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Houston to be laid to rest on Sunday
Whitney Houston's journey "home" ends with a private burial in New Jersey on Sunday as questions persist about what caused the superstar's death.
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Elizabeth Smart gets married in Hawaii
Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman abducted as a teenager and held captive for months, tied the knot at a private ceremony in Hawaii over the weekend.
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Revelers in Rio hit streets for Carnival
Carnival revelers descended on Rio de Janeiro, flocking to hundreds of block parties and cramming into designated areas to watch elaborate parades from dusk until dawn.
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Both sides rest in lacrosse player's trial
The defense could rest its case as early as Saturday afternoon in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend.
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Police: Ohio mother, toddler abducted
Police in Cleveland, Ohio, issued an Amber Alert on Saturday for a 1-year-old girl who authorities say was snatched off the street along with her 19-year-old mother while on a walk.
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Iranian warships sail into Mediterranean
Two Iranian warships sailed through Egypt's Suez Canal possibly en route to Syria, according to Iranian semi-official news agencies. Iranian warships last used the canal in February 2011, above.
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In Damascus, protests and diplomacy
Protesters pumping their fists and chanting are soon met with gunfire and tear gas, leaving at least two people dead, activists say.
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Execution in Iran may be imminent
A computer programmer from Canada faces imminent execution in Iran for the actions of another person, which he had no control over, a human rights group says.
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More remains found on Long Island
Human skeletal remains have been found on Long Island, New York, authorities said Saturday. The same police department has been involved in the discovery of at least 10 other sets of human remains about 40 miles from the latest site.
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N.J. gov vetoes same-sex marriage bill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that would allow same-sex couples to wed, setting up a confrontation with a Democrat-controlled legislature that has vowed to eventually get the bill into law.
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Greece Parliament to vote on cuts
The parliament in Greece is expected to vote Sunday on austerity measures demanded in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country.
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Romney wins Maine caucuses
Mitt Romney edged Ron Paul to win the Maine caucuses, the state Republican party announced Saturday. Romney also won the CPAC straw poll earlier.
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Powell boys recalled as smart, loving
Hundreds packed a Tacoma, Washington, church on Saturday to remember the lives of young Braden and Charlie Powell, who police say were killed six days earlier by their father Josh Powell in a double murder-suicide.
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Iraqi officials killed in separate attacks
An Iraqi interior ministry official was assassinated while driving in Baghdad, one of several deadly attacks Saturday reported by police.
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Syrian general gunned down as violence spreads
A Syrian general was fatally shot in front of his Damascus home, according to state media, as world powers mulled a way to halt the regime's bloody offensive against civilians.
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Suspect arrested in gay man's beating
Police have identified three men seen on a video brutally beating a young man and shouting anti-gay slurs in Atlanta.
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Catholic bishops group decries WH plan
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises "serious moral concerns," according to a statement posted on its website late Friday.
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Romney wins big in Nevada caucuses
Mitt Romney rolls to victory in convincing fashion while Newt Gingrich says he has no intentions of pulling out of the GOP race.
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Occupy Oakland vows 'militant action'
A small, militant arm of Occupy Oakland took to the streets Saturday, saying it was time to "rise up" against authorities following a violent confrontation between protesters and police a week earlier that resulted in more than 400 arrests.
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U.S. general dies in Afghanistan
U.S. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died in Kabul of apparent natural causes, officials said, making him one of the highest ranking officers to die in Afghanistan.
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