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Conan celebrates his stay in Chicago by presenting the longest hot dog in the history of mankind.

Shiner, Texas, a community that prides itself as being peaceful, has lined up behind a father who beat to death a man he said was sexually assaulting his daughter. "Any father would have done that," one resident says.

Tiger Woods launches his bid for a 15th major title in impressive fashion for a share of second place in testing conditions on day one of the US Open.

The Dalai Lama dismisses a threat by China to pull its Olympics team out of a Leeds training camp as he visits the city.

Banking reform, fiscal challenges, NAMA and the impact of the Eurozone crisis will be discussed when ministers from NI and the Republic meet later.

A new hospital in County Fermanagh, which is set to open next week, attempts to show what 21 century health care can be like.

Firefighters Thursday made progress against a massive wildfire 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado, but the blaze was still causing problems, officials said.

Chinese authorities have bowed to pressure to investigate the death of a high-profile dissident who had spent more than 20 years in jail for his support of the Tiananmen Square protests, Hong Kong media reported.

NBA finals: Game II

East of England councils that are due to take on anti-smoking health campaigns, are investing more than £167m in tobacco firms.

Nearly 600 homeowners and six schools are to be compensated by Manchester Airport over the noise nuisance from its second runway.

Colombia's Congress passes a law that could pave the way for talks with leftist rebels, in a significant shift in government policy.

TOKYO (AP) -- His trail cold for years, the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways in 1995 was caught at a comic book cafe Friday, closing a chapter on Japan's worst terrorist attack....

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi is due to visit the Swiss parliament on the second day of her Europe trip after cancelling a dinner due to exhaustion.

Papers analyse PM before Leveson

UN monitors enter Haffa, in western Syria, days after violent clashes forced them away from the town.

American capitalism doesn’t make you selfish; socialistic entitlements foster more selfishness. Free enterprise encourages you to earn your reward by serving customers willing to pay; entitlements build the expectation that someone else ought to pay to fulfill your wants and needs.2012-06-18T00:01:00-04:002012-06-18T22:10:03ZTerry Paulson

A look at President Obama’s first term shows his repeated disregard for the Constitution that he has sworn to preserve, protect, and defend. Since taking office, Obama has betrayed contempt for our constitutional system of separation of powers.2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-16T02:40:03ZStephanie Hessler

As the nation debates whether to institutionalize same-sex marriage, social scientists have been weighing in -- often with a heavy hand. As Mark Regnerus, author of a new study examining outcomes for children in a variety of home environments, notes social science regarding gay and lesbian parenting has swung from "presents challenges," to "no difference" to "superior" in the space of one decade. The American Psychological Association declared flatly in 2005 that, "Not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents." 2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-16T02:40:03ZMona Charen

While calls for U.S. Attorney General Eric "Stonewall" Holder's resignation grow and the House GOP gears up for a contempt vote next week, it's worth remembering how we got into this mess. In two words: feckless bipartisanship.2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-16T02:40:03ZMichelle Malkin