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Obama sending clear message to Russia with Olympic delegation choices

Billie Jean King will be one of two openly gay athletes in the U.S. delegation for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi, Russia, President Obama announced Tuesday. For the first time since 2000, however, the U.S. will not send a president, former president, first lady or vice president to the Games.

Facebook tests video advertisements

Facebook said Tuesday that it’s testing video advertisements that show up in its users’ news feeds, creating another potential source of advertising revenue for the social network.

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Airport security caught on camera diving to save falling baby

Airport security isn’t often on the receiving end of well-wishes, but a video out of Poland this week shows a man who has a very big reason to be grateful to a security guard this holiday season.

 
Hey lucky lottery players, what makes you think you can win?

It’s the ultimate fantasy: Winning a giant lottery. The odds are astronomical, but tell that to the optimists and dreamers across the country who lined up at gas stations, mini-marts and drug stores Monday for the last-minute buying frenzy in the Mega Millions jackpot.

Eating mice may explain how felines became tame

A cat-and-mouse game played out in a Chinese village some 5,300 years ago is helping scientists understand how wild felines transformed into the tame pets we know today.

Support growing for Colorado school shooting victim

Support and concern for a 17-year-old girl critically wounded by a fellow student at a suburban Denver high school poured in Monday, both online and at a makeshift memorial at the school.

 
Video shows chaos before Arizona firefighters’ deaths

The sky glowed red as thick smoke choked out the sun as static communications over the radio captured the final chaotic and confusing moments before 19 members of an elite firefighting crew died in an inferno in the mountains of Arizona.

2 Ohio women held captive to release book

Two of the three Ohio women held captive for years in a Cleveland house have a book deal.

FBI prevents shootings through interventions

The FBI says it has helped to disrupt or prevent nearly 150 shootings and violent attacks this year, in part by steering potential gunmen toward mental health professionals.

Judge: NSA bulk phone collection violates Constitution

A federal judge says the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches.