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Botflies Grow Under Skin, Feast on Flesh

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An Australian couple got more than they bargained for from their Bolivian vacation when they became infected with human botfly larvae that grow under the skin and feast on flesh.


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Spears Officially Leaving 'The X Factor'

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After weeks of speculation, Britney Spears has made it official: She’s not returning to “The X Factor.” “I’ve made the very difficult decision not to return for another season,” Spears said in a statement sent by her publicist to ABCNews.com. The reason: she wants to...


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Cyndi Lauper on Parenting Teen Son, Marriage

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Cyndi Lauper on Parenting Teen Son, Marriage Lauper dished about the hazards of raising a teenage boy with her husband of 20 plus years, actor David Thornton, and the struggles that come when Dad is the stay-at-home parent.


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McDonald's Installing DNA Spray Security

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Thieves Down Under might get a little something extra the next time they rob a McDonald’s. In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald’s in Sydney, the company has hired SelectaDNA, a British security firm, to install a system that sprays a “toxic...


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What Did Putin Say to Scare This Boy?

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Judging by these two photos featuring Vladimir Putin, the Russian president seems to have scared the living daylights out of a young boy at a mass in Russia’s Southern Federal District. While attending an overnight service at Holy Trinity St. George Monastery in Sochi ,...


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Flu Shots Working, Outbreak Could Be Waning, CDC Says

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CDC data shows that that flu activity could be waning, but numbers may have been artificially deflated because of the holiday season.


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Photos: Today in Pictures

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Today's Top Photos From Around the Globe


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Rep. Says Akin 'Partly Right' on Rape

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


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Photos: 'Silver Nickel' Sells for $1.4M

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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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$100 Charge to Message Zuckerberg?

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


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Suspects Flee in Nordstrom Hostage Situation

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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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When Cashing in on Viral Videos Crosses the Line

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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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One Year After Cruise Tragedy, What's Different?

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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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World Reacts to Kate Portrait - 'Lifeless,' 'Dull,' 'Ghastly'

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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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Woman Vows to Eat, Drink Only Starbucks

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Call it the Year of the Latte, or the Panini. When the new year rolls around, some people vow to spend more time with their family. Others pledge to step up their Pilates routines. But Beautiful Existence — yes, that’s the legal name of a real person,...


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Iran Set to Reboot 'Argo'

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Just months after its release, Ben Affleck's international thriller "Argo" is set for a reboot, only this time it's the Iranians telling the story of a group of American diplomats who evaded capture and daringly escaped Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis.


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Iran Denies Cyber Attacks on US Banks

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The Iranian government has officially denied any involvement in the wave of relatively unsophisticated cyber attacks that have struck glancing blows on websites for U.S. financial institutions over the past months.


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