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Seahawks’ Sherman fined $7,875 for taunting

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was fined $7,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct/taunting in the final minute of the NFC championship game against San Francisco.

Want to get the flu? Volunteers sneeze for science

Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses.

Gunman identified in Maryland mall shooting

Authorities on Sunday identified the gunman who shot and killed two people at a Maryland mall as a 19-year-old man who lived with his mother in suburban Washington.

Women should have expanded role in Catholic Church, pope says

Pope Francis on Saturday lauded women for their sensitivity toward the society’s weak and “gifts” like intuition, insisting they take on greater responsibilities in the Catholic church, as well as in professional and public spheres.

 
Toronto mayor Rob Ford: video a ‘minor setback’

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday he had a “minor setback” this week when he was caught on video slurring his words and said his private life is not affecting his work.

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Fire in Quebec leaves 32 presumed dead, 8 confirmed

Crews struggled with frigid temperatures and ice as thick as two feet (60 centimeters) as they searched Saturday for more bodies in the remains of a burned-out Quebec retirement home as friends and relatives of the victims awaited news. Just eight bodies of the 32 presumed dead have been recovered.

Small plane crash in Romania causes uproar

A small plane crash on a remote mountain wouldn’t normally be enough to anger an entire country or threaten the government. Romania, however, is dealing with just this scenario.

Indictment made in notorious 1978 JFK Lufthansa heist

More than 30 years after the crime, a reputed mobster was indicted Thursday in the $6 million Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport that was dramatized in the Martin Scorsese movie “Goodfellas.”

Virginia Attorney General to fight state’s gay marriage ban

Attorney General Mark Herring says Virginia has a dark past of arguing against interracial marriage and school integration, and he wants the state to be on the right side of history with gay marriage.

Bunny in Mandela statue’s ear causes stir

A new, 9-meter (29.5-foot) sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny, barely visible quirk: a sculpted rabbit tucked inside one of the bronze ears.

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