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One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator’s supporters — the latest victim of persistent violence and instability in the North African country.

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A dolphin known as “Beggar” for his tendency to approach boaters for food has been found dead, possibly as a result of his poor diet.

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Christiane Amanpour discusses the conflict between creative expression and blasphemy with author Salman Rushdie.

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Lawyers for a 480-pound death row inmate in Ohio say their client is too overweight to be put to death.

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The Chicago Teachers Union says its members will go on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years.

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Mitt Romney says Bill Clinton’s speech to the Democratic National Convention “really did elevate” that gathering and that the former two-term president might even be able to win another four years in the White House “if the Constitution weren’t in his way.” Romney’s comments, in an excerpt of an interview with Meet the Press, came […]

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Bill “Secretary of Explaining Stuff” Clinton will campaign for President Barack Obama’s reelection next week in Florida, a swing state vital to Mitt Romney’s hopes of capturing the White House in November. Clinton will headline rallies on Tuesday in the Miami area and Wednesday in the Orlando area, the incumbent’s campaign announced in a terse […]

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President Barack Obama told USA Today in an interview published Monday that Republicans led by Mitt Romney have so twisted his record and his words that they may as well be taking on “a fictional Barack Obama.” That message, delivered on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, follows days and weeks of […]

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Vice President Biden’s Missing U-Haul Gets Hauled In By Police

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The president and the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure are both stepping down from their roles, the nation’s largest breast cancer foundation said in announcing a major leadership shakeup Wednesday. The high-profile departures come in the wake of continuing fallout from Komen’s decision earlier this year to briefly end funding for Planned Parenthood.

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