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Octomom's bikini body: Fake?

"Tea Party terrorist" â€” or simply a lone nut?

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Joe Stack: 'Tea Party terrorist'?

A mostly female crowd at the DVD release of 'New Moon'

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What 'New Moon' taught Hollywood

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Michael Steele's 6 most memorable apologies

Kanye West only joined Twitter in July, yet the rapper has nearly 2 million followers.

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The year in Kanye West's Twitter feed

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The end of Scientology?

Sure, Michele Bachmann had her fair share of public blunders in 2011, but so did President Obama, Newt Gingrich, and just about every other presidential candidate.

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The worst political gaffes of 2011

Now that she is no longer a "Dancing" star, rumor has it that Bristol Palin will share her life stories in a memoir.

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A Bristol Palin memoir?

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Conan O'Brien's TBS deal: Good move?

How will Petraeus' command change the face of the Afghan war?

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5 ways Petraeus changes Afghanistan

An artist's concept of Curiosity on Mars

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The Mars rover's '7 minutes of terror': A guide to the planned landing

Former Vice President Al Gore had his fair share of foul-ups at Copenhagen.

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Copenhagen: 7 memorable snafus

An officer walks through a field as smoke billows over Arizona's White Mountains: An eastern Arizona wildfire has been blazing out of control for nearly two weeks.

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Arizona's 'monster' wildfire: How long will it burn?

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What causes 'autism clusters'?

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Fists for Jesus

Rand Paul speaking to supporters at a rally in Florence, Kentucky.

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Rand Paul's 5 most controversial beliefs

The Cast of "Jersey Shore" is headed to Italy to soak up more of the "culture they love and live by."

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'Jersey Shore' goes to Italy: The inevitable wisecracks

The Etch A Sketch was all the rage for kids in the 1960s. Today the drawing toy resurfaces as a must-have iPad case.

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The 8 hot toys of Christmases past

In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy challenged Vice President Richard Nixon to a televised debate â€” the first of its kind, and now an enduring campaign tradition.

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11 memorable debate moments: A video history

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How Blumenthal survived the 'Vietnam' uproar: 5 theories

A Libyan fighter takes a souvenir photo as rebels flush out pro-Gadhafi forces in Tripoli: With victory near, critics say the NATO-led effort still failed the rebel fighters.

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3 ways the war in Libya failed

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The 'Goldilocks planet': Proof we're not alone?

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Replacing Simon Cowell: A definitive guide

The Taxed Enough Already rallies in April 2009

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Who correctly predicted the Tea Party's rise?

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Was Twitter almost called Twitch?

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Did democracy win or lose in Iraq?

Does Hillary Clinton think Obama is a Muslim?

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7 prominent people who think (or have hinted) Obama is a Muslim

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An Obama referendum?

The mighty T-Rex may now be only the second-biggest land-based dinosaur.

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Bigger than T-Rex: The world's largest plant-eating dinosaur

As if the grief of loved ones lost isn't enough, Japanese survivors are now suffering from "earthquake sickness," with symptoms like dizziness and anxiety.

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Phantom quakes and Japan's 'earthquake sickness'

Team USA celebrates a win against Algeria in today's World Cup match.

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USA's 'euphoric' World Cup victory

A former aide reveals Sarah Palin's distrust of Republican insiders like Newt Gingrich as well as any media outlet that is not Fox.

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Palin's ex-aide tells all: 5 embarrassing revelations

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Medicinal 'magic mushrooms': The new Prozac?

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Reid, "the most powerful Democrat on Capitol Hill," reportedly asked President Obama last year to give cong

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Inside the debt-limit showdown

Oklahoma's controversial abortion law protects doctors who neglect to tell parents about a baby's genetic defects.

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Oklahoma's 'unconscionable' new abortion laws

Who will the Supreme Court's ruling on hand guns affect the most?

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Supreme Court gun ruling: 5 cities on the firing line