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Smoke billows out of a building housing a casino as firefighters try to extinguish the fire after an attack in Monterrey

Casino Attack in Mexico's Monterrey Kills 53

Masked gunmen killed at least 53 people at a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, leaving it ablaze with patrons trapped inside in one of the worst attacks in a major Mexican city in years.
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Top 10 Costliest Hurricanes in U.S. History

NOAA has released the updated and impoverished list of the costliest tropical cyclones in the United States during 1900-2010. These hurricanes caused huge property damage worth billions.
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Oliver Stone, West Memphis 3 docs headed to NY Film Festival

Joe Berlinger's and Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the third of the filmmakers' documentaries about the case of the West Memphis Three, will premiere at the 49th New York Film Festival with a new ending incorporating the recent release of the three from prison.
An employee rides her bike past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich

Google Pays DOJ $500 Million for AdWords Ordeal

Google has paid the DOJ $500 million for allowing Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements on its Adwords program, thus helping them get revenue from the illegal transfer of drugs to the U.S.
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A Minute With: Katie Holmes on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

It sounds like a latter-day version of The Odd Couple -- petite, American actress Katie Holmes (Mrs. Tom Cruise) paired with portly Mexican writer/director Guillermo del Toro, a gothic horror film devotee known for Hellboy and Blade franchises.
East Coast Earthquake: 5.9 Quake Rocks NYC to Virginia: USGS  [PHOTOS]

Once-a-Century Earthquake Rattles East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets.
Hurricane Irene

U.S. Alerts East Coast to Hurricane Irene Threat

The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.
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China Vows to Appeal Raw Materials Ruling by WTO

China vowed on Wednesday to appeal a recent World Trade Organization ruling against its raw materials export policy, a case that could threaten Beijing's stance on rare earths, which it contends is in line with the trade body's rules.
PHOTOS: East Coast Earthquake Sends Strong Warning Messages

Rare Strong Quake Rattles U.S. East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, shaking the nation's capital and scaring thousands of office workers who fled onto the streets.
PHOTOS: East Coast Earthquake Sends Strong Warning Messages

Rare Strong Quake Rattles East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, shaking the nation's capital and scaring thousands of office workers who fled onto the streets.
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Powerful Hurricane Irene Churns Toward Southeast US

A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.
Mexico's Drug War

Mexico: More Decapitated Bodies Found in Acapulco

Six bodies have been added to the ever-increasing death toll of Mexico's drug war. In Acapulco, a number of headless bodies where found just days after gunmen shot and killed five people on the street.

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