Boy, 8, spent 10 days at home with dead mom

Police say an 8-year-old boy spent more than a week in a Michigan apartment with the body of his dead mother before anyone discovered his situation.

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Nagging wife behind big lottery win

A "nagging" wife who pushed her husband to buy a lottery ticket helped scoop the $4.2 million ($7.7 million New Zealand dollar) first prize - with only minutes to spare.

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Computer searches detailed in missing girl case

"Neck breaking" and "household weapons" were some of the Google searches done on a computer accessible to the mother of missing Caylee Anthony, according to court documents.

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New smokeless tobacco alarms health officials

They're discreet, flavorful and come in cute tin boxes with names like "frost" and "spice." And now a leading U.S. tobacco company is hoping they'll become a hit with tobacco lovers.

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Clues sought in slayings of Hudson's relatives

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Afghan gets 20 years for women's rights talk

An Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence for a student accused of blasphemy for asking questions about women's rights under Islam. But the judges still sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

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Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law

A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl's home state, Nebraska health officials said.

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The dreaded question: Did he smoke?

Losing my father to cancer is hard enough without having everyone ask, "Did he smoke?"

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