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- May 31st
- Martin O'Malley: 'I am not beholden to Wall Street'
- Enrique Iglesias sliced his fingers in a drone during a concert. He kept singing.
- A flight attendant denied a Muslim woman an unopened can of soda, saying she might use it as a weapon
- Bob Schieffer just signed off of Face the Nation
- U.S. paid former Nazis $20 million in benefits, report says
- Chicago Blackhawks advance to Stanley Cup finals
- John Kerry hospitalized after bike accident
- May 30th
- A woman met the man with her dead brother's face and it was emotional
- Moscow police break up unsanctioned LGBT rights rally
- Saved by the Bell's Dustin Diamond convicted of misdemeanors in stabbing
- Sepp Blatter denies ties to FIFA corruption
- Prosecutor claims 'egregious' mistakes in Cleveland cop verdict
- Martin O'Malley formally enters presidential race
- The Tampa Bay Lightning will head to the Stanley Cup final
- Boehner 'shocked and saddened' by allegations against Hastert
- May 29th
- Sorry lovers, Paris is removing your cutesy padlocks from its bridge
- The best and worst things about Martin O'Malley
- Every nail salon in New York must now post a workers' bill of rights
- Empire season 2 finally has a premiere date
- Silk Road founder sentenced to life in prison
- Only in America: High school senior banned from graduation over stray beer can
- Anheuser-Busch ditches beer to bottle water for flood victims
- Watch Martin O'Malley hint at a presidential run — by playing guitar
- For those who have everything: Business wetsuit
- Women get more sleep but men are happier upon waking, study shows
- Beyoncé's music may get pulled from Tidal
- Only in America: U.S. Marine court-martialed for refusing to remove Bible verse from desk
- U.S. drops Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
- Oregon police dogs are about to be out of a job thanks to legalized pot
- This Christian rap group is 'all in' for Ted Cruz
- United Airlines used to offer 'men-only' flights
- Pocahontas singer: 'I have no idea what a blue corn moon is'
- Republican senator says The LEGO Movie is 'insidious' propaganda
- Suge Knight is trying to get his murder case dismissed
- Here's everything Mad Men writers wished they could have covered in the series' final episodes
- Thousands of fake businesses across Europe are giving the unemployed something to do
- Amid controversy, TLC might launch a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff
- Bob Saget just signed on to the Full House reboot
- Uber-like surge pricing could be coming to Disney's theme parks
- Sorry, chocolate probably won't help you lose weight
- Jon Stewart says not even crazy, racist, fringe 2016 candidates can get him to change his mind about retiring
- Jaws is coming back to movie theaters
- Klopp linked to Liverpool job as Rodgers fights for his life
- Rand Paul is a shirtless muscleman in this insane new pro-Rand super PAC ad
- Dozens rescued from latest Texas floods
- Chris Christie changes his mind on Common Core education standards
- FIFA raked in $2.6 billion in profit from the 2014 World Cup
- Texas floods bring a tide of snakes, alligators and a coffin
- Week in pictures 25-29 May
- 'Healthy' snacks for kids contain more sugar than Haribo sweets
- Michael Jackson's former Neverland Ranch - in pictures
- How sleep training can rid your brain of sexism and racism
- Talks on the migrant crisis in Southeast Asia start in Thailand
- Veterans to receive $60 million settlement after being charged excess student loan interest
- The Scripps National Spelling Bee ends in another tie
- Expert: Live anthrax may have been sent by military because spores were too tough to kill
- 'Draw Muhammad' contest, rally planned in Phoenix
- Boston just can't get rid of its 'vile' piles of snow
- Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch could be yours for the low, low price of $100 million
- May 28th
- Scientists want to know if Ecstasy could help reduce anxiety in adults with autism
- Study: Cancer cases on the rise worldwide
- Ex-House Speaker Hastert indicted for evading currency reporting requirements
- A psychiatrist testified that the Aurora movie theater shooter was legally sane at the time
- Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton are winning the 2016 social media race
- The artist who designed Obama's 'Hope' poster has lost hope in him
- Watch Trevor Noah try out Jon Stewart's Daily Show chair
- Scientists discover the real reason Swiss cheese has holes
- FIFA president addresses organization's corruption inquiry
- Watch Tobey Maguire play chess legend Bobby Fischer in the first Pawn Sacrifice trailer
- Ben & Jerry's made a new flavor to raise global warming awareness
- This is what a road melted by India's monster heat wave looks like
- Ted Cruz is a huge video game nerd
- Cops in New York are arresting subway riders for 'manspreading'
- Advertisers threaten to revoke FIFA sponsorships after indictments
- Pussy Galore returns in new Bond novel Trigger Mortis
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren made big money flipping foreclosures
- The newest FIFA video game will include women players for the first time
- Shoppers might soon be able to buy products straight from a Google search
- An estimated 4,000 workers could die in Qatar before the 2022 World Cup
- Netflix uses more internet bandwidth during peak hours than Hulu, YouTube, and Amazon combined
- Mankini ban sends crime tumbling in Newquay
- This is what the Ed Sullivan Theater looks like without the Late Show with David Letterman marquee
- Putin sees U.S. conspiracy in FIFA crackdown
- Watch George Pataki announce he's running for president
- FCC chief proposes subsidized broadband for the poor
- Britain's Methodist Church apologizes for nearly 2,000 abuse cases
- Russia is reportedly amassing troops, heavy weaponry at Ukraine border
- Steven Gerrard leads Liverpool players' Yaya Kolo chant – video
- US army accidentally ships out samples of live Anthrax
- Survivor of Wimberley, Texas, flood tragedy tells what happened
- Jon Stewart puts the FIFA scandal in helpful perspective
- Iran nuclear deal: a sign of hope or a dark day in history?
