After a roller coaster week, Kendra Skaggs sat down to vent on her blog. She had used that space to document her 13 month journey of adopting a young girl named Polina from Russia. But now, with that dream just weeks away from fulfillment, she described her frustration, fear, and anger as she watched it being snatched away.


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Kate Winslet will blast off to space thanks to a $200,000 ticket gifted to the actress from Sir Richard Branson. According to the Daily Telegraph, the actress, who recently married Branson’s nephew Ned RocknRoll, received the out-of-this-world ticket from Branson as a thank you for...


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The world’s most valuable company, Apple Inc., gave CEO Tim Cook a 99 percent pay cut in 2012, according to documents filed with US securities regulators. The CEO who has been at the helm of the Cupertino-based company since founder Steve Jobs died in Oct....


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Jessica Simpson is flaunting it while she’s got it. The 32-year-old pop star and Weight Watchers spokeswoman showed off her trim figure in a photo she posted on Twitter Thursday, posing in a red beach cover up and a cowboy hat. Her caption: “Fun in...


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional leaders are expected to meet with President Obama and his staff at the White House today in last minute, face-to-face negotiations as the country teeters toward the mandatory package of tax hikes and federal budget slashes colloquially known as the “fiscal...


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Passengers onboard one of the world's most luxurious cruise ships have reportedly come down with a "winter vomiting bug" on a Christmas cruise. The Queen Mary 2, a Cunard ship, is on a 12-day, round-trip sailing from New York to the Caribbean that departed on Dec 22. According to the line's website, the ship is currently docked in St. Lucia.


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Three New Jersey police officers are in the hospital after a shooter opened fire inside of their police headquarters this morning.


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Statue of praying Hitler in former Warsaw ghetto sparks emotion


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A 21-year-old theatre student has successfully filed a civil stalking order against her parents over their behavior, which she says was an attempt to control all aspects of her daily life.


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By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: WHITE HOUSE SAYS, NO NEW PLAN: ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Sunlen Miller, John Parkinson and Sarah Parnass report that the White House said Thursday it has no plans to offer new proposals to avoid the fiscal cliff...


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