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Justin Bieber Tops Elton John On Singles List
Justin Bieber's Baby has become the highest-certified single in music history, overtaking Sir Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. The teenage pop star's hit climbed above the double-sided Candle In The Wind/Something About The Way You Look Tonight after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) changed the way it measures gold and platinum ...
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Car bombs kill eight in Russias Dagestan investigators
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in the capital of the Russian province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators ...
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Firefighter missing in massive Dallas condo fire
DALLAS Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the search continues for the firefighter unaccounted for in the blaze still burning early Monday. Officials have not discussed that firefighter's condition, or if he is able to ...
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Deadly sectarian violence rages in Iraq
Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 20, ...
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Wave of tornadoes sweeps Midwest
Residents of Edmond, Okla., survey storm damage from a tornado that hit their neighborhood Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, Kan., and in Iowa. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported ...
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Egypt sends more forces over Sinai kidnapping
Egypt's army has sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with fighters who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. An army official said on Monday that the decision followed a meeting between the military leadership and Morsi, who has said he will not submit to blackmail by the kidnappers, who are demanding ...
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Obama Aide Irrelevant Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points
"Let's start with Susan Rice," said Pfeiffer. "Ambassador Rice went out that day, and represented the administration and spoke to what happened with the best information we had, that everyone in the administration had, is what she looked at. And that was the consensus of the intelligence community. What we do is we want to go out and speak to the problems And what's ...
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Taliban Claims Deadly Bombing Near Government Compound In Afghan North
Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that authorities say killed at least 14 people, including a senior provincial politician. Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan Province's deputy police chief, said a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives in front of the provincial council building in the city of Pol-e Khomri on May 20. Provincial ...
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At least 4 dead in Beersheba bank heist
Robbers enter bank on Jabotinsky Street in the southern city and fires shots; at least four more injured, including robber that shot himself after barricading himself inside the bank with ...
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Interpol to aid search for missing Cape chef
Cape Town - The South African police have enlisted the help of Interpol to help trace a 30-year-old Cape Town chef who is believed to be missing in Dublin, ...
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Newark gas explosion Miracle survival of four-month-old baby girl who was rescued covered in soot from rubble of gas blast which left two dead and one man fighting for his life
The bodies of a man and a woman were found buried in the rubble of a terraced house in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which collapsed in the wake of the enormous blast shortly after 5pm yesterday. A man in his 40s is in a serious condition in hospital after being pulled from the ruined property by neighbours who spotted his hand emerging from the ...
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Landowner who spent hundreds of thousands restoring dead Norfolk broad facing prosecution for leaving it suburbanised
When retired oil executive David Pooley decided to pour hundreds of thousands of pounds into restoring a dead Norfolk broad, he thought the local authority would be delighted with his ...
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Greg Cox who sexually assaulted woman on Bondi Beach told her this will never go anywhere Ive got a lot of money
Accused: Greg Cox, 32, from Battersea, London, is on trial charged with two counts of having sexual intercourse with a 21-year-old woman without consent on Bondi Beach, Sydney, ...
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Caviar supplier investigated after mislabelling cheap product as top-grade which was supplied to Queens grocer
Mason, which is the grocer to the Queen, is now under investigation by Richmond Council after a DNA sample taken during a routine inspection of their premises revealed the product had been ...
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Pupil 10 who spots grammar mistakes in her English exam writes a letter of complaint to Education Secretary Michael Gove
'Rebecca said she thought she should write to whoever was responsible and found that it was Michael Gove. I helped her write the letter and we emailed ...
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Gary and Phil Nevilles father Neville Neville charged with sexually assaulting a woman
Neville Senior played cricket for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League during the 1980s before becoming the high-profile director of Bury football ...
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Teacher James Rainy Brown found hanged after claims he made inappropriate comments to pupils
Bachelor James Rainy Brown, 75, who had worked for 52 years at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, hanged himself at his home shortly after being told of the ...
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Couple who met and fell in love after BOTH suffering brain injuries reveal how their new baby has boosted their memories
A couple who both suffered severe head-injuries that left them with the long-term brain damage and severe memory loss have credited their newborn baby as their 'living ...
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Chloe Johnsons parents say she was with 15-year-old sister when she drowned while they bought snacks
The parents of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have said she was with her 15-year-old sister when they left her to buy ...
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Radio 1 fails to get rid of the wrong type of listeners because it still attracts over 55s
The station has been ordered to bring the average age of its listeners down from 32 by the BBC Trust, which says it should be trying to win over 15 to ...
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Fathers devastation as son dies after being dragged under a car while clinging to his iPad
According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with the iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device ...
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Britains Got Talent and other pre-watershed TV programmes are robbing children of their innocence headteachers claim
Foul language and inappropriate themes on Britain’s Got Talent and other pre-watershed programmes are robbing children of their innocence, headteachers have ...
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Great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner agrees to hand over private letters to determine family links with the Nazis
Ms Wagner, who is now co-director of the festival with her sister, told Der Tagesspiegal newspaper: 'He had a very negative to the Nazi regime and ...
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Use your money to buy happier time
>Editor's note: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton are co-authors of "Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending" (Simon & Schuster) and professors at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, respectively.(CNN) -- The logic is so simple: If I work hard now, the money I earn will give me the opportunity to do all the things that make me happy later. What's the ...
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Trust your memory Bad idea
>Editor's note: This is part of CNN's "Life's Work" series, which features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of health and medicine. (CNN) -- You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours, after all. They define who you are and where you came from, your accomplishments and failures, your likes and dislikes. Your memories help you separate ...
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El Salvadorian village getting outside help with water needs
A non-profit organization, the Minnesota State Mankato chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has set their sights on El Salvador and will be travelling to a small village in Piedras Azules to help the local community with their water access needs.
The problem is that in the village in Piedras Azules there is just one water source with unreliable water access as the water table changes depending on the time of year and the weather. This leads to long queues at the well, with some residents sometimes waking up at midnight to beat the water rush. Read more
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