- Study: Young women who join ISIS looking for sisterhood more than marriage
- Police dog fends off 3 assailants attacking Mississippi deputy
- McDonald's is changing the way it makes its burgers
- Golden State Warriors beat Houston, make NBA finals for first time in 40 years
- Three injured after tornado hits Texas gas drilling rig
- Bartender convicted of manslaughter after customer takes 56 shots, dies
- Researchers uncover fossils of ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia
- There might be a 19 Kids & Counting spin-off in the works
- May isn't over yet, and it's already the wettest month in Texas history
- May 27th
- U.S. military inadvertently sent live anthrax samples to labs in 9 states
- Tracy Morgan, Walmart reach settlement over fatal 2014 crash
- Rand Paul enjoys composting, cuts his own hair, and other facts we learned from his Us Weekly profile
- Nearly one-third of Americans have no retirement savings
- Archaeologists discover the world's oldest murder victim
- Proposed U.K. bill would ban all legal highs — including alcohol and coffee
- El Niño is saving us from a catastrophic hurricane season
- Chinese tycoon's son buys not one but two gold Apple watches — for his dog
- Find out if your name matches your state, job, and politics
- The Post Office wants to be a bank — but that might not be a good idea
- Herpes could save you from skin cancer
- Merriam-Webster adds 'jeggings,' 'photobomb,' 'NSFW,' and more new words to its Unabridged dictionary
- Forbes most powerful women list: Taylor Swift makes history
- Archaeologists discover secret treasure room containing 2,400-year-old gold and drugs
- Mourinho mocks Arsenal, Man City and United at Chelsea party
- Watch John Oliver explain why FIFA is 'cartoonishly evil'
- Psychiatrist calls for rethink on psychedelic drug restrictions
- Rand Paul tries to explain GOP's 'religious persecution' fears to Jon Stewart
- Fifa arrests - a who's who of those in the headlines
- Daniel Barenboim unveils 'radical' new piano
- Fugitive ex-LAPD officer caught in Mexico, will face U.S. murder charges
- Aer Lingus: Ireland agrees to sell stake to BA owners
- Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez is the people's player of the year
- Artist sells Instagram pics without photographers' permission
- Swiss authorities open their own criminal inquiry into FIFA's 2018, 2022 World Cup votes
- Hamas accused of 'spine-chilling' abuses during Gaza war
- Michel Platini will resign at Uefa's next congress
- Jon Stewart slams the GOP for loving the NSA, hating ObamaCare
- Bill Nye and Amy Schumer mock 'white women in their 20s' using 'the Universe' for cosmic guidance
- Nebraska governor vetoes bipartisan death penalty repeal bill
- Illinois couple welcomes their 100th grandchild
- Amnesty International says Hamas killed, tortured dozens of Palestinians last year
- U.S. indicts, seeks to extradite, top FIFA officials on corruption charges
- Watch Amy Schumer defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Opinion
- Flannery O'Connor to grace a U.S. postage stamp
- State Department proposes releasing Hillary Clinton's emails every 60 days
- FBI investigating bomb threat made against EVA Air flight from Taipei to LA
- Study: Newer birth control pills increase the risk of blood clots
- May 26th
- Vox Media acquires Re/code
- IRS says data thieves accessed information on 100,000 taxpayers
- This new bipartisan bill wants to make your booze cheaper
- SCOTUS will hear a case on 'one person, one vote'
- Love naps? So does Pope Francis.
- The NSA is testing technology to identify you by your swipes on a phone screen
- Legendary American photographer Mary Ellen Mark dies at 75
- Amtrak will install cameras to monitor its train operators
- U.S. travel to Cuba has increased by 36 percent this year
- Clinton Foundation donors got weapons deals approved by the State Department
- Want people to buy your product? Hire Liam Neeson.
- This Harvard engineer is on a mission to make barbeque even more delicious
- Former Republican officials, staffers agree Supreme Court case against ObamaCare is bogus
- Kylie Jenner comes out as a chemtrail conspiracy theorist
- What not to wear to work this summer: Money pours cold water on your hot outfits
- Officials: U.S. efforts to save civilians are slowing the fight against ISIS
- BB King 'poisoned by his aides', say daughters
- Iraq launches counter-offensive to push ISIS out of Anbar
- Andy Burnham's triple whammy in Labour leader race
- Jon Stewart on his quiet efforts to get veterans TV jobs: 'It isn't charity'
- Charter Communications confirms $55.3 billion merger bid with Time Warner Cable
- ISIS now governs a Belgium-size territory. The BBC explains how, in 90 seconds.
- Didcot murders: prime suspect Jed Allen found dead in Oxford
- Norwich back in the big time as play-off win nets £120m
- A 'drinkable' non-alcoholic beer for beer lovers? The Wall Street Journal says yes.
- Researchers say there are fewer than 50 Maui's dolphins left in the world
- Sting joins Jimmy Fallon's barbershop quartet for a very square version of The Police's 'Roxanne'
- This possibly haunted Connecticut ghost town is on sale for $2.4 million
- Sen. Thad Cochran marries longtime aide, landlady
- Geophysicist says don't let the San Andreas trailers scare you
- Anonymous threats made against 6 international flights
- In Texas and Oklahoma, at least 4 are dead after severe storms
- Galapagos Island volcano erupts near habitat of the rare pink iguana
- B.B. King's daughters say their father was poisoned by his personal assistant and business manager
- May 25th
- Tornado in Mexico kills 13, injures 300
- Report: Cleveland reaches settlement with Justice Department over policing
- America honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
- VA hospital $1 billion over budget gets another $100 million
- George W. Bush reportedly offered to officiate a gay wedding
- Man kidnapped 41 years ago reunites with his mother
- May 24th
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- May 22nd
- Drought-stricken California accepts voluntary water cut deal from Delta farmers
- For those who have everything: Bespoke tea blends
- Harlem Globetrotters legend Marques Haynes dies at age 89
- Only in America: Wyoming law criminalizes citizen science
- Only in America: Boy Scouts bans water guns and other 'simulated firearms'
- Watch Walt Disney explain his idea for the real-life 'Tomorrowland'
- For the first time, there are equal amounts of social conservatives and liberals
- FBI admits Patriot Act powers didn't help solve any big terror cases
- Adult FriendFinder hack exposes 3.9m people
- This is the real story behind that legendary 'Poltergeist curse'
- 3D porn film Love prompts cheers and walkouts at Cannes
- Watch the 'Sherlock Holmes of Wine' explain how to spot a counterfeit bottle
- Harry Reid on becoming a lobbyist: 'I would rather be taken to Singapore and caned'
- Coffee may be nature's Viagra, according to science
- Check out this amazing archive of historic New York pictures
- How a computer's 'nerd power' could be used to heat your home
- Police to pay rape victim £20,000 for wrongful arrest
- Bill Murray will star in an insanely star-studded Christmas special for Netflix
- Watch Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, and more A-listers confess their 'real' voices
- You're probably safe from the latest bird flu outbreak. But your wallet may not be.
