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    Enterprise ships out with new captain

    The USS Enterprise puts to sea with a new captain as its former commander, Capt. Owen Honors, is investigated for his bawdy videos.

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    Brazil mudslides kill more than 300

    The death toll is rising in Teresopolis, Brazil, after rains washed tons of rusty red earth into Brazilian mountain towns.

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    Tucson memorial service

    President Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Ariz.

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    Northeast slammed with more snow

    The Northeastern states are expecting more than a foot of new snow from a storm that already has covered the South with ice.

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    Australia flooding

    Australia's third-largest city, Brisbane, is underwater, and least 22 people have died across Queensland state in the worst flooding in the nation's history.

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    Ivory Coast soldiers fire on crowd

    Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, who refuses to cede power, fired on civilians loyal to his rival, killing four.

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    Hearing for WikiLeaks founder

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears for a procedural hearing in his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden to face charges of sex crime.

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    Auburn claims NCAA football crown

    Auburn wins its first national title since 1957 with a last-second field goal to beat Oregon, 22-19.

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    Gates meets with China's Hu

    China flight-tests a stealth fighter jet as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

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    Wintry mix coats the South

    Sleet, ice and several inches of snow, as much as 9 inches in some places, blankets states from Louisiana to the Carolinas.

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    South Sudan sucession voting

    Thousands of Sudanese began casting ballots Sunday to determine if the mainly Christian south will secede from the Muslim-controlled north.

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    Tucson shooting victims mourned

    Shooting rampage that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killed six in Tucson, Ariz., thought to be assassination attempt.

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    Iran plane crash kills 77

    An IranAir passenger jet crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces.

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    Orthodox Christmas

    Orthodox Christians celebrate the Christmas Day of the Julian calendar.

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    Students return to Omaha school after shooting

    Students return to a Omaha, Neb., high school two days after student Robert Butler Jr. shot two administrators, killing one.