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Marines aim to eliminate Facebook posts degrading women by July

Discovery of Facebook page comes after reports there were 26,000 sexual assaults in military last year.

Berlin hospital to investigate human pharmaceutical trials

A Berlin hospital said this week that it would investigate allegations that it participated in testing pharmaceuticals on patients.

Obama blasts IRS tea party targeting as 'intolerable,' 'inexcusable'

IRS would ask for additional information from groups with Tea Party or patriot in their names, delayed applications for tax exemption.

Prince Harry: UK business ambassador?

Prince Harry went to the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, not for partying, but for his princely duties that the UK hopes will help drum up business for the mother country. Known more for his mischievous smile and infamous partying, Prince Harry is not the first person that comes to mind as an international business ambassador for the UK, with media reports of his naked frolics in a Las Vegas hotel room last July still fresh in the public's memory.

Why Catholic saints are marching into Latin America

MEXICO CITY — Many Roman Catholics believe their church's future may well hinge on the ability of Pope Francis, an Argentine barely two months into his reign, to revive the faith in Latin America. That wager was underscored with Francis' canonization Sunday of two very different and long dead nuns — one Mexican and the other Colombian — who together enshrine the church's mission of both defending the faith and nurturing hope in the all but hopeless.

New Jersey father charged after 4-year-old son shot and killed 6-year-old boy

The four-year-old boy, who has not been named, allegedly found the loaded rifle in a bedroom and killed his friend Brandon Holt while they were playing outside on April 8.

London: All priced out and nowhere to go

LONDON — “We don’t want to move out of here but we’re going to have to,” said Krissie Nicolson, 37, who has lived in the London borough of Hackney for 16 years. “I’ve got a master’s degree, for Christ’s sake. My friends work their fingers to the bone just to earn enough money to stay housed.” She is not alone.

US Defense Department workers to be furloughed for 11 days

Automatic spending cuts known as the sequester require the Defense Department to trim $37 billion from its budget through the Sept. 30 end of the current fiscal year.

From village to airport lounge

LONDON — She wore high heels, shorts and a tan that’s impossible to achieve naturally in London in early May. He sported a blue suit and carried a small dog on his arm. “I think we could get away with a private jet, don’t you?” he said as they glided down the street, a snippet of overheard conversation in Knightsbridge, long one of London’s poshest districts. But its newest and possibly richest residents are changing its atmosphere.

Germany: Amazon workers go on strike

“It is unacceptable that no wage agreement applies for Amazon, as the largest online retailer,” the ver.di union said.
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