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Anti-Gay Beating Caught on Video: Victim Identified [VIDEO]

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A young African-American man in Atlanta was ambushed and brutally beaten by members of a local gang for appearing to be gay. The assault took place on Feb. 4 and police were able to obtain footage of the attack from a nearby surveillance camera as well as from a YouTube video uploaded by one of the attackers. The video, which was also posted on WorldHipHop.com website, went viral overnight.
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Who is Fausat Ogunbayo? The Woman Who Filed a $900 Trillion Suit

The name Fausat Ogunbayo will probably be remembered for some time. The Staten Island mom has filed a $900 trillion federal lawsuit against the City of New York because it placed her two children in a foster home more than three years ago. Learn more about the 46-year-old West Brighton woman.
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Brenda Dominguez

UTPA Death Ruled a Suicide: Authorities

The strange death of a high school student discovered at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) in Edinburg, Texas, was ruled a suicide by authorities.
15.5-Pound Baby Boy Chun Chun

15.5-Pound Baby Chun Chun and Other Heavy Babies at Birth

At 15.5 pounds, baby Chun Chun is China's heaviest baby. He was born on Saturday, in the city of Xinxiang in the country's Henan Province. Here are some of the heaviest babies at birth who have made headlines across the world.
Former McKinsey chief and ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta (C) exits the Manhattan Federal Court with his lawyers after attending a pre-trial hearing on insider-trading charges in New York January 5, 2012.

Rajat Gupta Could be Slapped with Additional Allegations

Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble who is the highest-ranking executive charged in a U.S. crackdown on insider trading, could face additional allegations, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Report: Aussies Use Other Social Media Sites Longer Than Facebook

Facebook IPO: Should Users Get a Cut of Zuckerberg's Billions?

Each day Facebook serves as a procrastination tool for students struggling to write papers, office workers stranded at their desks, and social media junkies getting their fix. But what if posting on Facebook was your job? What if users made money based on all the content they generated for the interactive Internet community? After all, Facebook wouldn’t be worth $100 billion without its dedicated fan base of Web addicts.
Professional skateboarder Jordan Hoffart

Skateboarder Hoffart living the dream in California

Ever since Jordan Hoffart decided to turn his back on the seemingly incessant rain of his native Vancouver, he has been living his dream as a professional skateboarder in the perpetual sunshine of southern California.
A crane is seen at the border as workers renovate the fence between the U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana

U.S. ocean fence aims to curb smuggling from Mexico

U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet out into the Pacific Ocean south of San Diego to curb dangerous attempts by illegal immigrants and smugglers to slip through the breakers to California.
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Prop. 8 Ruling: 5 Things to Know After Calif. Gay Marriage Ban's Overthrow

The Ninth Circuit Court ruled in support of Judge Walker's decision that Prop 8 was unconstitutional, striking down the ban against same-sex marriage in California. But what does this mean for LGBT couples? What was Walker's original ruling? Who ruled in Tuesday's case? Here's everything you need to know, and what comes next.
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Florence Green, Last of Final 5 Known Living WWI Veterans, Dies at 110

Florence Green enlisted in the Women's Royal Air Force at the age of 17 in September 1918. Just two weeks before her 111th birthday, the World War I veteran passed away in her sleep at a care home in Norfolk, England. Green was the last surviving person to have served in that war nearly a century ago.
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Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional, Rules Court

The U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco Tuesday upheld a lower court decision, which had declared unconstitutional California’s controversial Proposition 8 banning same sex marriage.
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Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous cowards after hack

Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as cowards on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web.
Josh Powell

Josh Powell's Chilling Message before Hatchet Attack on Sons and Explosion

A chilling recording of what is believed to be the final message Josh Powell left for family members before he took a hatchet to his two young sons and caused an explosion on Sunday, may provide details as to why Susan Powell's husband committed the double murder-suicide. Hello, this is Josh. And I'm calling to say goodbye, Josh Powell is heard on the voicemail message obtained by ABC News. I am not able to live without my sons. And I'm not able to go on anymore. I am sorry ...
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Alyssa Bustamante: 5 Things to Know About the Teen Killer

After taking an increased dose of the antidepressant Prozac, Alyssa Bustamante, who at the time was 15-years-old, strangled and stabbed her 9-year-old neighbor. Defense attorneys will convene in court on Tuesday in an aim to persuade a judge to give Bustamante less than life in prison.

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