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Tiger Woods lost the Masters Tournament to a South African first-time winner. Read More

President Obama condemned killings in Afghanistan after an American preacher burned a Quran and also criticized the destruction of the book. Read More

The setback emphasizes how the opposition is still struggling against Khaddafy’s superior power despite the help of Western air strikes Read More

Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared on Tuesday the country was on “maximum alert” to bring the nuclear crisis under control. Read More

The U.S. labor market is finally improving, economists interviewed by Reuters say. Read More

In the wake of a massive protest in central London on Saturday, national trade union leaders have condemned the violent actions of a small group of demonstrators who injured at least 31 police officers. Police say demonstrators threw paint bombs, ammonia, and bricks at them during the protest, which about 400,000 people attended. The majority of pr...

200 were also wounded during the violence, according to a report. Read More

A California man was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning when a bomb disguised as a newspaper exploded in his driveway. Read More

A police chief said the captured persons were unarmed and on leave. Read More

Republicans are gearing up to call for cuts to long-standing retirement entitlements like Medicare and Social Security. Read More

“The number is not credible,” says a spokesperson. Read More

Fighters celebrated by waving flags and dancing on tanks, reported The Guardian. Read More

Doctors say the man who nearly assassinated President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago is no longer a danger. Read More

High radiation levels have been found in seawater near the Fukushima power plant in Japan. Read More

Indonesian airport authorities detained two men who tried to smuggle 40 pythons on board a flight to Dubai. Read More

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the leaders of the Iranian-backed militant group Hamas on Saturday. He is seeking a resolution to the internal conflict that has been dragging on for four years and keeping the goal of a Palestinian state out of reach. Ever since Hamas removed him from the Gaza Strip in 2007, the president’s power ...

Workers at the Fukushima plant were trying to pump the radioactive water Saturday. Read More

Police said protesters threw paint bombs and ammonia at them during budget protests in central London on Saturday. Read More

It sees you when you’re sleeping. It knows when you’re awake. Well, not quite, but your cell phone does broadcast your location to your provider’s company every seven seconds, The New York Times reports. Malte Spitz, a German Green Party politician, took Deutsche Telekom to court and found that they had recorded his location 35,00...

The airstrike was originally intended to target a Taliban leader. Read More

Plaintiffs have argued that the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus were putting priests known to have problems into the mission schools. Read More

The man surrendered on TV to ensure he wasn’t harmed. Read More

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Authorities in the southern Californian city of San Gabriel shut down three townhouses that had been illegally converted into maternity centers for Chinese and Taiwanese women who’d traveled to the U.S. to give birth to American citizens. The women paid thousands of dollars to reach the center, where they stayed before and after giving birth, cops ...

Astronaut Mark Kelly says there is a “pretty good chance” his wife can attend his launch. Read More

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Recent Census data reveals that middle-class African American families are fleeing the cities for the suburbs. Read More

Workers reconnected power lines to all six nuclear reactors at Japan’s quake-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, but the complex is still emitting radiation. Read More

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was reunited with her astronaut brother-in-law Scott Kelly for the first time since Giffords was shot two and a half months ago. A spokesperson for Giffords said Monday that Giffords was “beaming. There were a lot of broad smiles.” Kelly was in the midst of a five month space mission during the initial shooting and said it&#...

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was charged with rape and sexual harassment. Read More

Taylor Anderson, a 24-year-old English teacher in Japan, has been confirmed as the first known American casualty of Japan’s devastating March 11 quake and tsunami. “We would like to thank all those (whose) prayers and support have carried us through this crisis,” her family said in a statement to MSNBC.com. “Please continue to pray for all who rema...

David Charles Schubert, who prosecuted Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars’ high-profile Sin City drug cases, has been arrested himself for allegedly possessing crack cocaine, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Cops said the prominent Clark County deputy DA was busted after an officer investigated what appeared to be a street drug deal. After the suppo...

AT&T announced Sunday that it would buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom in a $39 billion deal that will combine two major U.S. wireless carriers. Read More

Bahrain’s opposition has appealed to the United Nations and the U.S.to intervene in the government crackdown on protesters. Read More

Palin’s overseas visit is seen as an attempt to boost her foreign policy credentials. Read More

Two former national security officials with the Bush administration are reportedly in the running to become the next FBI director. Read More

Engineers are still working to prevent a major catastrophe at the damaged nuclear plant. Read More

Protests continue to sweep through the Arab world, spreading to Syria on Sunday in the biggest challenge to president Bashar al-Assad so far. Read More

Results are in from about a third of Egypt’s provinces, and all signs point to a massive turnout in favor of sweeping constitutional changes. Read More

The United States launched its first missile attack on Libya on Saturday as America and its allies began enforcing a no-fly zone. Read More

A safety official acknowledged protective iodine pills should have been distributed right after the recent reactor explosion. Read More

Egyptians voted on Sunday about whether to hold parliamentary and presidential elections soon or whether to temporarily extend the military’s power. Read More

A fighter jet was seen being shot down. Read More

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Nearly 10,000 people are estimated to have been killed in Miyagi prefecture alone, where the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Monday 2,000 bodies washed up on two shorelines. Read More

Japan’s devastating quake Friday was actually 1.5 times stronger than initially reported and is now believed to be the world’s fourth largest quake on record, The Associated Press reported. The U.S. Geological Survey followed Japan’s Meteorological Agency Monday in upgrading the magnitude of Friday’s monster quake to 9.0 from 8.9. Revisions of magn...

