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- Katrina-damaged La. theater goes for 1927 glory
- Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes
- Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
- Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores
- Civil trial over Jackson's death focuses on AEG
- Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'
- Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival
- Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools
- Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
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Naval Academy graduates throw their caps into the air at the end of commencement in Annapolis, Md., Friday.
Cook from scratch without the shopping
Those who love to cook from scratch at home but don't have time to shop for fresh ingredients may want to check out a new kind of food delivery service.
Pa. railroad calendar delivered 63 years late
A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year _ except the year is 1950.
Happy hangover: Tips for avoiding the post-New Year's Eve headache
The New Year brings with it much promise: new beginnings, resolutions and perhaps even new taxes. But for many, the first thing the New Year brings is a killer hangover.
Spoiler alert: 2013 banished words list released
Each year since 1971, Lake Superior State University in Michigan has compiled its list of words people don't want to hear again.
Vultures pick at visitors' cars in Fla. Everglades
Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures.
Wis. couple says pet chicken alerted them to blaze
A Wisconsin couple says clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home.
Good Samaritan finds ring on snowy Calif. highway
Finding a lost wedding ring along a snowy highway is hard enough. But a Good Samaritan in Northern California also has to track down the man it belongs to.
It's like actually the most annoying word, ever
Strike this word from you conversations: whatever. For the fourth year in a row, a Marist Poll survey ranks the word the most annoying in the American lexicon.
Brasstown having possum drop, without live possum
A New Year's Eve possum drop that attracts thousands of people to a tiny western North Carolina town will go on this year, with one big change: It won't involve a live possum.
Pony back with circus after Christmas kidnap
A tiny pony is back at its Austrian circus home more than a week after apparently being kidnapped by a woman who wanted to give her sick daughter a Christmas surprise.
Minn. soda shop rebuked for stocking candy smokes
Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.
Sweden: Foreigner angered over gray Santa outfit
Police in Sweden had to intervene after a foreign visitor to a spa and conference center grew angry because a visiting Santa Claus was wearing a gray instead of red costume.
Young Redskins fans sing a carol to RGIII
A group of young carolers sing along to the Christmas carol, "O Christmas Tree" while taking a little creative freedom with the lyrics.
Mastering 30-foot heights, bouncers are new extreme athletes
Gone are the days when jumping on a trampoline was enough. A new extreme sport is intriguing people worldwide as they see these athletes master a "trampoline wall."
So. Calif. couple unlawfully wedded for 48 years
After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married.
Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa
They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors.
Denver sirens are just a test, not doomsday signal
Officials in Denver want people to know this is only a test.
German scientists seek to clone perfect Xmas trees
The hunt for the perfect Christmas tree may soon become a lot easier: just pick a nice clone.
A weather forecast for the end of the world (VIDEO)
Want a clue to what we might have been in store for today, should the Mayans have been right?
Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights
A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.
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