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Brazil 'Atlantis' found off coast of Rio (VIDEO)

"This could be Brazil's Atlantis," said Geology Service of Brazil (CPRM) geology director Roberto Ventura Santos. "We are almost certain, but we need to strengthen this hypothesis."

Flirting with disaster: Could a volcano near you be erupting soon?

We're not trying to get all Doomsday on you, but when a volcano stirs, it's natural to get a little on edge. Just ask the 25 million people that live at the base of Mexico's active "Popo" volcano, Popocatépetl, which has erupted within the last 24 hours.

Chinese netizens inundate White House website with mock petitions

HONG KONG — Can Washington cancel my school exam? What flavor tofu is best? Chinese internet users ask the White House to weigh in on the important issues of the day.

European DNA more closely linked than once thought, study finds

Most European share at least one common ancestor as recently as 1,000 years ago, a new study says.

North Korea loves American white power groups

North Korea has reached out to American white supremacists and people who support the 9/11 and Oklahoma City terrorist attacks.

Queen cuts down on long-haul travel; cancels Commonwealth visit

Buckingham Palace confirmed that the queen will miss the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka for the first time in forty years.

Single mom in California wins $14 million lottery

Single mom of four boys wins $14 million lottery.

Online auction to sell EKG of Neil Armstrong's heartbeat (VIDEO)

A New Hampshire auction house will soon be offering a decidedly odd artifact to the bidding public: an electrocardiogram (EKG) of recently deceased astronaut Neil Armstrong's heartbeat, right before he landed on the moon in 1969.

Cinco de Mayo celebrations, like everything, are bigger in America (PHOTOS)

Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is NOT the celebration of Mexico's independence (that'd be September 16, 1810). Actually, it's not that big a deal in Mexico at all.

S. Carolina’s Mark Sanford is trying to find “a woman who hates me”

Mark Sanford doesn’t have much more time to make his case to South Carolina’s women that he deserves a second political chance. The former Governor left office after a political fall from grace in 2009 after he was caught using public funds to visit his mistress in Argentina and lying to the public, and presumably his wife, about it. The mistress - Maria Belen Chapur — is now Sanford’s fiancé.
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