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CNN's Wolf Blitzer had an awkward moment on Tuesday while interviewing Rebecca Vitsmun, an atheist survivor of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. She escaped from her home with her 19-month-old son.
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The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) released on its Twitter's page on Monday a photo of a mud-splattered black dog found sitting in the debris of a flattened home in the aftermath of the tornado that smashed through the suburb of Moore.
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A thrill-seeking BASE jumper got more than the rush of adrenaline he hoped for when his parachute failed to open after jumping off a 1,000-ft cliff.
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Shenzhen -
Local authorities in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen near Hong Kong said on Tuesday that five people died when a 10 meter (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate.
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A man, Jason Leon, 23, has killed the biggest ever Burmese python captured in Florida. Leon capture the 128-pound, 18-foot-8-inch monster in the Florida Everglades while driving in the night in a rural area of Miami-Dade county.
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A new study shows that elderly people at risk could stave off Alzheimer's disease by taking vitamin B supplements. The study shows that Vitamin B with folic acid reduces brain atrophy in areas of the brain associated with Alzheimer's by up to 90 percent.
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Johannesburg -
Mandela's daughters Zenani and Makaziwe, fighting for rights of access to their father's assets valued in millions, have filed an interdict in the High Court to remove George Bizos, Bally Chuene and Tokyo Sexwale as trustees and directors of his trust.
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Five copper coins thought to have originated in the East African Kilwa Sultanate (modern Tanzania), which date back to the early 900s, were discovered on the Wessel Islands off the north coast of Australia in 1944.
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Maiduguri -
The Nigerian government has issued a statement that claims that the military assault on Boko Haram insurgents was "yielding positive results" and that "available information confirm that the insurgents have been dislodged from theirs camps."
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A disabled male killer whale that is missing the dorsal fin on his right side and thus unable to hunt has survived in the wild with support from members of its pod who hunt for it and share food with it.
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Reports say the Yahoo board has approved a $1.1 billion cash deal to acquire Tumblr. Yahoo's board reportedly approved the deal in a meeting on Friday.
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Kathmandu -
A Saudi Arabian woman, Raha Muharrak, 25, was among 64 people who reached the summit of Mount Everest Saturday, having climbed from Nepal's side of the mountain. Muharraq is the first woman from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to reach the summit.
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Milwaukee -
A decision by a city inspector to have bras hanging from the ceiling of a Milwaukee bar taken down because of fire hazard has been rescinded. The owner of Holler House tavern Marcy Skowronski said she and her friends started the tradition 45 years ago.
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A US Navy dolphin has discovered a 19th century torpedo in deep water off the coast of San Diego, California, during an underwater mine detection training exercise. The 11-foot brass torpedo known as the Howell was built and deployed about 130 years ago.
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A right wing radio talkshow host Pete Santilli made shocking comments about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently. He said: "Hillary Clinton needs to be convicted and shot in the vagina. I want to pull the trigger."
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A massive asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly past Earth May 31, 2013 at 1:59 p.m.Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern / 20:59 UTC). Astronomers say it will not approach closer than 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km), about 15 times the distance between Earth and Moon.
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A YouTube video showing a set of giggly quadruplet babies, the "Mathias Quads," four sisters, Emily, Anna, Mary Claire and Grace, from Lexington, S.C., has gone viral online with over 7 million views.
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NASA is reporting that a meteor smashed into the Moon on March 17, 2013 at a speed of 56,000 mph, sparking the biggest and brightest explosion ever observed and creating a crater 65 feet wide (20 meters).
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London -
According to a new analysis of 2011 UK census, one in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, Christianity is declining 50 percent faster than previously thought and in 10 years Islam may become the dominant religion with only a minority identifying as Christian.
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Maiduguri -
Reports say that the Nigerian military has launched attacks on Boko Haram training camps in the far northeastern region of the Lake Chad basin in Borno State. Nigerian authorities say about 30 militants have been killed in air raids by air force jets.
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