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Saurabh Agarwal of Sterling, Virginia, was arrested by the FBI for allegedly molesting a sleeping woman on American Airlines Flight 1142.
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In 2013, Angelina Jolie funded a girls-only primary school outside Kabul for 200–300 students — with profits from her jewelry line, she told E! News.
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Before he was Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio was a 12-year-old with a crush — and, his childhood neighbor says, a letter promising marriage or the priesthood.
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In March 2013, Ashley Judd was reportedly weighing a Senate run against Mitch McConnell. She ultimately decided not to run — here's how the speculation
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Navy veteran Norman Breidenbaugh, 81, wired $400,000 to Jamaica over six years chasing a lottery prize that didn't exist.
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In 2013, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was the long-shot 'Asian pope' candidate. Here's what fueled the buzz — and what actually happened at the
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Couples are wedding across continents over video chat. A 2013 NYT report traced the rise of proxy marriages — and the fraud and trafficking concerns.
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In March 2013 The Sun claimed Kate Middleton had 'slipped' she was having a girl. Four months later, she gave birth to a boy: Prince George.
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Fred Butler left school after eighth grade to support his family. At 106, Beverly, Massachusetts gave him his honorary high school diploma.
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Engineer Shane Todd's 2012 death in Singapore sparked murder claims tied to a proposed IME–Huawei project; a 2013 inquest later ruled it a suicide.
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94-year-old Norman Hendrickson died steps from his wife Gwen's funeral — and his daughters decided the couple who never parted would be mourned together.
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Titan CEO Maurice Taylor fired off a second blistering letter to France's industry minister, praising its women and wine while savaging its work ethic.
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A 48-year-old Granbury, Texas woman called 911 to order cigarette delivery — and got two deputies and a misdemeanor charge instead.
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By 2013, China's leaders faced a shrinking workforce, 360 million elderly by 2030, and a 118-to-100 gender skew — and reformers said the one-child policy's
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In February 2013, horsemeat labeled as beef turned up in burgers, lasagne, and spaghetti across Europe — exposing a food chain so tangled nobody could say
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On February 15, 2013, a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering windows across the city and injuring over a thousand people — mostly from
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Archaeologists led by Georgia State's Christopher Morehart found 150+ skulls at Lake Xaltocan, Mexico — possibly the largest mass human sacrifice in ancient
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A rare and candid account emerged from a scientist who had voluntarily worked in the sex industry during her graduate studies — not out of desperation but as a…
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In late January 2013, Western newspapers carried horrifying reports from North Korea: a hidden famine in the country's breadbasket provinces, and allegations…
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Cuba acknowledged 51 new cholera cases in Havana in January 2013, amid accusations that the government was hiding the outbreak's true scale.
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