- Watch Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson surprise a superfan — by officiating his wedding
- Conan acts like a (creepy, imperious) boss in sendup of performance reviews
- This poll is more proof that pretty much everyone hates Congress
- Obama's EPA set to issue Clean Water Rule, expanding reach over U.S. water pollution
- Ireland may well approve same-sex marriage today
- Figo: Fifa is a 'dictatorship' and election 'shames' football
- James Corden carpools with Justin Bieber, shares an awkward erotic Bieber fantasy
- Bin Laden was considering fleeing hideout months before U.S. raid
- Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann has a crazy story about LSD and playing for Playboy
- Pyrex is turning 100, and Corning is throwing a party
- Dwayne Johnson and Jimmy Fallon mock graduations with terrible advice from the Class of '89
- May 21st
- Grand jury indicts 6 officers in Freddie Gray death
- ISIS controls roughly half of Syria after capture of Palmyra
- David Letterman's final Late Show episode drew in his biggest audience since 1994
- Suspect in grisly quadruple murder identified via pizza crust
- Jeb Bush on climate change: 'Arrogant' to insist humans are to blame
- NSA planned to hijack app stores to spy on users
- There's a new Scrabble dictionary out. It includes 'words' like 'lolz' and 'obvs.'
- J.K. Rowling is really bummed she saw a nearly naked Neville Longbottom
- Judge dismisses Ray Rice's domestic violence charges
- Mirror phone-hacking: celebs queue up after £1.2m payout
- Is America ready for a vegetarian president?
- Job seeker Hillary Clinton just joined LinkedIn
- Unemployment benefit claims hit 15-year low
- Hollywood thinks 37-year-old Maggie Gyllenhaal is too old to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man
- Watch Letterman's favorite Letterman moment
- RSPCA candidate compared farming to holocaust
- Strauss holds Gillespie talks as Pietersen haunts sorry England
- The BBC gives a tour of Syria's ancient Palmyra ruins, before ISIS bulldozers roll in
- Every living U.S. president but Carter mocks Letterman to kick off final show
- Rand Paul lasts 10.5 hours in Patriot Act quasi-filibuster
- Watch David Letterman's sweetly unsentimental farewell monologue
- CNN hitched a tense ride on a U.S. spy plane over China's manmade military islands
- Cameron's immigration bill: what is he promising this time?
- New Labour leader: is the tilt to Blair misguided?
- Watch Letterman sign off for good, with Foo Fighters backup
- Watch 10 big stars fondly insult Letterman in his final Top 10 list
- Martha Stewart now has her very own, very fancy Triscuit flavor
- Sting and James Corden pay tribute to Letterman with a testy Police duet
- Official: ISIS set off 30 car bombs in Ramadi, with 10 as big as the Oklahoma City blast
- Watch Jon Stewart thank Letterman for an old favor, some sage advice
- Watch Conan O'Brien's heartfelt tribute to David Letterman
- The Santa Barbara County oil spill may have released 105,000 gallons
- Watch David Letterman's final Late Show entrance
- Protesters asking for a $15 minimum wage gather near McDonald's headquarters
- May 20th
- Man who flew gyrocopter onto Capitol lawn could face 10 years in prison
- Study: Depression linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease
- ISIS captures ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
- Texas man pays $350,000 to kill endangered rhino
- Rand Paul launches pseudo-filibuster of Patriot Act
- Archaeologists discover the world's oldest stone tools
- Watch the haunting new trailer for the Amy Winehouse documentary Amy
- Watch David Letterman's first-ever Top Ten List
- Vampires were smart to lust after young blood, scientific study suggests
- Nebraska set to abolish the death penalty
- The best solution to the crowded GOP debate pool? A March Madness-style bracket.
- Co-author of touted same-sex marriage study seeks retraction over allegedly bogus data
- The application form to join al Qaeda is eerily mundane
- Nintendo just hired a guy named Bowser
- Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will be the new host of America's Funniest Home Videos
- Hillary Clinton: Voting in favor of the Iraq war was a 'mistake'
- David Letterman's favorite band is... Foo Fighters?
- That time when the Hells Angels killed a man right in front of Mick Jagger
- The NFL just made extra points a wee bit harder
- The U.S. Air Force is secretly sending a plane to space
- Lewis Hamilton signs £100m Mercedes deal until 2018
- Michelle Obama can skip rope way better than you can
- Debit-card data theft at ATMs is at its highest rate in 20 years
- Osama bin Laden was a 9/11 conspiracy buff
- Watch Peter Dinklage sing a jazzy tribute to all of Game of Thrones' dead characters
- 30,000 Holocaust survivors are living in poverty in and around New York City
- Obama: Climate change poses 'immediate risk to our national security'
- Rodgers must 'prove he is still the man to lead Liverpool'
- Khamenei won't allow foreign inspectors to interview Iran's nuclear scientists
- Tristram Hunt rules himself out of Labour leadership race
- Letterman's Bill Murray highlight reel helps explain why Murray was Letterman's last guest
- Whose face will appear on the new £20 note, and who will decide?
