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Justin Trudeau Headed for Victory in Canada
OTTAWA — In an upset, Justin Trudeau, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, has unseated the Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, according to a projection by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday night.
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A Mysterious New Coffee Shop Called 'Dumb Starbucks' Is Baffling Los Angeles
A parody of the real Starbucks in Los Angeles.
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2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Sochi
The Opening Ceremony kicked off the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia today. The torch was light after a dazzling display of performance and fireworks.
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Stuffed Piquillo Peppers
Spanish piquillo peppers are traditionally hand-picked, then roasted in wood-fired ovens, peeled and packed into jars or cans. The flavor of wood smoke enhances the distinctive, slight spiciness of...
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World War II Somehow Claims Another Casualty
A German construction worker was killed Friday by an unexploded bomb. Some 70 years after the war's end, the bombs are still an everyday threat.
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What happens to an icy trampoline when you jump on it
I'd love to see a ultra slow motion of this.
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Five questions you want answered about Thailand's political tumult
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called elections for early February, but opponents on the streets of Bangkok want to derail the process.
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Architect's Dream House: Less Than 200 Square Feet
The Idaho woman spent just $11,000 on her tiny home, downsizing from 2,500 square feet.
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Bashar Al Assad: An Intimate Profile of a Mass Murderer
How Syria's polite, genocidal dictator won.
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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.
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Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to be True (infographic)
Just because you think something is a conspiracy doesn't mean that it might not be true.
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Carlos Santana reunited with his old drummer that was a beggar for 40 years
More than four decades after Carlos Santana and his drummer Marcus Malone parted ways, the two were reunited on the streets of Oakland, California, where the talented musician has been living after falling on hard times.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky: I will not challenge Putin
Freed tycoon rules out political career and says he won't return to Russia while he faces the prospect of being re-arrested.
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50-tonne whale hanging out under a boat
Whale-watchers in Argentina couldn't spot the whale: it was too close. In fact, the 50-tonne southern right whale and her calf were hiding under the little boat, setting the scene for some incredible photographs by wildlife photographer Justin Hofman, who just happened to be nearby in the water.
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U.S. Weighing Closer Ties With Hardline Islamists in Syria
As the moderate faction of the Syrian rebellion implodes under the strain of vicious infighting and diminished resources, the United States is increasingly looking to hardline Islamists in its efforts to gain leverage in Syria's civil war. The development has alarmed U.S. observers concerned that the radical Salafists do not share U.S. values and has dismayed supporters of the Free Syrian Army who believe the moderates were set up to fail.
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Beautiful Villages Around The World
Beautiful photographs of a number of the world's villages.
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N Korea leader's uncle 'executed'
The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been executed after being purged for corruption, state news agency KCNA reports.
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Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake
SANAA (Reuters) - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.The officials
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Royalty and a beggar in 1925
King George V, centre, with Henry, Duke of Gloucester travelling by carriage at Epsom races, receive a somewhat unwanted request from a gypsy man requesting money, as he runs alongside offering his cap.
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Most Amazing Sand Sculptures
Carl Jara aka Grain Damaged is an award-winning, professional sand sculptor from Cleveland, Ohio. Jara says he has known since high-school that he wanted to be an artist.
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NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
Snowden documents show agency is collecting billions of records on whereabouts of mobile devices.
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Behind the Bloodshed: The Untold Story Of America's Mass Killings
Since 2006, there have been more than 200 mass killings in the United States. A USA TODAY investigation discovered that they happen far more often than the government reports and can be shockingly predictable.
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Nelson Mandela, hero of South Africa, dies at 95
One of the most beloved leaders of the 20th century, Nelson Mandela died Thursday at the age of 95.
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How a Tiny Island Chain Explains the China-Japan Dispute
So far, much of the discussion of China's air-defense identification zone (ADIZ), a new law requiring foreign aircraft to notify China when they fly over a designated region in the East China Sea, has centered on Beijing's motivations: What is China trying to accomplish by instituting the zone? And, considering that it triggered immediate opposition from the United States and Japan, was this decision a mistake?
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A Red-Eyed tree frog riding a Hercules Beetle
A Red-Eyed tree frog riding a Hercules Beetle
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Winter in Istanbul
Very majestic.
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The Walkmen Go on Indefinite Hiatus
Perineal indie rock band The Walkmen on indefinite hiatus.
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Awesome Dutch F-16
Dutch F-16
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U.S. flies two warplanes over East China Sea, ignoring new Chinese air defense zone
The military exercise ignores a recent edict from China that it must be informed in advance of such flights.
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Should Edward Snowden Be TIME's Person of the Year?
Now it’s your turn to tell us who you think is the most important person of 2013.
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