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Now a French Soldier Has Been Stabbed

Ruth Brown — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:29:22 CDT

A uniformed French soldier was stabbed near Paris while on patrol today, prompting speculation that it may have been a copycat attack of Wednesday's London soldier slaying . The attacker is thought to be North African, and was wearing a robe and Muslim prayer cap, the Washington Post reports. He attacked...

3 More Arrested in UK Soldier Slaying

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:19:07 CDT

British police today arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London. A third man, 21, was arrested separately...

Exposé Links Toronto Mayor's Family to Drug-Dealing

John Johnson — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:55:05 CDT

If yesterday's carefully worded I-am-not-a-crack-addict news conference made for a bleak day for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, today isn't much better. The respected Globe and Mail is out with an investigative piece on the mayor's family, including brother Doug, a city councilor. It includes paragraphs like this: "What has emerged...

Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments for Sale

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:43 CDT

Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale—in tiny pieces. Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world's oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers—fragments the family says it has kept in...

Brits Tried to Recruit Slaying Suspect, Says Friend

John Johnson — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:25:59 CDT

Britain's spy agency was not only aware of one of the suspects in this week's savage London murder , it tried to recruit him just six months ago, a friend tells the BBC . In an interview, Abu Nusaybah said the MI5 questioned Michael Adebolajo about a trip he made to Kenya...

Vatican Beatifies Mob-Fighting Priest

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:05 CDT

An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr. The Rev. Giuseppe `'Pino" Puglisi was beatified in a ceremony today in Palermo, the Sicilian capital where he worked in a mobster-infested, poor neighborhood. He...

Oregon Man, 90, Recounts His WWII Tale of Survival

John Johnson — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:34:05 CDT

Oregon's David Stoliar rarely talks about his ordeal in World War II, and the 90-year-old native of Romania says his recent interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel is the last time he will discuss it, period. It's tough to blame him. Stoliar was the lone survivor when a Jewish...

20% of South Korean Women Have Plastic Surgery

Kevin Spak — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:22:30 CDT

Just how popular is cosmetic surgery in South Korea? So popular that one in five women there have had it, compared to one in 20 in America, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. The statistic comes courtesy of the Atlantic , which mentions it in a broader look...

Toronto Mayor: I Don't Smoke Crack

John Johnson — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:02:23 CDT

It can't be a banner day for any politician when he has to call a press conference to declare that he's not a crack addict, but that's precisely what Toronto Mayor Rob Ford did today. After a week of silence, Ford addressed the controversy that began when three journalists—two...