- UBS to plead guilty to market manipulation, pay $545 million in fines
- Indonesia and Malaysia agree to take in 7,000 migrants, for now
- Jimmy Kimmel chokes up in a very personal farewell to Letterman
- Bobby on the beat becoming 'an endangered species'
- Watch Bob Dylan sing a Sinatra song for Letterman
- Here's why you should wash new clothes before wearing them
- Watch Amy Schumer poke fun at overbearing dog owners, anti-vaccinators
- Seth Meyers' Letterman homage tries to turn the clock back to 1982
- These clouded leopard cubs are incredibly rare — and incredibly cute
- Musicians from across the globe audition to play underground in NYC
- Watch David Letterman's finest 8 minutes
- Jamie Foxx and Jimmy Fallon show off their impressive musical impersonation skills
- Panda poo shows they have an extremely hard time digesting their favorite food
- Watch Bill Murray jump out of a giant cake for Letterman
- Cancer charities accused of stealing $187 million from donors
- An estimated 21,000 gallons of oil leaked off the California coast
- Norwegian Cruise Line ship runs aground in Bermuda
- May 19th
- Emma Sulkowicz carried protest mattress across stage at Columbia graduation
- Pakistani police raid offices of company accused of selling fake diplomas
- Delight in the wonderfully whimsical photos from London's Chelsea Flower Show
- Audi just started selling a $20,000 bicycle that weighs less than 6 kilos
- Savvy Brooklyn residents cry ghost in hopes of avoiding a rent hike
- Hillary Clinton on State Department emails: 'They're not mine'
- Coming soon: The biggest car recall ever?
- New England Patriots won't appeal Deflategate punishment
- White House unveils plans to protect bees
- How to eat like a doctor
- Texas just approved a medical marijuana bill — but it won't actually help any patients
- Waco police report receiving 'credible, reliable threats' after deadly melee
- The new trailer for Warner Bros.' Peter Pan prequel looks like Tim Burton's leftovers
- Eurovision 2015: running order and the acts to watch
- The Bible and self-help books favoured by South African thieves
- One-third of Americans think animals should have the same rights as people
- FFP to be relaxed: is Premier League TV deal to blame?
- Home-brew heroin: scientists close to making opiate yeast
- Gloria Steinem will lead a march of female activists in North Korea
- ISIS earns $1 million a day from taxation and extortion
- While America fights over maternity leave, The Economist talks up paternity leave
- New Zealand votes to keep its national flag in £12m referendum
- ISIS had a secret weapon in Ramadi assault: a sandstorm
- Jimmy Fallon explains why David Letterman matters, to him and to TV comedy
- Prince Charles is meeting Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams today
- Drink-drive limit 'should be almost halved' to match Scotland
- Eddie Vedder sings the Pearl Jam classic 'Better Man' for Letterman
- Bill Nye's solar sail spacecraft is set to launch tomorrow
- ISIS-affiliated group in the Sahara says it has a Romanian hostage
- Watch Hugh Jackman, Susan Sarandon, and Nick Offerman play a spirited game of Password
- Confused about Snapchat? Can you legally drink? The Wall Street Journal has your back.
- Charges dropped against man arrested for rescuing dog from hot car
- Watch Tom Hanks show David Letterman how to use a selfie stick
- Scientists made morphine using a home brewing kit
- 102-year-old woman denied PhD under Nazi rule to receive her degree
- May 18th
- In Colombia, devastating flooding and mudslides kill at least 52
- UNICEF: Children as young as 7 are being killed, abducted in South Sudan
- Judge sets $1 million bond for bikers in deadly Texas melee
- White House vows to help Iraq reclaim Ramadi from ISIS
- Beyoncé and Jay Z have reportedly been quietly bailing out anti-police protesters
- Serial's Adnan Syed just got good news from a Maryland appellate court
- Passengers sue Amtrak over deadly train derailment
- Job alert: 8 new executioners in Saudi Arabia, no special qualifications needed
- Local police will now get less military equipment — but they'll still get plenty of spy gadgets
- The NYPD wants 450 extra cops to fight ISIS in New York City
- Yet another reason not to hold the World Cup in Qatar: The government is arresting BBC reporters
- ISIS isn't just destroying history's greatest treasures — it's selling them on the black market
- Listen to Jay Z call out hypocritical consumers in a Tidal-defending freestyle
- Chris Christie on NSA spying: Hollywood and 'civil liberties extremists' are all full of 'baloney'
- Daredevil Dean Potter falls to his death in Yosemite Park
- Watch the action-packed, star-studded video for Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'
- Deadly biker brawl in Texas began in chain 'breastaurant' dubbed the 'ultimate man-cave'
- The real-life story behind that Coke ad in the Mad Men finale
- 9 dead, 192 arrested after deadly biker brawl in Texas
- 'Ballooning' spiders rain down on Australian town
- Obama bans or limits federal transfers of military-style armaments to police forces
- McCluskey threat overshadows 'Burnham for leader' campaign
- Texas shootout: nine killed in deadly biker bar brawl
- Islamic State seizes Ramadi in 'crushing setback' for opposition
- Toddler, grandmother severely injured by falling bricks in Manhattan
- Airlines group says this might be the busiest U.S. summer travel season ever
- John Oliver explains why you should support chicken farmers, despise chicken companies
- Sisters separated as babies find each other 30 years later in a writing class
- Study: Children with asthma may also have undiagnosed peanut allergies
- Oprah and Letterman don't smoke weed, don't like selfies, take one anyway
- Extreme athlete Dean Potter killed in Yosemite BASE jumping accident
- F.A.O. Schwarz closing its flagship store in New York City
- Officials say ISIS has taken control of Ramadi, Iraq
- Report: 1 dead, several injured after military helicopter crashes in Hawaii
- At least 9 dead after gang shootout in Waco, Texas
- May 17th
- Marco Rubio struggles to explain Iraq war flip-flop to Fox News
- Vladimir Putin scores 8 suspiciously easy goals against ex-pro hockey players
- SNL's Tom Brady sweet-talks his way out of Deflategate taint
- Burundi president appears for first time since coup attempt
- Amtrak ordered to improve safety at crash site
- American Pharoah wins Preakness, moves one step from Triple Crown
- Week in pictures: 10-16 May
- May 16th
- Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial
- Watch Mitt Romney knock Evander Holyfield to the mat with one big punch
- David Lynch is returning to Twin Peaks after all
- FBI investigating possibility that derailed Amtrak train was 'struck by object'
- The Clintons have earned $30 million from speeches and books since 2014
- Best properties: houses for sailing enthusiasts
- May 15th
- AG Loretta Lynch: Tsarnaev death penalty is a 'fitting punishment'
- Only in America: DEA confiscates $16,000 from young black man, presumes cash is drug-related
- Two-thirds of millennials would rather not be millennials
- Bill Cosby addresses sexual misconduct allegations for the first time
- Rick Perry will announce his 2016 intentions in Dallas next month
- For those who have everything: Giant children's tablet
- Revisit that time Obama dueted with B.B. King at the White House
- All the bigwig Clinton Foundation donors that also lobbied the Clinton State Department
- Hulu just resurrected The Mindy Project
- Simon Pegg accidentally reveals Daniel Craig's secret role in Star Wars: Episode VII
- Why is the restaurant business stagnant? Because millennials 'love' cooking.
