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Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to wipe out Memorial Day festivities across north Florida and south Georgia as it pelted the region with heavy rain and near hurricane-force winds early Monday, forecasters said.

A member of Pedro Hernandez's family walked into a Camden, New Jersey, police station in the 1980s and reported that Hernandez told relatives and others that he had killed a boy in New York and threw the body near a Dumpster -- but there's no indication anything came out of that report, the family member told CNN.

Watching the public execution of his mother and older brother, Shin Dong-Hyuk thought the punishment was just. After all, Shin - then 14 years old - had reported his family's plot to escape to prison camp guards.

A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin, a U.S. State Department official said Sunday.

The U.N. Security Council condemned the weekend massacre of more than 100 civilians in Syria, including the stabbing and axing of nearly 50 children, with members casting blame on government forces.

A bus full of Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan was struck by a roadside bomb Sunday in Iraq, leaving 24 wounded, officials said.

"Today... May 27... ...is AIMEE DAY!!!"

"There's life after the hospital bed," says Cpl. Todd Nicely , a quadruple amputee. He's one of a growing number of vets surviving injuries that in the past would have been life-ending.

They paid the ultimate sacrifice, and they leave behind wives, husbands, daughters, sons.

NASCAR's best will buckle up for the longest, most grueling race of the season on Sunday, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

It's a year of legends battling it out, new safety measures hitting the track, and women achieving a first at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

A tropical storm warning is in effect from the Volusia-Brevard county line in Florida to Edisto Beach, South Carolina.

There's push to make pole dancing an Olympic sport, but can it shake it's naughty reputation? CNN's Sandra Endo reports.

The killings of more than 100 Syrian civilians, including more than 30 children, provoked outrage around Syria and worldwide Sunday as horrific images of the bodies in Houla spread across the internet.

The brother of an Italian girl missing for nearly 30 years urged the Vatican to investigate her case as several hundred demonstrators carrying pictures of her marched to St. Peter's Square on Sunday.

If the curves of Buddy Elias' 86-year-old face look familiar, it's because he is the closest surviving relative of the girl whose diary gave an early glimpse into the Holocaust.

Some yoga devotees want more than just zen. They want to win. CNN's Sandra Endo explains.

Sherry Turkle says our passion to connect through devices keeps us from interacting face to face.

Lady Gaga canceled her concert in Indonesia, her management said Sunday, citing security concerns after Islamic hardliners denounced her costumes and dance moves as too risqué.

A family finds both fame and misfortune when they buy Madonna's home and try to sell it on eBay.