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Pope celebrates Mass in Rio aimed at youths
 

Pope Francis is celebrating Mass in Rio de Janeiro’s massive cathedral as he begins the culminating weekend of his first international trip, to the church’s World Youth Day.

 
Bride-to-be, best man missing after NY boat crash

A bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man were missing Saturday after a speedboat carrying six friends crashed into a construction barge near New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge. Four others, including the groom-to-be, were hurt.

 
Gunman among 7 dead after Fla. apartment shootout

A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that stormed the building early Saturday following an hours-long standoff, police said.

 
Friend: Trayvon Martin encounter with George Zimmerman racially charged

SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s defense attorney insisted during several testy exchanges with an important prosecution witness Thursday that Trayvon Martin injected race into a confrontation with the neighborhood watch volunteer and insinuated the young woman was not believable because of inconsistencies in her story.

 
Jackson’s teenage son describes upbringing, father’s death

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s oldest son described the frantic efforts to revive his father to a jury, a scene of tears and agony that ended a dozen idyllic years being raised by one of pop music’s superstars.

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Fire breaks out aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship

BALTIMORE — A fire that broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship Monday did enough damage that the rest of the cruise was canceled and the company said the more than 2,200 passengers will be flown from the Bahamas back to Baltimore where the trip began.

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