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"Leaping Tall Buildings" is a collection of brief and beautifully illustrated profiles of comic-book artists. Tim Marchman reviews.

RT | Former General Counsel of FBI: '...it is critically important that we have the ability to intercept electronic communications with court approval.'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm....

CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) -- Fifty years ago on Sunday, a fire at the town dump ignited an exposed coal seam, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to the demolition of nearly every building in Centralia - a whole community of 1,400 simply gone....

CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) -- Fifty years ago on Sunday, a fire at the town dump ignited an exposed coal seam, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to the demolition of nearly every building in Centralia - a whole community of 1,400 simply gone....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The man accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz was hospitalized for fear he might attempt suicide as he awaited arraignment Friday, exactly 33 years after the boy vanished without a trace in one of New York City's most traumatic missing-child cases....

CANNES, France (AP) -- The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors....

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) -- A gunman looking for someone he believes owes him money took an unknown number of hostages inside an Indiana real estate office Friday, police said, prompting officers to shut down nearby streets and surround the building with guns drawn....

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Now that Brian Banks has been exonerated of a rape conviction that put him in prison for five years, the one-time prep football star has a message for NFL coaches: Give him a chance....

Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks for a bailout worth 19bns euros ($24bn; £15bn), and admits that it made a massive loss last year.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as "daddy" and "mon ami" in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top House Republican says his chamber will vote this summer on continuing the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande for the first time provided details of his plan to pull France's combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying Friday he would leave around 1,400 soldiers behind to help with training and logistics....

Connor Boyack | It’s like trying to build a dam in the Mississippi river one twig at a time.

RT.com | Slick Willie happier than ever in photo snapped while attending Nights in Monaco gala at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo.

BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan, which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. House members who are trying to make the step up to the Senate this year are finding themselves on the defensive about Washington experience that traditionally has been a big asset....

Wanted: A political attack dog ready to tear into President Barack Obama. Must play by team rules, be able to withstand the pressure of a presidential campaign and pass a rigorous vetting process.

Big Ag liked to hype in Europe how their Genetically Modified Orgasms(sic) were better. Yet they threaten to sue people in the USA for labeling products as containing GMOs. We’ve fought this battle before in Vermont, and won, with the rBST which Monstersanto quietly divested itself of once the Big Corps like Walmart saw the writing on the wall and refused to carry any more due to consumer uproar.

There is a new push to mandate the labeling of GMO products. Monstersanto and their ilk are fighting against such labeling. You can make a difference by letting the government, your representatives, state and local know how you fee.

Check out this article in the recent NYTimes.

As the country heads into the Memorial Day weekend, there are still almost 1.5 million U.S soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines deployed in war zones or combat missions worldwide, and the 3,000th coalition service member, a U.S. sailor, has died in Afghanistan.