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Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port

The war is being fought just over the hills. Civilians have started to flee the city. But the men of the vast Ilyich iron and steel works in the Ukrainain port of Mariupol are still in place, pouring molten steel, running the rolling mill and pledging to defend their factory and town from an onslaught by pro-Russian rebels.

Sep 03, 2014 11:16 AM EDT

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Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen and pageant officials tussle over tiara

South Korean organizers of the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant threatened to call in the police on Wednesday in their row with dethroned Myanmar beauty queen May Myat Noe, demanding she return a gem-studded tiara from her home country.

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Federer marches on, youth movement stalls at US Open

Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open for the 10th time in 11 years on Tuesday, while experience finally got the better of youth at the year's final grand slam.

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Nigeria records another Ebola case in oil city, 17 cases total

Nigeria has a third confirmed case of Ebola in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, bringing the country's total confirmed infections to 17, with 271 people under surveillance, the health minister said on Monday.

Drama of mother starving baby grips Venice fest

A film portraying New York City mother who starves her baby because she thinks he is saint-like and food contains impurities has caused a stir at the Venice Film Festival for its switch from light romance to painful psychosis.

Sep 02, 2014 11:17 AM EDT

Williams, Djokovic cruise, Nishikori works late

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic kept their time in blazing conditions to a bare minimum on Monday as they breezed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals but Eugenie Bouchard's hopes of a maiden grand slam title melted away in the heat.

Sep 02, 2014 11:14 AM EDT

Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises

Wildlife authorities in Florida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortoises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Aug 29, 2014 11:19 AM EDT

Comedian Joan Rivers 'resting comfortably' at hospital

Acerbic comedian and fashion critic Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" and with her family, her daughter said on Thursday, after Rivers reportedly stopped breathing during surgery on her vocal chords and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

Aug 29, 2014 10:58 AM EDT

Federer, Sharapova take center stage but eyes on Venus

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will take center stage at the U.S. Open on Friday but Flushing Meadows is slowly turning into a Williams family affair with the sisters eager to add to their grand slam collections.

Aug 29, 2014 10:26 AM EDT

West Africa Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 people, WHO says

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the U.N. health agency said on Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.

Aug 28, 2014 10:50 AM EDT

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt wed in France: media reports

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the glamorous Hollywood couple dubbed "Brangelina" in tabloid headlines, were married in France, according to media reports on Thursday.

Aug 28, 2014 10:48 AM EDT

Winning Wawrinka bristles as Peng causes upset

Second round action at the U.S. Open began with a shock and ended with some late-night drama as men's third seed Stan Wawrinka barked at fans before shouting for joy at his 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (1) win over Thomaz Bellucci on Wednesday.

Aug 28, 2014 10:42 AM EDT

Santa Fe city council votes to decriminalizes marijuana

Santa Fe on Wednesday became the latest U.S. city to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, with lawmakers in the New Mexico capital voting to change local statutes rather than put the issue to a public ballot in November.

Aug 28, 2014 10:38 AM EDT

Teenager gatecrashes Serena and Federer party

Despite boasting 34 grand slam singles titles between them, Serena Williams and Roger Federer were forced to share the spotlight with a 15-year-old at the U.S. Open on Tuesday as all three advanced to the second round.

Aug 27, 2014 9:31 AM EDT

Texas family to part ways with skeleton of mammoth found on its farm

A North Texas family, who discovered the skeleton of a 20,000- to 40,000-year-old mammoth while mining through sediment on their farm, is preparing to turn over the remains to a local museum.

Aug 27, 2014 9:24 AM EDT