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March and April's Most Hilarious Mug Shots (VIDEO)

Apr 29, 2011 - 8:01 AM |AOL News

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When a 92-year-old woman knocks on your door, asks for a kiss, and carries a gun, she means business. That's just one of the many lessons learned as AOL Weird News looks at the most amusing mug...

Tornado Survivors Had Minutes to Seek Refuge

Apr 29, 2011 - 4:40 AM |AP

TRENTON, Ga. - A Georgia salon owner and her two daughters - Sky and Stormy - climbed inside a tanning bed while a tornado ripped the roof off their business. A Virginia couple scrambled under their...

Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300

Apr 28, 2011 - 11:59 PM |AP

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PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado...

Obama Assembles All-Star Cast to Talk Immigration

Apr 28, 2011 - 7:48 PM |AP

WASHINGTON -- His immigration overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama is enlisting an array of voices, including Latino entertainment and media stars, to help jump-start legislation and reassure...

WikiLeaks Suspect to Be Housed With Other Inmates

Apr 28, 2011 - 6:05 PM |AP

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- WikiLeaks suspect Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has passed the lengthy the physical and psychiatric evaluation given to new inmates at the Kansas military prison where he was...

Calif. Lawmakers Seek Liquefaction as Alternative to Cremation

Apr 28, 2011 - 5:20 PM |AOL News

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It sounds like the stuff of horror movies -- placing a body in a steel tube and then covering it with a mixture of water and acid until most of the remains are liquefied. But it's actually a...

Calif. Couple Plead Guilty to Girl's Kidnap, Rape

Apr 28, 2011 - 5:01 PM |AP

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PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A convicted sex offender and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two...

Lara Logan Talks About Assault to '60 Minutes'

Apr 28, 2011 - 4:41 PM |AP

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NEW YORK -- CBS correspondent Lara Logan says she believed she was going to die while she was being sexually assaulted and beaten in Egypt's Tahrir Square. CBS News / AP "60 Minutes"...

Baggage Handlers Arrested in Drug Smuggling Bust at Detroit Airport

Apr 28, 2011 - 3:22 PM |AOL News

Federal agents arrested 12 people today who are suspected of smuggling marijuana and cocaine into Detroit Metro Airport. Ten of the twelve people arrested in the yearlong investigation are current...

Some Blacks See Racism in 'Birther' Questions

Apr 28, 2011 - 2:40 PM |AP

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WASHINGTON -- Shortly after President Barack Obama declared himself an American-born citizen with papers to prove it, Baratunde Thurston declared himself a disgusted black man. "I find it hard to...

16-Year-Old Has Eye on Law School After Graduating From College

Apr 28, 2011 - 1:13 PM |AOL News

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Kayla Heard went to college in her bedroom or, as she calls it, the "Nerd Cave." The 16-year-old lives with her mother and brother on the banks of the Hood Canal in Union, Wash. Next month, she will...

High School Junior Runs for School Board

Apr 28, 2011 - 1:11 PM |AOL News

Connor Kurtz, self-described fiscal conservative, aims to win himself a seat on the Daniel Boone Area School District school board. He won't be able to vote for himself in the primary next month,...