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When Katy McCaffrey's stolen iPhone began beaming her photos from a cruise ship, she posted a batch of photos from the purloined iPhone on her Facebook page, in an album called "Stolen iPhone Adventures."
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While many black pastors condemn homosexuality from the pulpit, the choir lofts behind them are often filled with gay singers and musicians. The fact that gays and lesbians often hold leadership position in the church is the worst kept secret in black America.
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Joe Arpaio sent his deputy on a quest to investigate the citizenship of President Obama. Arpaio had previously said his investigation was funded using donations.
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A federal judge says POM Wonderful violated the law by making claims that led people to believe the juice could treat, prevent or reduce the risk of certain diseases. But the company is claiming victory because it will not have to clear its future marketing plans with the FDA.
Over the past decade or so, sigmoidoscopy has been largely abandoned by doctors in the U.S. in favor of colonoscopy to detect and prevent colon cancer. But sigmoidoscopy is easier on patients and is also effective in finding precancerous polyps.
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Shuai, a Chinese immigrant who lives in Indiana, is still facing charges of murder and feticide following a failed suicide attempt in Dec. 2010, when she was 33 weeks pregnant.
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With the latest campaign dollar totals officially on the FEC books, at least one thing is certain: President Obama will not have the huge spending advantage this November that he did four years ago. What is less certain: whether some big political donors can remain anonymous.
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The controversial painting stirred emotions because it showed President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed.
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It increasingly looks like GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul and his passionate loyalists are consolidating clout in state party organizations with an eye toward 2016. They appear to be laying the groundwork for a future presidential run by the congressman's son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
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Max Nutting, a journalist who writes for the MarketWatch website affiliated with The Wall Street Journal looked at the data and found that rhetoric and reality don't quite match up. Nutting found that, contrary to repeated allegations from the president's political foes, including Mitt Romney that Obama has been on a federal spending tear, he actually hasn't.
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More than a year after its revolution, Egypt votes for a new president on Wednesday and Thursday. The race is wide open and none of the 12 candidates is expected to get an outright majority. If those forecasts prove true, a runoff will take place next month between the two top vote-getters.
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After helping the Boston Red Sox win the World Series, pitcher Curt Schilling could do no wrong. Then news broke that his video game company had chewed through a $75 million state loan that it's struggling to pay off. Now, Rhode Island officials are moving to protect taxpayers from what appears to have been a very bad investment.
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In 2010, the southern Afghan town of Marjah was a haven for the Taliban and drug traffickers. Today, after a massive effort by the U.S. Marines, the Taliban have fled and the area is relatively peaceful. But many are concerned about Marjah's future once American combat forces leave the area.
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The former president is in Egypt to observe its first free presidential election, which begins on Wednesday.
Al-Qaida has had a habit of putting out subtle hints about attacks it's planning. In the wake of the recent airline bombing plot that was foiled, officials are looking back to see if the group telegraphed its intentions.
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"That's just crazy," Cincinnati fan Caleb Lloyd said Monday night after he ended up snagging two home run balls — from consecutive batters — during the Reds' 4-1 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves.
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Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said today that Iran has agreed to steps that will let international inspectors learn more about its nuclear program.
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The Cinque Stelle movement echoes other global movements feeding off discontent.
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From 20 to 42 percent of the malaria medicines examined in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were crummy or counterfeit. The poor quality of the medicines threatens people's health and raises the odds for drug-resistant disease.
BOSTON — Boston-based writer and financial advisor John Spooner says he wrote his new book after a college student said no one had ever told her about basic financial principles.
Since the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that also draw adult readers.
Author William Landay discusses his latest novel, a grippnig tale about how a prosecutor in Newton grapples with murder charges that are brought against his son.
BOSTON — Kimani Washington says he agreed to testify because of the mother and child killed in the 2010 Mattapan shootings.
Once perhaps the best-known hospital chief in Boston, Paul Levy stepped down last year amid a controversy over his personal relationship with a female subordinate. He’s out with a new book on leadership.
BOSTON — The founder of StoryCorps, David Isay, is out with a new book “suited” to Valentine’s Day. The book features some of the best love stories the oral history project has collected.
BOSTON — A new book by Mitt Romney’s distant cousin argues there is more to the Republican presidential candidate than most of us see.
BOSTON — Numbers provided by the library show the number of e-books it lends out each month has doubled, from 6,639 in February to 13,554 in September.
BOSTON — Since 1938 the ICA has fashioned itself as a renegade art museum — and artists responded. The list of world-famous artists who’ve passed through is exhaustive.
BOSTON — “In a bizarre way [I'm] rather grateful for the disease,” said Cape Cod author Kate Whouley. “It ended up healing our relationship.”
BOSTON — As part of the Boston Book Festival — and with a smartphone — you can download an app, start walking, and use your phone to hear a story that changes with your location.
BOSTON — Massachusetts authorities say 10 people have been charged in connection with four separate Medicaid fraud cases that cheated taxpayers out of approximately $10 million.
BOSTON — The recordings with the former first lady were made in 1964, just months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
BOSTON — For children who don’t remember 9/11 or weren’t yet born, there’s now a picture book for kids that details the tragic events. The author/illustrator discusses the process.
BOSTON — It’s not just the accent that makes Boston idiosyncratic. The whole of New England is chock full of quirky regionalisms which are documented in a new book, “Wicked Good Words.”
BOSTON — While plenty of independent bookstores in the Boston area were pushed out along the way, some managed to survive, including Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner.
If you are turning the pages or flicking your index finger on a screen this summer, there are a lot of options for reading material. Luckily, we have a lot of suggestions.
BOSTON — Boston journalist Jeff Howe is the man behind a book club on Twitter that’s inviting anyone and everyone to join in.
You know those distinctive black-and-yellow Dummies books? That popular book series got its start in Massachusetts 20 years ago and now has nearly 1,800 different titles, and a man from Rockport has drawn the cartoons for almost every single one of them.
