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- Iran's Farhadi and China's Jia make Cannes splash
- 'The Audience' to be shown in NJ nursing home
- $1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest
- 'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings
- 'Mad Men' Vincent Kartheiser finds a new role
- Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect
- Bills DE Williams fails to mediate ring dispute
- Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies
- Bradley has 3-stroke lead after 2 rounds at Nelson
- USA Today founder honored at memorial service
The 66th Cannes Film Festival
Actors Claire Julien, Israel Broussard and Emma Watson look back as they walk up the steps for a screening.
NYT's Nate Silver blogged about burritos before politics
Before Nate Silver blogged about politics on his now-famous New York Times blog, FiveThirtyEight, he blogged about burritos.
Loose gorilla alert? Electronic road sign hacked
A prankster is changing the message on an electronic traffic warning sign in Northern California.
S. Africa police: Smuggler swallowed 220 diamonds
Police in South Africa say they've arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.
'Guru' swindler of French aristocrats gets 8 years
He started with the woman who hired him at the secretarial school, befriending her and winning her confidence. She introduced him to her elderly mother, her children. Her grandchildren, nearing adulthood, were next. Soon, Thierry Tilly was almost a member of the family of aristocrats.
Boat needed in one Minneapolis voting precinct
Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.
Brazilian pet motel provides love nests for dogs
Love motels are fairly popular in Brazil for short-stay trysts, and now a new spin on the concept has been introduced: Love motels for dogs.
NC judge rules against New Year's Eve possum drop
A possum drop that attracts thousands of people to a tiny town in western North Carolina each New Year's Eve may have had its last hurrah after a judge ruled Tuesday that a state agency didn't have the authority to issue a permit for the event.
Dad takes photos of son for 21 years (VIDEO)
Most parents love to chronicle their kids' childhood with endless photos and videos of special occasions.
Wal-Mart employees play catch with new iPads (VIDEO)
If you're in the market for a new iPad, you might want to consider how it has been handled before putting down hundreds of dollars.
Is Thanksgiving song a nightmare? (VIDEO)
The producer who brought you Rebecca Black and her hit "Friday" has a new tweener with a "hit" holiday song called "Thanksgiving."
Panic at Macedonian circus after lion escapes
Several hundred spectators got an unexpected shock at a circus in Macedonia after a lion broke through a safety enclosure during a performance.
UK teen jailed for robbing jewelry stores
British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.
Truck hauling chicken burns in town of Chili, NY
Officials say a truck carrying nearly 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken went up in flames on its way to a supermarket in the New York town of Chili (CHEYE'-lye).
Calif. mayoral candidate arrested on Election Day
A Central Coast candidate for mayor lost big this week.
Fla. students walk on water for class assignment
Students from Florida International University in Miami walked on water Thursday for a class assignment.
Man napping in field run over by combine, survives
A man napping in a Montana cornfield was startled out of his snooze when he was run over by a large harvesting machine _ and Yellowstone County deputies say he's lucky to be alive.
Girl, 9, dominates peewee football (VIDEO)
Anyone who thinks girls can't play football might want to think again after watching 9-year-old Sam Gordon.
Macedonian minister looking for certified geniuses
Macedonia's health minister is looking for assistants _ but they have to be certified geniuses.
Fraud? No, spider delays Mass. town's vote count
It wasn't hanging chads or voter fraud that delayed the vote count in one Massachusetts town _ it was a spider.
Mammoth skeleton found in France
Archaeologists in France have unearthed a rather hairy fossil _ a nearly complete skeleton of a mammoth.
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