| Cool weather aids in fight against Colo. wildfire |
Lower temperatures and higher humidity Saturday were helping crews assigned to a wildfire that has scorched 12 square miles in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West.
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| Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant loses |
The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title.
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| Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds on day after IPO |
A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."
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| Johnson cruises to 3rd win in NASCAR All-Star race |
It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slowly at the back of the field.
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| Today in History |
| Today is Sunday, May 20, the 141st day of 2012. There are 225 days left in the year. |
| Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes near Bologna, Italy |
| BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and initial reports indicated some damage. No injuries were immediately confirmed, an Interior Ministry spokesman told Reuters, but many calls were coming in and there was one report of a roof collapsing in Sermide, a small town between Bologna and Verona, and of a woman inside calling for help. Firefighters said there were some "structural collapses" near the town of Bondeno, and the initial quake was followed by a fairly strong 5.1 magnitude aftershock. ... |
| Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit |
More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to draw up a unified exit strategy in Afghanistan after a decade of war.
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| Status update: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg gets married |
(Reuters) - Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site. The 28-year-old billionaire's wedding took place a day after Facebook's initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday. More than 280,000 people "liked" Zuckerberg's status change, which was accompanied by a photo of the smiling couple in wedding attire in a small, verdant outdoor setting with a string of lights behind them. ...
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| Tropical storm watch issued for parts of SC coast |
Forecasters late Saturday issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the South Carolina coast after the first tropical storm of the 2012 hurricane season formed in the Atlantic.
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| Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in NY |
Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons.
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