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"Legitimate rape," the least-expected controversy of 2012, is back.


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A 1792 "silver nickel" sold for $1.41 million at an auction in Orlando on Jan. 10. The coin is known as The Floyd Starr Example and is thought to have been made from Martha Washington's silverware at George Washington's request. Heritage Auctions said the coins were the very first American coins struck in December 1792 after the Mint Act was passed.


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Facebook is testing 'extreme' prices for messaging, such as $100 to get in Zuckerberg's inbox


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Los Angeles cops are on the hunt for suspets who stormed into a Nordstrom Rack department store and held 14 people hostage at gunpoint late Thursday night.


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Competition for millions of clicks, widespread media attention and, in some cases, money, has led some pranksters to increasingly push the limits to get noticed.


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costa When the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Giglio, Italy one year ago, it claimed 32 lives and shined a spotlight on what appeared to be completely inept captain who left the ship as it sank , many wondered if the cruise industry would ever recover from the tragedy. Experts agreed at the time that it would. And recover, by and large, it has


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“Lifeless,” “disappointing,” “ordinary,” “dull” and “old” are not words usually associated with the Duchess of Cambridge. But those are a few of the kinder words being associated with her first official portrait, which was unveiled today in London. Kate Middleton and Prince William visited the...


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Read more: World Reacts to Kate Portrait - 'Lifeless,' 'Dull,' 'Ghastly'