POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Setting aside for a few hours the pressures of trying to calm the world's trouble spots, President Barack Obama assumed the role of spectator for something more joyous: the wedding of the first family's longtime chef and f
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Gary Locke's low-key style made him popular among ordinary Chinese, despite US-China spats. He leaves next month so his kids can start high school in Seattle.
Continue reading >>USGS seismologist Robert Graves called it a "typical" Southern California quake and said expectations were that damage would be slight, if it occurred at all.
Continue reading >>ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A 93-year-old Florida man believed to be the country's oldest mayor remains in the running after Tuesday's election for a record 20th term in office in a central Florida city where he faced opposition for the first time in ove
Continue reading >>A grim new milestone at one of the world's most popular suicide spots: Some 46 people jumped to their deaths from the Golden Gate Bridge last year, it was announced yesterday.
Continue reading >>The FBI was created 43 years after Abraham Lincoln's death, and yet his assassin has ... an FBI file? Yep, a file was opened into John Wilkes Booth in 1922 and was still active as late as 1977,Smithsonian reports.
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