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Unabomber updates Harvard University alumni book

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Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates, but one person stands out among those sharing news about career moves, retirements and grandki

Female pilot tosses passenger for sexist remarks

A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes.

Trip Airlines says in a Tuesday statement the pilot

Death penalty requested in Tunisian dictator trial

The prosecution of a military tribunal demanded the death penalty for Tunisia's former dictator over his role in the deaths of protesters during the popular uprising that overthrew him a year ago.

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A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it

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There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percen

North Korea upgrading rocket launch site

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Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. ins

Mitt Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep

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Mitt Romney has swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.

With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts

The man who defined disco era

Obituary: robin gibb (1949-2012)

With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era.

Everest weekend death toll reaches 4

Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world's highest mountain.

Nepali mountaineering official Gyanendra Sh

Police: US grandmother shot teen grandson 8 times

A 74-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson.

Police said Jonathan Hoffman called police and told an emergency dispatcher that he had been shot i

World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens

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The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday.

Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation

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