‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini dies at 51
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Actor James Gandolfini, who rose to fame as mob boss Tony Soprano on the hit HBO drama “The Sopranos,” has passed away, the network has confirmed to NBC News. He was 51 years old.
Men’s Wearhouse icon and founder fired
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Men’s Wearhouse has fired George Zimmer, its bearded executive chairman famous for his TV ad line: “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.”
A new take on ‘grass-fed’ meat: Pig farmer markets pork raised on marijuana
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The possibilities when it comes to marketing meat made from marijuana-fed animals are close to endless, but the man who came up with the idea has decided to simply call them “Pot Pigs.”
Two N.Y. men plotted to build 'Hiroshima light switch' weapon, feds say: Two upstate New York men,...
Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana guilty of tax evasion in Italy
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Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were given a suspended jail sentence of one year and 8 months Wednesday after being found guilty of hiding $1.3 billion in income from tax authorities.
HPV infections in teen girls fall by half
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Drop comes since HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, despite high-profile controversy and low enrollment, study shows.
Serena Williams causes stir over Steubenville comments
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Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, “she shouldn’t have put herself in that position.”
Obama calls for cuts in US, world nukes
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In speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, president proposes reducing the American nuclear arsenal by as much as a third.
Obesity is a disease, doctors’ group says: The American Medical Association officially designated...
Disabled Ohio woman, daughter held captive in horrid conditions
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A cognitively disabled woman and her young daughter were held against their will in an Ohio home for more than two years, forced to perform manual labor, threatened by poisonous snakes, and beaten to scare them from ever escaping, authorities announced on Tuesday.
NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans’ phone calls
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The National Security Agency is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls — the most controversial component of its surveillance programs— by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it for possible connections to terror plots, U.S. officials said Tuesday
Brazil cleans up after widespread protests overnight
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping the country, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance at all levels.
98-year-old charged with ‘unlawful execution, torture’ of Jews during World War II
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Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old who features on Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center’s wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World War II.
A fortune in severed bear paws found being smuggled into China
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More than 200 bear paws were discovered being smuggled into China in the tires of a van, Chinese officials told local media.
Women in combat: Could special ops be the next stop?
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The Pentagon has moved beyond merely talking about placing women into combat and is actively mapping how, when and where servicewomen eventually will be assigned to far more dangerous duties — including, perhaps, special forces operations, senior U.S. defense officials tell NBC News.
Toddler maimed in lawn mower accident walks with new legs
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Wearing a superhero cape and her new prosthetics, dotted with Dora the Explorer stickers, two-year-old Ireland Nugent walks again after she was maimed by a lawnmower at her family’s home in Florida.
Photographer documents subway construction nine stories below Manhattan
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A project 90 years in the making had better be impressive, and the Metropolitan Transport Authority’s $4.5 billion Second Avenue Subway project does not disappoint.
FBI: Surveillance thwarted bombings of NYC stock exchange and subway
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NSA programs also linked an American citizen in Chicago to the 2008 hotel attacks in India and to a plot to bomb the offices of a Danish newspaper, official tells House panel.
‘Standing Man’ goes viral, inspires silent protests in Turkey
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A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.