It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes.

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Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook.

Deployed for a year in Afghanistan, Army Spc. Larry Shaffer returned to North Carolina this week to discover his wife, Misty, had dropped more than 100 pounds in that 12-month period as a homecoming gift to her husband. 

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There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

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It is well known that extra virgin olive oil is good for the body – boosting heart health and even lowering the risk of certain kinds of cancer.  But not all olive oils are created equal.

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Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.

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A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

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