The fifth largest earthquake recorded since 1900 hit off Japan’s north coast Friday afternoon, setting off fires, sending cars and homes floating away in a tsunami that could claim 1,000 lives. Read More

The strong quake shook buildings in Tokyo and prompted a tsunami alert for Japan’s northeastern coast, The Associated Press reported Read More

Egyptian women who gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to demand equal rights were met with aggression by anti-feminist counter-demonstrators. Read More

Fighting continues as government forces carries out helicopter attacks on rebels. Read More

The Cuban government announced that the court case against Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor, has ended with a verdict and sentence awaiting. Gross– who has been jailed since 2009–is accused for crimes against the government for supplying Internet equipment to Cuban dissidents; he may face a 20-year sentence. The case has been a thorn in re...

The department said the threat in Yemen is “extremely high.” Read More

Thousands were waiting to leave the border. Read More

A recent video posted to YouTube depicts a group of Middle Eastern children play-acting a suicide bombing. In it, a boy says goodbye to his friends, then kicks up a cloud of dust to simulate a bomb exploding. It is unclear whether the video was intended as propaganda or as role-playing. A Taliban leader denies direct influence, but encourages these...

It was heaviest in the Libyan capital since the unrest two weeks ago. Read More

There was some heated excitement on the streets of Anchorage, Alaska this Saturday as the 1,150 mile Iditarod Dog Race kicked off, the longest in the world. Forty-year-old Lance Mackey hopes to win for the fifth consecutive time. Mackey’s stepson, Cain Carter, 19, will also be participating. It’s not all fun and games out in Alaska’s wilderness, th...

A perfect storm of high winds and rain swept through southern Louisiana this afternoon, killing a 21-year-old woman and causing massive damage to the surrounding area. As many as 60 people were wounded, and many homes—up to 100—were damaged in the massive gusts, AccuWeather.com reports. Debris littered the streets of Rayne, La., and many power line...

Three weeks after President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egyptians are turning their anger toward his internal security apparatus. They stormed the agency’s main headquarters and other offices Saturday and seized documents to keep them from being destroyed to hide evidence of human rights abuses. The BBC reports that the raid followed rumors...

In response to small protests staged by minority Shiites, Saudi Arabia announced a ban on all marches and protests in the country. In a statement, the interior ministry said security forces would use all measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt public order. Al Jazeera English reports that a “restive” Shia population in Saudi Arabia&#...

Reports say the city of Zawiya experienced tanks and shelling from forces loyal to Gadhafi. Read More

The former House Speaker is setting the stage for a possible presidential run. Read More

A tenacious Belgian runner completed a personal quest to finish a marathon every day for a year.

“There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better,” Jared Loughner ‘s parents say in a statement. Read More

Obama to travel to Arizona on Wednesday. Read More

Judy Clarke, the public defender who will represent alleged Arizona gunman Jared Loughner, has handled high-profile cases before. Read More

Gun control advocates have zeroed in on ‘high-capacity’ magazine used by alleged shooter. Read More

But the U.S. vice president says U.S. is prepared to help beyond 2014 security handover. Read More

Officials say lawyer who defended Oklahoma bomber McVeigh has taken his case. Read More

A college sophomore “shut off emotions” to aid the shot congresswoman. Read More

Flight cancellations and icy roads were expected across the South as the region braced for a major winter storm. Read More

U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won wide acclaim for a career as a respected leader. Read More

Congresswoman Giffords injured, 6 killed in shooting rampage Read More

Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a wedding in central Nigeria. Read More

U.S. officials have issued a subpoena to demand details about WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, the group announced Saturday, adding that it suspected other American Internet companies were also being ordered to hand over information about its activities. Read More...

Iranian border police have arrested a foreign woman on suspicion of spying, a police official told state radio on Saturday. Read More

An anti-American cleric whose militia was once the nemesis of U.S. troops in Iraq said Saturday that his followers were still resisting the U.S. forces militarily, telling the adoring crowd: “We are still fighters.” Read More...

North Korea reiterated Saturday a proposal for unconditional talks with South Korea to ease tensions on the divided peninsula. Read More

The home of the Vikings can’t hold up to the heavy snow that’s blanketed the Midwest. Read More

President Barack Obama will demand that BP create a special account with “substantial” reserves to pay Gulf oil claims and is readying aid packages for the region, his top political adviser said Sunday. Read More

Thousands of Uzbeks fled after their homes were torched by roving mobs of Kyrgyz men. Read More

At least six of the 18 people confirmed killed were young children, according to a list released by Gov. Mike Beebe’s office. Read More

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the Sunday afternoon quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2; no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. Read More

Authorities previously thought only two people were aboard the single-engine plane that crashed into an empty Arizona high school on Friday. Read More

Spirit Airlines shut down after a strike from pilots, leaving passengers stranded mostly between the U.S. and the Caribbean and Latin America. Read More

The parents of Abby Sunderland, the teen who had attempted to sail around the world solo, said their daughter was rescued by a French fishing crew. Read More

A small Cessna crashed Friday into a high school in a small eastern Arizona town, setting the school ablaze, but there are no initial reports of injuries on the ground. Read More

Embattled BP will likely suspend its second-quarter dividend as it faces growing public anger over its handling of massive oil spill in the U.S. Gulf Coast, according to the BBC and other reports. Read More

Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver falls short.

At least three people are killed, 17 hurt and an undetermined number missing after an avalanche hits a snowmobiling event in British Columbia, authorities said.

The Dalai Lama commented on Tiger Woods’ sex scandals Saturday, one day after Woods said he had strayed from his Buddhist faith. Read More

Former NFL star Michael Vick is a free man after serving his 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dog-fighting operation.