Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will pursue a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. FULL STORY
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French prosecutors said Thursday they charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period in northern... FULL STORY
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Seismic cultural shifts about 10,000 years ago rendered the true story of human sexuality so subversive and threatening that for centuries, it has been silenced by... FULL STORY
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As Arizona's new immigration law took effect Thursday, opponents of the law hit the streets with mixed expressions of relief and outrage. FULL STORY
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NASCAR team owner Jack Roush, who was injured in a plane crash Tuesday, was transferred from a Wisconsin hospital to the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota,... FULL STORY
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Oscar Vazquez will likely read this story. He has the internet. He has a television, too. Then, he'll go off to work at a car parts factory. FULL STORY
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Sherri Revette cuts through thick pines, guiding the four-wheeler down dirt and mud trails to her tranquil spot, a sandbar along the Chickasawhay River about a mile... FULL STORY
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Her boots are made for...judging? Reality TV staple and singer Jessica Simpson has met with "American Idol" producers about joining the show's judging panel, a... FULL STORY
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The second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last weekend is dead, a Pentagon official said Thursday. FULL STORY
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Decades before becoming president of McDonald's USA, Jan Fields cooked French fries at one of the fast-food franchise's restaurants. FULL STORY
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Public but personal details from more than 170 million Facebook profiles were harvested from the site and made available in a downloadable torrent file this week. FULL STORY
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There have been "credible sightings" recently of a California woman who vanished nearly a year ago after being released from a sheriff's station, authorities said... FULL STORY
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Getting publicly dumped by Jason Mesnick on ?The Bachelor? last year just might have been the best thing to happen to Melissa Rycroft Strickland. Not only did she go... FULL STORY
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A Colorado bus bench ad says to prepare yourself for the return of Jesus Christ. KOAA reports. FULL VIDEO
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Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again. FULL STORY
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Rep. Charlie Rangel said Thursday he would not attend an ethics committee hearing on his alleged violations of House rules. (CNN) ? Rep. Charles Rangel said Thursday... FULL STORY
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As many 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery may be "unmarked, improperly marked or mislabeled" on cemetery maps, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, said... FULL STORY
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Plans are under way for cooperation between multiple layers of government when "response" efforts evolve into "recovery" efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, according to... FULL STORY
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