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FBI officials say Thai Airways flight lands in Los Angeles after bomb threat found on plane
Los Angeles - Federal Bureau of Investigation - United States - California - Counties
A rash of fires were blazing this evening in four separate Detroit neighborhoods, destroying at least 20 homes, according to witnesses and local reports.
Michigan - United States - Metro Areas - Detroit Metro - Detroit
Prosecutors charge ex-soldier with threat to kill Obama after hostage standoff at Army post
British Army - Barack Obama - United States - Military - President
Can deep brain stimulation surgery help those struggling with morbid obesity to lose weight?
Obesity - Surgery - Health - Weight loss - Medicine
A shocking new report obtained by ABC News says that as many as three out of four guns used in crimes in Mexico can be traced to gun stores just across the border in the U.S. The numbers bolster complaints by Mexican officials that the country's unprecedented bloodshed – 28,000 people have died in drug-cartel violence since 2006 – is being fueled both by the U.S. appetite for drugs, and by American weapons.
Mexico - United States - Drug cartel - Violence - Organized crime
A 36-year-old factory worker who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting and murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind gravel piles at the asphalt plant where he worked.
Murder - Asphalt - Life imprisonment - United States - Crime and Justice
Despite undergoing a "quiet revolution" – as claimed by China's Ministry of Education – the nation's most prestigious universities didn't make the cut for Asia's top 10 universities. But does this rank necessitate a decrease in the caliber of Chinese students?
Asia - China - Chinese - Ethnicity - Eastern
Arianna Huffington says that the Obama Administration has failed to take decisive action during the economic crisis, threatening the existence of the American middle class.
"There's no question that the Obama Administration really underestimated the economic crisis," Huffington, the creator of the Huffington Post and liberal commentator said in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer set to air tonight on "World News."
Huffington Post - United States - Middle class - Diane Sawyer - Government
More than a year and a half after the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, in a skiing accident, Liam Neeson seems to be dipping his toe in the dating waters again. Last week, the 58-year-old Irish actor was seen leaving London's high-end Nobu restaurant with businesswoman Freya St. Johnston. Tall and blond, she bears more than a striking resemblance to Neeson's late wife.
Liam Neeson - London - Natasha Richardson - Irish language - Actor
This week the world's most famous scientist, Stephen Hawking, releases his latest work, The Grand Design, co-authored with the American physicist and best-selling writer Leong Mlodinow. The book has already stirred one of our deepest debates: Did God create the universe? Hawking argues that a divine creator is unnecessary to explain the universe.
Stephen Hawking - Grand Design - God - Universe - Physicist
Eight months after Susan Powell's disappearance, her husband, Josh Powell, continues to deny he had anything to do with it. Powell has told police he took the couple's two young son's an a late-night camping trip in the snowy wilderness the day his wife vanished.
Police - Camping - Disappearance of Susan Powell - Recreation - People
It's long been established that women tend to outlive men, and many studies show that they are more likely to get Alzheimer's than their male counterparts, but new research shows that they also may preserve mental clarity longer into old age. In a study of elderly Minnesota citizens, men showed signs of cognitive decline more often than women.
Research - Minnesota - Health - Mental health - Conditions and Diseases
On 'Project Runway,' Tim Gunn plays the perpetually calm father-figure, the mentor who commands to contestants, 'Make it work.' But in his new book, 'Gunn's Golden Rules,' on sale today, Gunn doesn't play nice. He outs the divas and dictators of the fashion world one by one and eviscerates a few Hollywood celebrities as well.
Tim Gunn - Project Runway - Fashion - Arts - Design
'Mad Men'"s Don Draper Cries his Way into an Emotional Breakthrough
Don Draper - Mad Men - People - Men - Health
Three sheriff's deputies in Georgia rescue a man from his burning car.
Sheriff - United States - Law - Law Enforcement - Georgia
Indiana officials believe mock torture video was shot by sheriff's department.
Sheriff - Torture - Law - Law Enforcement - California
A sign honoring Jackie Robinson leads to injury at a Toronto Blue Jays' game.
Toronto Blue Jays - Jackie Robinson - sport - Baseball - Major League