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$425M Jackpot Winner Comes Forward

The winner of a $425.3 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in Milpitas, Calif., said that he plans to use the money to travel, fight child hunger and promote pediatric health. B. Raymond Buxton...

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300 Heroin Bricks, Guns, Cash Seized in NJ Drug Bust

Authorities seized more than 300 bricks of heroin, semi-automatic handguns, hollow-point bullets and nearly $20,000 in cash in a drug ring takedown in New Jersey over the weekend. Six people were...

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Cop's Son Drove Dad's Cruiser: Cops

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for driving his father's marked police cruiser and unlawfully firing a weapon, all while wearing his father's uniform shirt.  Crews initially responded to the 15000...

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America's Favorite Pandas

Don't miss these amazing photos of pandas and their cubs in action. Click to see the life of the beloved bamboo-crunching animals in various zoos.Photo Credit: Smithsonian National Zoo

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8,730 Pounds of Chicken Recalled

AdvancePierre Foods is recalling approximately 8,730 pounds of frozen chicken breast products due to misprinting and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The products...

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Laundry Worker, 71, Attacked by Knife-Wielding Robber

Police are looking for a knife-wielding man who has robbed a string of laundromats and dry cleaners on the east side of Manhattan in the last six weeks, in one case punching a 71-year-old woman in the...

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Florida Zoo Welcomes Kittens, Cubs

Zoo Miami is welcoming two highly endangered clouded leopard kittens and four lion cubs to the family. The two female kittens were born March 13th to mother Serai and father Rajasi. It's the first...

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Woman Mauled by Son's Dogs

The body of an 85-year-old Kaufman, Texas, woman found deceased in her home Monday had been mauled by dogs, police say. Officers were called to a home in the 1400 block of E. First Street at about 4:45...

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DC Mayor Loses Primary Amid Scandal

Muriel Bowser won the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor Tuesday, defeating an incumbent wounded by a fundraising scandal. The race was shortened by weather and roiled by an investigation into the...

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Mountain Lion Killed After Scare

A mountain lion was killed Sunday afternoon in Orange County after it stalked a mother and her two young children who were hiking. Ten minutes into the family's hike on the Borrego Canyon Trail, the...

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Teen in School Threat Wanted Another Columbine: Documents

A teen accused of plotting to "shoot up" high schools in Connecticut wanted to recreate the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and believed its shooters were heroes, according to court documents....

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Reporter Challenges NCAA Policy, Gets His Cat Mug Confiscated

A reporter covering the Elite Eight showdown on Sunday found that even his cute cat mug would not escape NCAA's strict branding rules. Wall Street Journal reporter Jason Gay brought a mug featuring...

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Razor Blades on Pa. Playground

Parents in a Pennsylvania community are on edge after police say a vandal attached razor blades to playground equipment. "I can't believe anyone would do that, that's disgusting," said one woman from...

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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Chile

On Tuesday night, a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off northern Chile, triggering a tsunami alert. The earthquake has killed six people and forced more than 900,000 to flee to safe zones....

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Calif. Woman Struck by Lightning

A California woman who was struck by lightning during Monday's storm that dumped down on the Bay Area says she's doing fine. Emily Davis said she has a lingering metallic taste in her mouth and that...

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Was Ortiz Selfie With Obama Staged?

That selfie that Red Sox slugger David Ortiz took with President Barack Obama on Tuesday may have been part of a marketing stunt. Now, Ortiz is taking some heat, NECN reports, after it emerged that...

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Man Burned Lesbians' Home: Police

A 73-year-old Miami man was arrested on attempted murder and arson charges after police say he tried to burn down his neighbor's trailer home containing two women and eight children because the women...

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Artist Makes Homes for Homeless

Greg Kloehn wonders why it didn’t dawn on him sooner. The West Oakland artist had long been fascinated by the temporary shelters his homeless neighbors created for themselves out of materials they...

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NYC Doormen Rally, March Amid Strike Threat

Thousands of New York City doormen rallied and marched through Manhattan Wednesday amid negotiations over their next contract. The workers who hail cabs, walk dogs, sign for packages and help New...

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Fort Hood Tragedy: Deadly Shooting's Aftermath

A deadly mass shooting shook Fort Hood in Texas on Wednesday, leaving three victims and a lone gunman dead, less than five years after 13 people were massacred in another shooting there.Photo Credit:...

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