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The Secrets of Sword Swallowing [VIDEO]

Feb 24, 2011 - 1:13 PM |AOL News

Clear your throat. The fifth annual World Sword Swallower's Day is Saturday, and if it's anything like last year, you'll see 22 performers shove 138 feet of steel down their throats at Ripley's...

Enquirer: Police Investigating 2 More Accusations Against Al Gore

Jul 21, 2010 - 11:59 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 21) -- Al Gore hasn't had a good summer, and a new report could make it worse -- doubly so. According to The National Enquirer, police are investigating the claims of two more massage...

Vatican: Ordaining Women a Crime Like Sex Abuse

Jul 9, 2010 - 12:23 PM |Politics Daily

Regina Kuehne, Keystone / AP

(July 9) -- New rules the Vatican is expected to issue soon on penalties for priests who sexually abuse children will also put the ordaining of women in the same category of the most serious crimes...

Arrests of Illegal Border Crossers Plunge

Jul 1, 2010 - 1:19 PM |AOL News

Scott Olson, Getty Images

(July 1) -- While President Barack Obama and his critics argue over how to fix America's broken immigration system, there's a sign that the flow of people trying to sneak across the U.S.-Mexico...

Daily Commute Gets Even More Stressful, Study Finds

Jun 30, 2010 - 10:54 AM |AOL News

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(June 30) -- Americans are increasingly stressed out about their commute, but they haven't changed their daily routine, according to a study out today. The report, from IBM, found that the daily...

Sales of New iPhone 4 Are Off the Hook

Jun 25, 2010 - 4:53 PM |AOL News

Richard Drew, AP

(June 25) -- The long lines of customers at Apple stores Thursday were the latest sign of the iPhone's soaring popularity. Sales of the gadget have skyrocketed since the first iPhone hit stores three...

A Global Feeling of Gloom

Jun 18, 2010 - 1:46 PM |AOL News

(June 18) -- Does the economy have you feeling blue? You're not alone. When the Pew Research Center released a 22-nation poll on global issues earlier this week, most of the headlines focused on...

How Loud Are Those World Cup Vuvuzela Horns?

Jun 15, 2010 - 10:00 AM |AOL News

(June 15) -- Haven't you heard? Noisy stadiums are standard issue in professional sports, but at the World Cup in South Africa, fans in the stadium and on TV are growing increasingly agitated by the...

Many States Push Back on Health Reform

Jun 8, 2010 - 2:10 PM |AOL News

Mark Ralston, AFP / Getty Images

(June 8) -- This week, the White House embarked on a major publicity push on behalf of the health care reform law. Given the state of play in the states, the administration has a long road ahead of...

A Rare Drop in the Jail Population

Jun 4, 2010 - 3:23 PM |AOL News

John Moore, Getty Images

(June 4) -- The number of inmates in local jails across the United States is down for the first time since the government started tracking the numbers in 1982, according to the federal Bureau of...

Atlantic Has Had Active Hurricane Seasons Since 1995

Jun 3, 2010 - 10:50 AM |AOL News

(June 3) -- Government and private forecasters have predicted that the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be active, and one of the reasons cited is that the Atlantic is in is a long-term pattern...

Your 2010 Hurricane Scorecard

May 28, 2010 - 4:15 PM |AOL News

NOAA

(May 28) -- The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season is Tuesday, and the major forecasts suggest we could be headed for a real whopper. Earlier this week, the National Oceanic and...

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