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While perhaps it’s a bit much to expect President Obama to attend a kiddie peace presentation while he’s in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, the fact that Obama begged off lunch with King Harald—and a host of other Nobel-related events—has Norwegians fuming. The Norwegian Nobel Committee...

The man Republicans (and many Democrats) wish would just shut up and go away had some words for the man Democrats (and many Republicans) wish would do the same, in vulgar—if dated—style. Asked about Dick Cheney’s view of holding terror trials in New York, Rep. Alan Grayson told...

The notably liberal outpost of Berkeley, Calif., today sent wire hangers—a reminder of pre-Roe v. Wade, back-alley times—to members of Congress who voted for an amendment that bans abortion for anyone receiving federally funded health insurance. The city council approved the measure last night, and some 20 House...

After being evicted by Wells Fargo, the owner of a Rhode Island animal shelter wants a judge to force the bank to provide food and care for the animals—which have been left to fend for themselves since Monday’s foreclosure. Dan Mackenzie has seen “total strangers walking off with his...

Many observers believe Alabama running back Mark Ingram is going to be this year’s Heisman Trophy winner as college football’s top player—and a blog that’s correctly predicted the past seven recipients is one of them. Stiff Arm Trophy has Ingram nosing out Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, with Nebraska...

AT&T says it's working on ways to keep some iPhone customers from hogging everybody else's bandwidth. It will unveil a series of "incentives" early next year, which could include charging customers based on how much data they use rather than offering an "unlimited" plan, reports the Wall Street Journal . "We're...

A fierce winter storm is expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and generally make life miserable for travelers all the way to New England. So far, the storm is blamed for 12 deaths, most of them traffic accidents, and hundreds of flights...

A House committee followed up on its threat to force the couple who crashed President Obama's State Dinner last month to testify. Lawmakers voted to subpoena Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who refused to appear voluntarily. Even now, the Salahis say they will take the Fifth when they show up, the...

Uganda still views homosexuals as "repugnant," but it won't execute them or send them to jail for life because of their sexual orientation. Those two punishments are being dropped from an anti-gay bill being readied for parliament, the nation's ethics and integrity minister said. The government approves of the measures,...

Sources say L Rajagopal, a Member of Parliament from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, has told the Lok Sabha Speaker he wants to resign.

There are fresh developments in the Russian girl's rape case in Goa. The Goa Police have appealed in the high court against anticipatory bail of accused politician, John Fernandes. The Goan politician surrendered a week after being named in a rape case. Ironically, police had claimed they couldn’t trace him all these days.

It’s a big boost for activists and Pondicherry citizens who had been opposing the building of a new port joining hands with NDTV’s campaign to save India's beaches. However, the Supreme Court had ruled against them and given the go ahead for the project.

Probe in the 26/11 case will completed within four to six weeks by the National Investigation Agency, said Home Secretary G K Pillai. He also said that a chargesheet will be filed after that.

Renowned poet, writer and critic Dilip Chitre passed away at his Pune residence in the wee hours on Thursday. Chitre, 71, was suffering from cancer, family sources said.