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Christie Dawn Harris also has to pay $1,300 in fines after hiding a gun inside her vagina.

Long before the British voyaged 6,000 miles to India, Portuguese sailors established a colony in India.

Is Russia really concerned about public health or the health of its domestic fishing industry?

Bey, better known by the stage name Mos Def, voluntarily underwent a force-feeding procedure detailed in a leaked military document. Watch it here.

Pope Francis used his first official trip outside of Rome to visit the Italian island of Lampedusa, where hundreds of migrants die each year.

Mexico’s Finance Secretariat says the country attracted 40% of last year’s FDI in the first quarter of 2013 alone.

A privacy rights group is unlikely to convince the Court to halt the government's domestic phone data collection -- for now.

Bankers could face prison and lower bonuses under the proposed changes.

The sequestration affects every military department except civilians in combat zones and those protecting life and property.

The temple at Bodh Gaya lies at the very heart of the Buddhist faith.

A motive for the crime or the choice of Spider-Man underwear was unclear.

The House may consider voting on border security bills, but remains focused on energy and student loans -- and even the IRS and Benghazi.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center said the collection of phone records isn't directly relevant to national security investigations.

Sondra Osterman identified George Zimmerman as the source of her screaming, but prosecutors tried to dent her credibility.

Andy Murray is the first Briton to win the Wimbledon’s men’s singles title in 77 years.

Islamic insurgents are believed to be behind the attack of Coptic Christian priest Mina Aboud Sharween.

The African Union has suspended Egypt's membership, and it may be a while before the country can rejoin.

Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without the required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

The National Investigation Agency detained a man, on Monday, in connection with a serial-bomb attack on a Buddhist temple town in eastern India.

Liu Zhijun has been found guilty of accepting millions of yuan to help cronies win contracts, get promotions.

Police say dozens of people in Quebec's small lakeside community are still missing after Saturday's massive rail accident.

After dozens of Mohamed Morsi's supporters were killed in protests, the Islamist Nour party walked away from talks to form an interim government in Egypt.

Perry Capital has sued the U.S. government for taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, challenging a proposal to liquidate the two companies.

U.S. engineer Shane Todd committed suicide in Singapore last year, a local coroner declared on Monday, dismissing claims of foul play.

Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital on Sunday.

The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco’s airport teaches us that airline accidents are survivable.

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords concluded her "Rights and Responsibilities" tour Sunday, calling for gun buyer background checks.

The anticipated appointment of Mohammed ElBaradei as interim prime minister this weekend has been put on hold.

Nine explosions in a coordinated terrorist attack struck India’s holiest Buddhist shrine Sunday, wounding two monks.