Smash-Proof Glass Foils Hawaii Jewel Thieves [VIDEO]

Apr 14th 2011 – 7:31 AM |AOL News

AP

Two would-be robbers shot, hammered and kicked at glass display cases at a Hawaii jewelry store, but then were forced to flee when they realized the cases were made of bulletproof glass. A security...

68 Years Later, WWII Airman's Body Found on South Pacific Island

Apr 14th 2011 – 7:18 AM |AOL News

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Nearly 68 years after a Massachusetts airman took off on a reconnaissance flight over the South Pacific during World War II, his remains have been found and are en route home to America for burial...

Libyan Rebels Reboot Cellphone Service After Gadhafi's Shutdown

Apr 13th 2011 – 8:34 AM |AOL News

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Libyan rebels who'd resorted to waving flags to communicate after Moammar Gadhafi cut off the Internet have now rebooted a local cellphone network for their own use. The new network, rigged up with...

Brazilian Police Debut 'RoboCop' Glasses Ahead of World Cup

Apr 13th 2011 – 7:38 AM |AOL News

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Imagine if police could stand back from a raucous crowd and scan the pack for criminals, without ever having to question a suspect or put their troops in harm's way. That's exactly what Brazilian...

Poll: 4 in 10 Southerners Still Side With Confederacy

Apr 13th 2011 – 7:10 AM |AOL News

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A century and a half after the opening shots of the U.S. Civil War, nearly four in 10 Southerners say they still sympathize with the Confederacy. That's according to a new CNN poll released on the...

Berlusconi Admits Paying Ruby $87K -- for Beauty Parlor Equipment

Apr 12th 2011 – 9:42 AM |AOL News

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For the first time, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has admitted to paying a teenage erotic dancer $87,000, but insists the whopping payment wasn't for sex but to save her from a life of...

50 Years Later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's Secret Last Words Revealed

Apr 12th 2011 – 6:24 AM |AOL News

AP

Fifty years ago today, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to experience outer space. Beforehand, he wrote a poignant letter to his wife, telling her to remarry if he didn't...

Can African Union Succeed in Libya Where US, Others Failed?

Apr 11th 2011 – 10:24 AM |AOL News

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Already juggling some of the world's most bloody conflicts and dire health crises, the African Union is now taking on what Washington, Europe and the Arab states have so far failed at -- trying to...

Britain Allows Some Gay Men to Donate Blood -- Why Not the US?

Apr 11th 2011 – 7:30 AM |AOL News

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Britain is reversing its ban on gay men donating blood, but there's a catch: Homosexual blood donors have to swear they haven't had sex with another man in the past 10 years. British health...

46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned

Apr 8th 2011 – 8:24 AM |AOL News

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A new poll gauging Mississippi Republicans' preferences going into the 2012 election ended up revealing something more startling: 46 percent of GOP voters in the state think interracial marriage...

Elmo in Urdu? 'Sesame Street' Heads to Pakistan

Apr 8th 2011 – 7:42 AM |AOL News

MCT

U.S. airstrikes, aid and diplomatic offensives have achieved only marginal success in winning Pakistani hearts and minds, so American officials are now deploying their secret backup weapons: Bert,...

Waiting for Gadhafi: Former US Congressman Cools His Heels in Tripoli

Apr 8th 2011 – 7:19 AM |AOL News

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Trying to convince a rabid dictator to relinquish power -- or even get a face-to-face meeting with him -- is more difficult than even some can-do U.S. politicians might think. That's the lesson...

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