- Only in America: Woman fired after uninstalling app that tracked her every movement
- Poll: 69 percent of voters don't want a political newcomer as president
- Council receives 'women training' after boost in female numbers
- Paul Krugman really hurt Alan Greenspan's feelings
- No big deal, it's just raining spiders in Australia
- Look for Google's self-driving cars on the road starting this summer
- NASA says an enormous 10,000-year-old Antarctic ice shelf could disappear in a few years
- Watch B.B. King's stunning 1972 performance for the inmates at Sing Sing prison
- ISIS leader: 'Islam was never a religion of peace'
- US restaurant revamps food to look better on Instagram
- Female Congressional staffers say they're not allowed to be alone with their bosses
- People who grow up in liberal areas are less likely to get married, research finds
- Letterman tricks Al Pacino into saying Scarface line during Mad Max-themed Top 10 List
- Burundi arrests 3 generals, putting an end to coup attempt
- Islamic State retakes Palmyra in Syria
- Tom Waits cracks up Letterman, confounds George Clooney with his Tom Waits humor
- Gerrard plans Liverpool return even before the farewell tears
- B.B. King explains how his famous guitar, Lucille, got her name
- Jon Stewart mirthfully dissects Jeb Bush's Iraq War flip-flops
- Tom Waits performs a sweet new farewell song for Letterman
- Antiquities director warns that ISIS could destroy the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria
- Legendary blues musician B.B. King dies at 89
- Watch One Direction and James Corden play dodgeball, get the tar beat out of them
- Greece says it won't take the UK to international court over the Elgin Marbles
- Learn a bit about the 8 victims of the Amtrak crash
- Watch Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Fallon bake with fake arms in this peculiar sketch
- Seth Meyers has a surprisingly good Jeb Bush answer for the Iraq War question
- California Senate approves bill ending waiver for school vaccinations
- Obama discusses security, Iran nuclear deal with Gulf Arab leaders
- Could this drink for kids get rid of your hangover?
- May 14th
- NTSB: Amtrak train accelerated from 70 mph to 100 mph just seconds before the crash
- Man arrested after flying toy drone near White House
- See the harrowing new trailer for True Detective season 2
- Tom Brady is appealing his Deflategate suspension
- Meet the world's first fully warm-blooded fish
- This is how you troll all of New York City
- Watch Carl Sagan pitch solar-powered spacecrafts to Johnny Carson — in 1976
- Fox channel blurred Picasso's record-breaking The Women of Algiers because boobs
- Natalie Portman will play Jackie Kennedy in a new drama
- Jeb Bush: 'I would have not gone into Iraq'
- Nestle CEO will 'absolutely not' stop bottling water in drought-stricken California
- Bill Clinton's speeches were given special fast-track approval by the State Department
- 6 in 10 Russians see the U.S. as a threat
- Read some highlights from Seymour Hersh's hilariously cantankerous interview with Slate
- Saudi Arabia threatens to match Iran's nuclear capabilities
- Amateur archaeologist discovers mysterious stone circle in southern England
- Senior official accuses VA of wasting $6 billion a year, making 'mockery' of laws
- Chinese company sends 12,000 employees on holiday to Thailand
- Watch NATO foreign ministers sing 'We Are the World'
- Champions League: Chiellini injury gives Barcelona the edge
- Octopus tentacle inspires new flexible tool for surgeons
- As Camp David summit opens, Saudis threaten Iran nuclear arms race
- Johnny Depp's Yorkshire terriers 'on death row' in Australia
- ITV strike: will viewers notice a difference?
- Johnny Depp's dogs will be euthanized if they remain in Australia
- Goodbye, Mr. Burns? Harry Shearer is leaving The Simpsons
- Osborne plans 'revolution' in the way England is governed
- Jon Stewart provides Fox News proof of its disdain for poor people
- Virginia governor pardons man wrongly jailed 29 years for attempted rape
- In 3 days, Christie's sold more than $1 billion worth of art
- Watch Rebel Wilson beat Jimmy Fallon at The Whisper Challenge
- While looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, team finds uncharted shipwreck
- Julia Roberts diagnoses Letterman's early mean streak: 'Stupid people annoy you'
- The riots in Baltimore caused an estimated $9 million in damage
- Laramie passes anti-discrimination measure 17 years after the death of Matthew Shepard
- In Manila, factory fire kills at least 58 workers
- Iraqi officials say ISIS deputy killed in air strike
- May 13th
- At least 5 people killed by gunmen during five-hour attack in Kabul
- Feds: Derailed Amtrak train traveled 106 mph before crash
- Samantha Bee breaks up the late-night sausage fest in the teaser for her new TBS show
- Jeb Bush: Asking me about Iraq 'does a disservice' to soldiers
- Despite the Amtrak crash, trains are still an incredibly safe way to travel
- Thanks to hipster chefs, beard hair nets are now a thing
- America's supply of IP addresses is about to run out
- Massachusetts police forced to remind residents not to drunkenly chase bears
- The TSA doesn't know if its machines work
- Report: Amtrak train was traveling twice the speed limit before crash
- Watch a senator's sad attempt at taking a selfie with a live pig
- How Obama's trade bill tore Senate Democrats apart
- Is this the guy who tipped the U.S. to Osama bin Laden's hiding spot?
- CBS cancels CSI after 15 seasons
- EU cuts financial aid to Burundi as political crisis continues
- 6 dead, hundreds injured in Philadelphia Amtrak derailment
- Ten arrested after female giant panda killed and mutilated
- Happy birthday Yaya Toure: will tweet persuade him to stay?
- Tiger Woods love split: did golfer cheat on Lindsey Vonn?
