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What's going on in the world today?
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With the times we're living in, I think this is the most important category on this forum. Keep up with all of the day's news here.
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Grim milestone: Chicago records 500th homicide of 2012
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By Lauren Jiggetts and Lauren Petty, NBCChicago.comA man gunned down Thursday on Chicago's West Side marked what police say is the city's 500th homicide of the year. It's a dubious distinction that hasn't occurred since 2008, when the city ended the year with 512 murders.Mayor Rahm Emanuel called...
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Violent holiday weekend claims at least 10 lives in Chicago
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By NBC News and msnbc.com staff More than 40 people were shot in Chicago over the holiday weekend, and at least 10 of them were killed, NBCChicago.com reported.The latest shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. in Albany Park, a Chicago neighborhood, where police said a man was shot in the face. It follow...
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Dentist Pulls All Ex's Teeth Out; Anna Mackowiak Faces Jail Time
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Breaking up is never easy -- having 32 teeth ripped out is even worse.A scorned dentist is facing jail time after surgically removing all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her, authorities in London said.Marek Olszewski, 45, made the mistake of scheduling an appointment this week with hi...
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Verizon Repairman Strangles Wife After He Taps Into Phone Line and Catches Her Cheating
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When creeping on the side turns out horribly wrong!!! A Verizon worker is facing several charges for strangling his wife unconscious after he listened in on her phone calls with another man. Robert L. Rutledge, 51, of Lakeland, works at Verizon as a repair technician, deputies said. He used his know...
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Violence mars Black Friday
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(CNN) -- Violence marred Black Friday shopping in at least seven states, including California, where police say a woman doused fellow shoppers with pepper spray in a bid to cut to the head of the line. The incident happened Thursday night at a Walmart in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles, said Offic...
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Man Who Wanted a “Stable” Home for His Family Commits Suicide Just Hours After Wedding
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A New York man killed himself early Sunday morning (Nov 20) by jumping into a river just hours after marrying his high school sweetheart. 28-year-old Fernando Brazier took the fatal leap after leaving a suicide note telling his new wife where his body could be found at the front desk of the hotel where...
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'Superhero' arrested, accused of pepper-spray assault
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Phoenix Jones says he was only trying to break up a street brawl SEATTLE — Instead of the bad guys, it was Seattle's most prolific self-styled superhero that ended up in handcuffs. Police officers arrested the 23-year-old man who calls himself Phoenix Jones early Sunday after he was accused of as...
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Dutch woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times
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(CBS/AP) Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year. The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested the suspected stalk...
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Military Dad Sings His Way Back to Kids
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Check out the video below of a Dad, surprising his children at church, after a yearlong deployment. http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/military-parent-sings-his-way-to-kids/pnyjzda?src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink Courtesy of www.bing.com What a...
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Cops kick cellphone blabbermouth off train
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After 16 hours blathering, woman doesn't understand why she got the boot By Helen A.S. Popkin msnbc.com msnbc.com updated 5/18/2011 3:24:30 PM ET In an epic incident of the pot calling the kettle rude, a Tigard, Oregon woman said she felt "disrespected" after police escorted her from an Amtrak t...
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US forces kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
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Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain Sunday in his luxury hideout in Pakistan in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade. "Justice has been done," President Barack Obama dec...
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Nearly Half Of Detroit's Adults Are Functionally Illiterate, Report Finds
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Detroit's population fell by 25 percent in the last decade. And of those that stuck around, nearly half of them are functionally illiterate, a new report finds. According to estimates by The National Institute for Literacy, roughly 47 percent of adults in Detroit, Michigan -- 200,000 total -- are "...
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Virginia Thomas seeks apology from Anita Hill
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It is one of Washington's enduring mysteries. Nearly two decades after Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his fractious Supreme Court confirmation hearing, it remains unclear who was lying. Hill has maintained that she told the truth. Thomas, meanwhile, has steadfa...
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Bishop Eddie Long: Pastor Speaks out for First Time
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ATLANTA (CBS/WGCL) Bishop Eddie Long spoke out for the first time Friday about allegations that he had sexual relationships with at least three teenage boys in his Atlanta-area church. CBS affiliate WGCL was the only news organization on a telephone conference call with parishioners from across...
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