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Storm goes east after dumping on Colo.

4 hours 44 min ago

The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver.





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4 hours 44 min ago

Ind. election chief guilty of voter fraud

5 hours 3 min ago
Indiana's top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday.


NYT: Komen funding fracas far from over

5 hours 33 min ago
When the nation’s pre-eminent breast cancer advocacy group, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, decided to stop most of its financing of Planned Parenthood in December, Komen’s leaders hoped to quietly distance the foundation from a politically controversial organization that they feared was costing them support and donations, a board member said.


1 dead, 2 hurt in gas explosion near Marine base

6 hours 20 min ago
A propane gas explosion damaged several residences in a housing unit for a U.S. Marine Corps training base in northern California, killing one person and injuring two others, an official said Saturday.


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6 hours 20 min ago

Thousands brave icy chill to protest in Moscow

6 hours 27 min ago
Thousands of people marched in Russian capital Moscow Saturday in a pro-democracy protest over the power of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to reports.


Russia, China reject UN resolution on Syria

6 hours 57 min ago

Russia and China veto a draft resolution calling for Syria's president to leave power. The move came as activists said more than 200 people were killed in the city of Homs.





Video: Panda-cam goes live in China

7 hours 22 min ago

China is streaming live videos of its pandas on a web cam in order to boost awareness for Panda conservation. (TODAY)





London Heathrow cancels flights ahead of snow

9 hours 11 min ago
The owner of Heathrow Airport says it has canceled 30 percent of flights for Sunday amid forecasts for snow and severe weather in London.


Did alleged homeless slayer kill woman, son?

13 hours 49 min ago

Prosecutors plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California.





UN: Afghan civilian deaths in war hit record high

14 hours 15 min ago

Last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians with 3,021 killed, a rise of 8 percent from the year before as insurgents ratchet up violence , the United Nations said.





Lakers take show on road, hold off Nuggets

14 hours 50 min ago

Andrew Bynum scored 22 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a season-high six-game trip with a 93-89 victory over the weary Denver Nuggets on Friday night.





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14 hours 50 min ago

Wade, LeBron turn up the Heat on 76ers

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:07pm

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and LeBron James had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Miami Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.





Activists: 200 dead in Syria's Homs 

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 8:02pm
Syrian activists say an evening assault by government forces in the central city of Homs has killed 200 people and wounded hundreds.


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Fri, 02/03/2012 - 8:02pm

American brigadier general dies in Afghanistan

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:57pm

A 49-year-old brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war.





Armstrong 'gratified' after feds drop PEDs investigation

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:50pm

Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong on Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates participated in a doping program.





PhotoBlog: Will apps replace photo books?

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:08pm

Veteran photographer Gerd Ludwig publishes an app instead of a book to showcase his long-term documentation of Chernobyl's fallout.