8 dead in 3-vehicle tour bus crash in Calif.: Highway Patrol

Updated 2:10 a.m. EST Authorities say at least eight people are dead and 38 are injured after a tour bus collided with two other vehicles in the mountains of Southern California about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, near the town of Forest Falls. California Highway Patrol spokesman Mario Lopez said at least eight have died from the Sunday night crash. He says 38 injured people were taken to hospitals....

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Ravens Defeat 49ers in Historic, Unusual Super Bowl

The Baltimore Ravens emerged Super Bowl champions after one of the strangest and most incredible Super Bowl games in recent memory.It's the second championship for the Ravens, who pulled out a 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers at the Superdome in New Orleans.The Super Bowl is the biggest spectacle in American sports, and each year becomes the most watched television event...

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Two worms, same brains – but one eats the other

IF TWO animals have identical brain cells, how different can they really be? Extremely. Two worm species have exactly the same set of neurons, but extensive rewiring allows them to lead completely different lives. Ralf Sommer of the Max Planck Institute...

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Militants free Filipinos seized with Jordanian journalist

MANILA: Islamist Abu Sayyaf militants have freed two Filipino television crew members seized along with a Jordanian journalist nearly eight months ago in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday.Looking frail and gaunt, audio technician Roland "Buboy" Letriro and cameraman Ramil Vela walked free Saturday on Jolo island where they had been held since June last year, regional police...

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Body of missing American found in Turkey

STORY HIGHLIGHTSBody of New York woman found in IstanbulShe disappeared almost two weeks agoSarai Sierra was a mother a twoShe failed to arrive at Newark, New Jersey, airport(CNN) -- The family of an American woman who went missing in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago is in mourning after learning that Turkish police found her body Saturday.Steven Sierra wept during a phone call with CNN, as he waited...

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Town mourns for slain bus driver amid Ala. standoff

Updated 9:45 PM ET MIDLAND CITY, Ala. As the police standoff with an Alabama man accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage continued Saturday, a nearby community prepared to bury the beloved bus driver who was shot to death trying to protect children on his bus when the episode began days earlier. Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, who was known around town as Chuck, was described by folks in his...

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Gun Violence 'Depletes Precious Natural Resource'

It took the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, to prompt lawmakers to call for stricter gun legislation. But the reality is that in a city like Chicago, where 515 murders took place last year and more than 100 shooting incidents have occurred since January 1, gun violence is an ongoing issue and it has been for years. Only, these shootings have become so common that they don't...

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Astrophile: A scorched world with snow black and smoky

Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse Object: Titanium oxide snowLocation: The hot-Jupiter planet HD 209458b There is something magical about waking...

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Cambodians bid farewell to ex-king ahead of cremation

PHNOM PENH: Thousands of Cambodians paid their last respects to their beloved former king Norodom Sihanouk as his body lay in state Saturday ahead of his cremation next week.The mourners were able to glimpse the late monarch's gilded casket through doorways to the purpose-built crematorium where it was carried Friday in a lavish procession that brought Phnom Penh to a standstill.His body...

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Clinton's final day in job marred by bombing

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Kerry sworn in, first trip likely to include stops in Egypt and IsraelClinton cites Turkey attack as example of challenges in the worldClinton visited 112 countries and flew almost 1 million miles in four yearsAt 65, Clinton faces questions about whether she'll run for president in 2016Washington (CNN) -- A final meeting with the president. A farewell address to the State Department...

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