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Hundreds injured by meteor explosion in Russia

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MOSCOW -- A meteor streaked over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, producing a blast that injured hundreds, caused minor damage to buildings and temporarily disrupted Internet communication, officials said. Yelena...

Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Oscar Pistorius, 2012 DA14 (asteroid), Science and Technology

Lugar: Political partisanship 'out of control'

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar used his first public speech since leaving office in January to warn that political partisanship "is out of control" in the U.S. Lugar also said during Tuesday's speech at Duke University that...

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Tuesday's TV Highlights: "Justified" on FX

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------   SERIES Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan:  Dom searches a remote cave in Venezuela rumored to house the world's...

Tags: Photography and Video, Oxygen (tv network), NBC (tv network), Photography Supplies and Services, CBS Corp.

Car bomb on Turkish-Syrian border kills 10, injures dozens

BEIRUT – A car bomb at a border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border Monday afternoon killed 10 people and left dozens injured, according to Turkey's semi-official Anatolian news agency. The blast occurred at the Cilvegozu Border Gate on the...

Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Turkey, Bombings

A new twist in the Bolshoi Ballet acid attack: Dancers suspected

The already bizarre case of Sergei Filin, the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet who was attacked with acid last month, has a new twist: Suspicions reportedly are now being turned to some dancers within the famed company. Reports over the...

Tags: Dance, Entertainment Events, Moscow (Russia), ABC (tv network), Entertainment

Conspiracy theorists harassing, impersonating Aurora victims

Last July, dozens of theatergoers in Aurora, Colo., survived a massacre. Now they have to survive the people who think they're liars. In a court filing this week, Arapahoe County prosecutors said the conspiracy theorists have been such a problem they...

Tags: Joe Arpaio, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School

Iran to resume talks with six powers on nuclear program

Six world powers and Iran announced they will resume talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan, after three months of gridlock over arrangements for a new meeting. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday that...

Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Iran's Nuclear Program, Nuclear Policy, Crime, Law and Justice

Vietnam: Members of 'reactionary' group jailed for 10 years to life

Vietnam on Monday sentenced the head of an organization accused of “smearing the current system” and trying to topple the government to life behind bars, state media reported. The official Vietnam News Agency reported that Phan Van Thu...

Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, United Nations, Activism, Government

Fox News tops in cable news for 11 years; Brian Williams wins week

Report: Missing NYC woman found dead in Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) — A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police detained nine people for questioning in connection with the case, Turkey's state-run news agency said. Sarai Sierra, a...

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Bahrain officer given jail time after fatally shooting protester

Tags: Bahraini Protests (2011), Mexico, Government, Prisons, Punishment

Syrian state media report airstrike by Israeli military

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