned from the Chinese President Xi Jinping that South Korea was part of China. |
| The Great Barrier Reef is literally in hot water | | Hold your pinky nail out in front of you. Now divide your nail into quarters. This is the size of one of the most remarkable animals in the world -- the coral polyp. The life of this tiny creature represents a biological process that helps produce geological fact in the form of coral reefs. These minute organisms are the building blocks of The Great Barrier Reef, which at 1,400 miles long is the largest living structure on Earth -- visible even from space. |
| Huge iceberg towers over Canadian town | | Canada's "Iceberg Alley" is living up to its name this spring, and tourists are flocking to the town of Ferryland to see a the behemoth that has grounded just off shore. |
| The stakes for French election just got higher | | Just days before French voters go to the polls, gunshots rang out on Thursday in Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees. It was another jarring reminder to French voters of the high stakes and confusing choices they face in a pivotal election -- one whose outcome has become impossible to predict. |
| Melinda Gates:Trump, don't make this mistake | | One of the first lessons we learned when we started our foundation was a humbling one: Our resources are only a drop in the bucket compared with the needs around the world, and only a small percentage of what governments spend each year to help meet those needs. |
| Bush 43 visits dad in hospital for 'huge morale boost' | | Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been recovering from pneumonia in a Houston hospital this week, says he got a "huge morale boost" from his son, former President George W. Bush, after the 43rd president visited him. |
| Is wine healthy? | | Yes, wine may protect our hearts when consumed in moderation -- defined as up to one drink per day for women, and up to two drinks per day for men, according to US dietary guidelines. Five ounces of wine is considered one drink. |
| Snow kiting at 70 mph in Norway | | Snow kiting is as exciting as it looks. Speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. Leaping 80 feet up in the air and gracefully soaring distances as far as 500 feet before landing back on frozen terra firma. |
| Prince's death, one year later | | Linda Haynes-Williams will be in both physical and emotional pain on Friday, as she marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Prince. |
| 'Silicon Valley,' 'Billions' offer new view of super-rich | | "Silicon Valley" is about a lot of things, including the odd collision of social awkwardness, big business and even bigger money in the high-tech world. Yet like another pay-cable series, Showtime's "Billions," the HBO comedy offers a more nuanced of the super-rich than TV often has in the past. |
| Latest Game of Thrones photo | | "Game of Thrones" fans have something to while away the hours as they wait for the seventh season of the popular TV series to resume in July. |
| Documentary recalls Jane Jacobs's resistance | | Matt Tyrnauer always knew that a documentary about an urban planning pioneer would be a difficult sell. But two days after the presidential election in November, he was worried the "collective funk" that seemed to be afflicting despondent Manhattanites would prevent people from showing up to his film premiere at DOC NYC. |
| How one cop survived 15 gunshots | | Brian Murphy has been through the kind of thing you see in movies and say to yourself, 'that is so ridiculous. No one could ever survive that in real life.' |
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