NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – President Obama today took aim at skeptics of his dire warnings about the sequester, insisting the “meat-cleaver” approach to deficit reduction will harm the military, defense contractors, suppliers and their families the most if it hits in two days. “I’m not...


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Chris Brown calls his 2009 assault on Rihanna the “deepest regret” of his life but says their recent reconciliation is because Rihanna “loves me” and has “forgiven” him. Speaking at Elton John’s Aids Foundation Oscars party after Sunday’s Academy Awards, Brown told the U.K.’s Mirror,...


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The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search for a sailboat off the California coast today and conceded there is a chance the distress call that triggered a massive hunt was a hoax.


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Read more: Search for Missing Sailboat Called Off

For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Federal Trade Commission announced that identity theft was the top consumer complaint of the year for 2012.


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Read more: ID Theft Tops Consumer Complaints

Among the conditions attached to Oscar Pistorius' bail agreement is that the Olympic sprinter is barred from entering his own home, where he shot his model-girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day.


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Read more: 'Blade Runner' Adrift With No Training, No Home

  Anne Hathaway may have won the approval of the Academy on Oscar night with her supporting actress win, but so-called “Hathahaters” are criticizing the star’s authenticity. In what was seen as a stereotypical Oscar win moment, “It came true!”  Hathaway cried as she accepted...


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Read more: Anne Hathaway Answers Critics

A Houston dad who allegedly napped on a couch while his 4-year-old son found a stolen handgun and shot himself with it has been arrested and will face charges in the boy’s death. Marquiez Deshon Pratt, 20, had his son Jaiden for the weekend when the boy shot himself on...


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The worried family of a young biker who has disappeared with his girlfriend while on a dream cycling trip through South America says there has been no activity on his bank account for over a month.


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Read more: Missing Cyclists Haven't Accessed Bank Account in a Month

The Senate has voted to proceed with a vote to confirm or reject Republican Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. After a battle lasting nearly two months, characterized by tough interrogation and a partisan divide, lawmakers are expected to confirm President Obama's nomination of Hagel this afternoon.


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Read more: Senate Votes to Move Forward on Hagel Confirmation