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Man Discovers $100K Comic Book Hidden in Wall of His House, In-Laws Nearly Ruin It
David Gonzalez was taking down a wall in a fixer-upper house he had bought in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, when he made a most interesting discovery: tucked in among some old newspapers as insulation was a copy of Action Comics No. 1, the first appearance of a character named Superman.
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Massive Tornado Destroys Area Near Oklahoma City; At Least 51 Killed [UPDATED]
An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the storm struck. Officials said Monday night that the search of the rubble remaining of the school had turned to a recovery mission.
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Waitress Gets Fired for Insulting Police on Facebook
Looks like someone didn't get the memo that what you post on Facebook can be seen by lots of people—and some of them may not like it very much.
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Student Suspended for Posting Principal’s Mug Shot Online
Keandre Varner, a high school student in Riverdale, Georgia, found his principal's mug shot online and posted it on Instagram. For doing so, he received a four-day suspension.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Doesn’t Want Large Women in Their Stores — Is It Fair?
Fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is coming under fire for its decision not to stock XL or XXL sizes for women, ostensibly because they don't want that type of buyer in their stores.
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Two Chinese Girls Poisoned to Death by Principal of Rival Kindergarten School
It seems almost impossible to believe, but the rivalry between two kindergarten schools in China led the principal of one school to kill a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old who attended the other school. With rat poison.
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Saudi Arabia Thinks This Guy Is Too Handsome, Therefore Dangerous to Women
Omar Borkan al Gala is a very good-looking man. Like Derek Zoolander-style ridiculously good-looking. Perhaps even illegally good-looking.
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Boston Marathon Bombers: One Suspect Captured; One Dead [UPDATED]
The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been captured. Dzokhar Tsarnaev was taken into police custody Friday night -- five days after the bombing that left three dead and left more than 100 injured, police said. The 19-year-old was apprehended after a manhunt that began Thursday night with the fatal shooting of an MIT officer and extended into the evening hours on Friday.
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5-15 Dead, 160 Injured in Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant; Rescue Operations Continue
Authorities say that five to 15 people may have died in last night's massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas. Many more, perhaps more than 160, were injured.
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Multiple People Stabbed at Lone Star College in Houston
As many as 14 people were injured, some of them stabbed, on Tuesday morning at Lone Star College, just outside Houston. Police have arrested one suspect.
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Seven Marines Killed, Others Injured, at Nevada Training Site
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dead
The longtime president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, died on Tuesday at the age of 58, following a two-year battle with cancer.