- Death toll rises to 6 in Philadelphia Amtrak crash
- Boy reunited with Lego man after dropping it in ballot box
- Kristen Schaal throws cold water on the hot 'dad bod' craze, mocks Jon Stewart
- Stephen Hawking named in latest Glastonbury line-up
- 220 Russian soldiers killed fighting in Ukraine, says new report by slain Kremlin opponent
- Adam Sandler serenades Letterman with a sweetly ribald farewell song
- David Cameron to fast-track counter-terrorism laws
- Jon Stewart crudely explains why Jeb Bush shouldn't embrace brother's Iraq legacy
- Navy secretary will announce plans to double maternity leave, open more jobs to women
- Department of Agriculture confirms cases of bird flu in Nebraska
- Gay couples are facing pressure to get married from their employers
- Watch Anna Kendrick, Jimmy Fallon play a tense game of Egg Russian Roulette
- Bill Clinton tells Letterman he's pretty sure he'd live in a Hillary Clinton White House
- This year, Cannes organizers hope stars will skip the selfies
- Report: North Korea's defense minister executed in public
- This trailer for Jem and the Holograms might just ruin your childhood
- Will Harriet Tubman soon replace Andrew Jackson on the $20?
- May 12th
- In Bangladesh, a third secular blogger is hacked to death
- Eddie Redmayne will probably star in that Harry Potter spin-off
- Ex-aide to Jeb Bush says he 'misheard the question' about invading Iraq
- David Duchovny released a mediocre dad-rock album
- Get misty-eyed at the nostalgic teaser for Mad Men's series finale
- Harry Reid is not happy the NFL suspended Tom Brady
- Study: People like it when politicians say nice words
- In Verizon deal, AOL may spin off The Huffington Post
- 2015 could be a scorcher: 'Substantial' El Niño predicted
- Rail passengers protest fares hike at 100 stations
- Vienna debuts same-sex pedestrian crossing signals
- Tom Brady banned and Patriots fined over 'DeflateGate' scandal
- Oregon enacts bill requiring background checks for almost all gun purchases
- Indiana teenager dies in police custody
- Verizon agrees to buy AOL for $4.4 billion
- The Daily Show tries to figure out how Conservatives won Britain's election
- 'Shocking' rise in number of young stroke victims
- Don Rickles ignores, berates Letterman as a parting gift
- Nepal struck by another powerful earthquake, casualties reported
- America is losing its (Christian) religion, new Pew poll finds
- Man accused of making $4 million by selling fake In-N-Out franchises in the Middle East
- Louis C.K. snuck a dirty joke on air when he wrote for Conan's Late Night
- Federal judge holds 2 banks accountable for selling U.S. fraudulent mortgages
- In Bangladesh, it's now illegal to have the national anthem as a ringtone
- More and more children are fighting in Yemen's conflict
- In Arkansas and Texas, tornadoes kill at least 5 people
- Drug-resistant strain of typhoid quickly spreading across the globe
- May 11th
- Rand Paul aide licks tracker's camera, grosses everyone out in the process
- This is what a sunset looks like from Mars
- Nearly twice as many law enforcement officers were killed in 2014 as in 2013
- Archaeologists discover an ancient 'scandal' in Egyptian mummy-making
- In a first, millennials make up the largest share of the U.S. workforce
- Defense rests in Tsarnaev case
- Archaeologists discover lost Christian monastery in Iceland
- Chris Christie spent $82,594 of taxpayer money on snacks at football games
- America will soon start testing Cuba's cancer-fighting vaccine
- Luxury retailers are replacing fitting room mirrors with high-tech cameras
- The end of an era: Fox cancels American Idol
- This Chinese company just sent 6,400 employees on a vacation to France
- Watch a wild boar fall through a mall ceiling, attack mannequins
- Baftas 2017: La La Land leads the 2017 winners' list
- Tornadoes, flash flooding hit North Texas, injuring at least 26
- South East England to be 'hotter than Portugal'
- Britain vows to fight proposed refugee quotas from Brussels
- Prince's 'Rally 4 Peace' draws thousands of fans in Baltimore
- 2 dead, thousands in shelters after Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines
- Moroccan F-16 fighter jet missing in Yemen
- John Oliver celebrates Mother's Day by shaming America on paid maternity leave
- Starbucks will stop bottling its Ethos Water in California
- Jimmy Carter returns to the U.S. from Guyana early after falling ill
- New York nuclear plant explosion leaves oil slick on the Hudson River
- 70 years after World War II, Russia still feels snubbed, The Economist explains
- Infant vaccinations suspended in Mexico after 2 babies die, 29 become sick
- Hello Kitty continues her world domination with a restaurant in Hong Kong
- This graduate beat the odds by leaving behind Skid Row for college
- Gun battle between police and militants leaves 22 dead in Macedonia
- May 10th
- Ben Carson suggests presidents can disregard the Supreme Court
- Mike Huckabee: 'I don't have to defend everything that I've ever done'
- Jeb Bush: I would have invaded Iraq — and Hillary would have too
- SNL mocks Republican presidential candidates' attempts to look cool
- Chicago Cubs delightfully troll Kris Bryant after rookie's first home run
- Raul Castro: Pope Francis might make me return to Catholicism
- Week in pictures: 3-9 May
- May 9th
- Prince releases protest anthem 'Baltimore'
- Beijing bans BBQs as it tries to win 2022 Olympics bid
- Animal shelter stages delightful, Star Wars-themed photo shoot
- San Francisco bans chewing tobacco at sports venues
- Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail
- Dozens of inmates dead, others escape in Iraq prison break
- Lawyers for Baltimore police officers file motion for dismissal of charges
- Best properties: grand grade-II properties
- May 8th
- World War II vets enjoy a retro tribute on V-E Day's 70th anniversary
- Only in America: Mom reprimanded for packing Oreo cookies in preschooler's lunch
- Poll: Americans prefer Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart over conservative pundits
- Both Barbara Walters and Meryl Streep have stolen souvenirs from the White House
- Game of Thrones and Frozen could be responsible for your friends' unique baby names
- Meet the actor who will play a young Barack Obama
- Arizona town puts hidden cameras in fake cactus plants
- For those who have everything: Fairway surfboard
- A record number of Americans aren't in the labor force
- Drought-plagued California wants residents to drink recycled wastewater
- U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in April
- Crowdfunding campaign to finish Orson Welles' last film
