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Elle magazine fashion shoot features ‘North Korean Chic’

Elle magazine has been accused of glamorizing North Korea with a military chic fashion shoot featured on its website, The Telegraph reported.

November 19, 2013

Republican Rep. Trey Radel charged with cocaine possession

Florida Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel was arrested last month on misdemeanor possession of cocaine charges in Washington, D.C., a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman said.

November 19, 2013

George Zimmerman served with divorce papers in jail

George Zimmerman's estranged wife served him with divorce papers Monday night while he was in a solitary cell at the Seminole County Jail, TMZ first reported.

November 19, 2013

Indian girl, 8, divorces husband of 4 years: report

An 8-year old girl has become the youngest ever to divorce in India after she was married off four years ago.

November 19, 2013

Horror as car wrecks next to candlelight vigil for Las Vegas teen killed in crash

A three-car pileup occurred Thursday in Las Vegas at the same location where hundreds of people had gathered to remember a 14-year-old girl who was hit and killed by a truck the weekend before.

November 19, 2013

Alcoholics paid 5 cans of beer a day to clean up Amsterdam

As a way to keep alcoholics from causing a nuisance in Amsterdam's Oosterpark, the Rainbow Foundation Project is using government grants and donations to pay the troublemakers in beer and tobacco to clean up the city.

November 19, 2013

California pastor stunned to find Bibles in Costco’s fiction section

A pastor in Simi Valley, Calif. was both shocked and disturbed when he found out that his local Costco labels Bibles as fiction.

November 19, 2013

Google apologizes for satellite image of slain 14-year-old

Google apologized Monday to a father in California after he discovered a satellite view on Google Maps that showed the lifeless body of his 14-year-old son.

November 19, 2013

Husband of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris commits suicide

The husband of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris committed suicide Tuesday morning at the couple's Sarasota home.

November 19, 2013

MSNBC’s Martin Bashir apologizes for saying Sarah Palin should be urinated on

MSNBC host Martin Bashir took to his show Monday night to apologize for suggesting on Friday that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin should be subjected to the same brutalization that African slaves suffered.

November 18, 2013

Irate Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bulldozes female councillor

Toronto's disgraced Mayor Rob Ford was caught on video Monday knocking over a female councillor during a tense city council debate in which colleagues are looking to strip him of more of his powers.

November 18, 2013

India to start administering birth control to frisky monkeys

Wildlife officials in India are planning to put the country's rising monkey population on birth control to tackle the growing menace in its towns and cities, The Telegraph in Great Britain reported.

November 18, 2013

George Zimmerman arrested again in Florida

George Zimmerman has been arrested on domestic violence charges and is en route to the Seminole County Jail in Florida, local media has confirmed.

November 18, 2013

Emerson College to name school after ‘Anchorman’ Ron Burgundy

For one day only, Emerson College in Boston will be named the Ron Burgundy School of Communication to honor the fictitious San Diego anchorman on Dec. 4.

November 18, 2013

French President Hollande: Jerusalem must be capital of two states

French President Francois Hollande addressed the Israeli parliament on Monday, calling for Jerusalem to be shared as capital of both Israel and Palestine.

November 18, 2013

India allows first all-women bank; still banned in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh

The Election Commission of India has approved the launch of the first all-women bank in the country on Tuesday, although branches have been banned in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.

November 18, 2013

Tom Cruise, John Travolta tour Scientology’s $145M building for developing super powers

Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kelly Preston were reportedly among the thousands of Scientologists who flocked to the church in Clearwater, Fla., to reveal the new $145 million Flag Building, where devotees can develop super powers and "create a new world," the Tampa Bay Times first reported.

November 18, 2013