- First Aid Kit performs Letterman's other favorite song, 'America'
- Tina Fey graciously takes off her dress for Letterman
- Ed Miliband resigns after Labour's election 'bloodbath'
- Tim Sherwood in the dark over shock £150m Villa takeover
- Jon Stewart sees some hypocrisy in Fox News' criticism of Clinton cash
- Lindsey Graham is reportedly announcing his presidential candidacy June 1
- This adorable baby chimp found a new home — and mother — in Florida
- Ebola discovered in doctor's eye months after virus left his blood
- Biker says motorcycle riders in Venezuela are being killed for spare vehicle parts
- Cher sweetly calls Letterman an 'a-hole' one last time
- More than 800 South Carolina teachers received a major gift from Stephen Colbert
- Jimmy Kimmel will air a rerun during Letterman finale out of respect, tears
- Drone strike kills senior al Qaeda leader in Yemen
- Matthew Weiner teases Mad Men fans, Conan with finale faux-spoiler
- George Galloway turfed out of Bradford West
- Former Guantanamo Bay inmate released in Canada after 13 years in prison
- Nigel Farage: I could lead Ukip again
- Suspended priest known as Monsignor Meth receives 5-year prison sentence
- Danny Alexander 'likely to lose' to SNP
- May 7th
- Ed Balls loses his seat in shock result
- FDA says Blue Bell Creameries knew about listeria contamination in 2013
- U.S. begins training Syrian rebels to fight ISIS
- Whole Foods is opening cheaper stores aimed at millennials
- George W. Bush is apparently Jeb Bush's 'most influential counselor' on Israel
- Archaeologists discover an ancient Roman hot tub
- Japanese zoo apologizes for naming monkey after royal baby
- Indiana Pacers star Paul George started his offseason by winning a fishing competition
- 75 percent of New York manicurists earn less than minimum wage
- Nearly 1,600 IRS employees evaded taxes
- Cleveland Cavaliers joke about domestic violence in playoff hype video
- The UAE is sending a mission to Mars, and a woman is leading the project
- Lionel Messi leaves Boateng on the floor and Twitter on fire
- Errol Brown: 5 facts you didn't know about Hot Chocolate star
- Hatton Garden heist: hardened dealers sobbing as lives 'ruined'
- Norah Jones languidly reprises 'Don't Know Why' for Letterman, 13 years after Late Show debut
- The Daily Show dismisses Hillary Clinton for the true Latino hero of 2016: 'El Jebe'
- The oldest living World War II veteran is turning 109
- Daimler shows off its road-approved self-driving 18-wheeler
- McDonald's brings back the Hamburglar as an oddly dressed suburban father
- Conan picks his dream cast for the 2016 presidential race movie
- Man who says his Starbucks coffee burned him suing for $750,000
- At least 20 tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas
- CVS says it will reopen damaged stores in Baltimore
- U.S. offering $20 million in rewards for top ISIS leaders
- May 6th
- Rand Paul hands over $100,000 for website domain
- Idaho authorities searching for teen who spray-painted 'promposal' on cliffside
- Why state universities have become so expensive, in one chart
- Bernie Sanders unveils bill to break up 'too big to fail' banks
- This Nebraska woman is suing all gay people
- Man turns in resignation letter — printed onto a cake
- Woman saves herself from hostage situation by ordering pizza
- The new Magic Mike XXL trailer is 2 straight minutes of pure, hunky beefcake
- DEA agents who left man for 5 days without food or water are somehow not fired
- The current SCOTUS is historically cantankerous
- Former House Speaker Jim Wright dead at 92
- Archaeologists discover mass graves at ancient Egyptian fortress
- ACLU criticizes surveillance planes flown over Baltimore following riots
- Aide to California AG accused of concocting bogus 3,000-year-old police force
- Not even New Jersey voters want Chris Christie for president
- Sheryl Sandberg mourns her late husband in heartbreaking message
- Star Trek's meal 'replicator' is now a reality
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to create the left's version of the 'Contract with America'
- Cocaine stash worth £11m delivered to Aldi
- Liverpool ready to move on as Sturridge undergoes hip surgery
- The Vatican is officially making Rev. Junipero Serra a saint
- New Airbus contains more than 1,000 3D-printed parts
- Synthetic muscle built from gold-plated onion skin
- Leftist party wins control of Alberta, the 'Texas of Canada'
- Gay couple win landmark surrogacy battle over baby girl
- Intelligence experts skeptical of ISIS's Garland shooting claim
- Jon Stewart makes a game show of disqualifying Ted Cruz for president
- Jimmy Kimmel recaps the Met Gala dresses, mocks Rihanna's gown
- Last laughs before polling day: on tour with Boris and Dave
- Rihanna's Met Gala gown took one woman 2 years to create
- World War II vet fights off robber by smacking him with his cane
- Jack Black playfully sing-trolls Seth Meyers' lame celebrity bit
- Prince to play 'Rally 4 Peace' concert Sunday in Baltimore
- Reese Witherspoon has a delightfully awkward 'blonde moment' on Letterman
- Report: Germanwings co-pilot practiced controlled descent on earlier flight
- Convicted killer on the lam for 56 years caught in Florida
- Senate passes budget agreement
- Ellen Albertini Dow, the rapping grandmother from The Wedding Singer, dies at 101
- May 5th
- Florida companies approved to start ferry service between Florida and Cuba
- French lawmakers pass sweeping surveillance law following terror attacks
- Study finds food stamp recipients are at greater risk for obesity
- Survey: Prestigious colleges largely feature liberal commencement speakers
- Obama administration funded TV company over Baltimore police training
- Jet Blue and Amazon want you to binge watch Transparent and The Sopranos on your next flight
- Destroy all life in the galaxy with this one weird trick
- Manny Pacquiao's undisclosed shoulder injury could cost him outside the ring
- The 29 countries where giving birth is safer than in the UK
- Archaeologists discover 4,500-year-old statue of mysterious Egyptian pharaoh
- Jeremy Renner doubles down on Avengers 'slut' comment
- NYU student arrested in North Korea thought his illegal entry would have 'some good effect'
- A majority of Americans support bringing charges against Baltimore police officers
- Boba Fett is getting his very own Star Wars spin-off
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accidentally emails reporter complaining about subway delays
- In a bad year for hedge funds, top 25 managers earned $11.62 billion in 2014
- Porsche Pajun: German carmaker plans all-electric saloon
- ISIS claims responsibility for Garland, Texas, cartoon-show attack
- The Daily Show dismisses anti-gay-marriage protesters with a mock graduation
- Texas shooting: gunman was under FBI surveillance
- Rotherham authorities warned of sex abuse 12 years ago
- The Avett Brothers and Brandi Carlile sing 'Keep On the Sunny Side' for Letterman
- 'You've gotta vote Labour': Russell Brand gamble pays off
- The Daily Show laments the Garland cartoon contest shootings, messes with Texas
- This one-of-a-kind mini-mall in Portland is a vegan paradise
- Sheryl Sandberg's husband, David Goldberg, reportedly died from gym accident
- Members of an isolated tribe attack villager in Peru
- Chipotle reveals to the world its guacamole recipe
- Obama jokes with Letterman about retirement: playing dominos, visiting Starbucks
- Jack Black and Fallon do a pitch-perfect, funhouse-mirror cover of 'More Than Words'
- Panera Bread is banning dozens of artificial ingredients from its menu
- Officer charged with disability fraud after her Ice Bucket Challenge video is found
- These are just some of the outrageous outfits worn to the Met Gala
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev weeps in court while his family testifies on his behalf
- May 4th
- Grocery store employees find $16 million worth of cocaine in banana boxes
- Kenyan deputy president: 'No room for gays' in the country
- Scott Walker will totally lightsaber the rest of the 2016 field
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand accuses Pentagon of withholding military assault figures
- Police shackle and handcuff 5-year-old throwing a tantrum
- Puerto Rico legalized medical marijuana yesterday
- Authorities identify one suspect in Texas shooting
- 96 percent of Americans think racial disturbances this summer are 'likely'
- J.J. Abrams thought about killing off Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode VII
- The royal baby officially has a name
- The best bad campaign ad ever? Relive Carly Fiorina's glowing-eyed demon sheep video.
- Celebrate Star Wars Day with a new behind-the-scenes look at Episode VII
- Find out how well your child will fare financially at age 26, based on where you live
- This hot new literary journal is only available in United's first class cabin
- Chemical used in explosives spills out of sinking ship in Costa Rica
- Nepal says most rescue work is done, can be finished by locals
- John Oliver jumps in the fight against standardized-testing mania
- Avengers: Age of Ultron has the second-largest domestic opening ever
- In Utah, chronic homelessness could soon be a thing of the past
- Women and girls freed from Boko Haram talk about stonings, other horrors
- Thousands place their bets on what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will name the royal baby
- Smith College to accept transgender women applicants starting this fall
- Saudi Arabia says despite reports, it did not send ground troops to Yemen
- Thousands protest against police brutality in Tel Aviv, 43 arrested
- May 3rd
- Rescuers save 101-year-old man from wreckage in Nepal
- John Boehner on Baltimore cops: 'If these charges are true, it's outrageous'
- Archaeologists discover shipwreck loaded with more than $50 million in treasure
- Former Maryland Gov. O'Malley calls Baltimore events a 'heartbreaking setback'
- Saturday Night Live skewers the male-centric superhero genre
- Baltimore's mayor has lifted the city-wide curfew
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he'll retire after one last fight in September
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas
- Week in pictures: 26 April - 2 May
- May 2nd
- Photos: Thousands gather for Baltimore 'victory rally'
- Photos: Britain's royals welcome the new baby princess
- Rachel Nichols, Michelle Beadle reportedly banned by Mayweather camp from fight
- Astronomers discover 'puffed up' planet orbiting small star
- Nigerian army reports troops have freed hundreds more Boko Haram prisoners
- British crime novelist Ruth Rendell dies at age 85
- Filipino energy officials tell citizens to conserve electricity for Pacquiao fight
- Watch Tracy Chapman's beautiful cover of Ben E. King's 'Stand By Me'
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to baby girl
- Best properties: houses in need of love and attention
- May 1st
- Only in America: Manager of fast-food restaurant fired after being robbed at gunpoint
- 5 of the 6 officers charged in connection to Freddie Gray's death are in custody
- For those who have everything: An amphibious tank submarine
- DOJ to spend $20 million on police body cameras
- Only in America: Cleveland teachers' union finds basic dress code 'insulting'
- Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide, officers charged
- America doesn't know the difference between Kirstie Alley and a Christie ally
- 'Stand By Me' singer Ben E. King has died
- 8-year-old discovers loaded Glock in John Boehner's bathroom
- The company that runs the Kentucky Derby will make $83 million off the two-minute race
- Texas could soon have a tax-free holiday for gun shopping
- David Cameron makes a doozy of a gaffe
- Don't expect 'huge accomplishments' from this Congress. Mitch McConnell sure doesn't.
- Christie ally expected to plead guilty in Bridgegate case
- Should students be allowed to use Google during exams?
- Tesla jumps into the solar storage-battery market to get homes, offices off the grid
- Aston Martin DBX luxury 4x4 SUV gets green light
- Watch Mars enthusiasts prepare for planetary colonization in Utah desert
- Jon Stewart wryly welcomes Bernie Sanders to the 2016 presidential race
- Tour de Yorkshire: beardy Wiggins unveils new team
- The Daily Show says goodbye to Samantha Bee with highlight reels, tears
- Kim Kardashian schools Jimmy Kimmel on the fine art of the selfie
- SNL's Taran Killam gets to explain Avengers lore to his wife, Avengers actress Cobie Smulders
- A North Carolina church received an 18 cent offering that was worth much more
- How to make an earthquake-proof building, as explained by The Economist
- Filipinos told if they can't conserve power, they can't watch the Pacquiao fight
- Michelle Obama talks public retirement with Letterman
- German officials say they foiled terror plot targeting bike race
- A Roots remake will air on three cable networks in 2016
- Starbucks' Ethos Water is sourced from one of the areas hit hardest by California's drought
- Jameis Winston picked first in NFL draft
- Protesters rally for Freddie Gray in Philadelphia, 2 arrested
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