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Top Oscar nods to Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel

Top Oscar nods to Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel

Two extravagant comedies, “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” dominated nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards with nine nods each, while “Boyhood” remained the widely acknowledged front-runner.
Seattle dog hops on bus solo to get to park

Seattle dog hops on bus solo to get to park

SEATTLE - A black Labrador named Eclipse just wants to get to the dog park. So if her owner takes too long finishing his cigarette, and their bus arrives, she climbs aboard solo and rides to her stop - to the delight of fellow Seattle bus passengers.
16-hour swim to shore: Rob Konrad, former NFLer

16-hour swim to shore: Rob Konrad, former NFLer

PLANTATION, Fla. - The former NFL fullback entered the room with a wobble in his walk, and needed assistance climbing a podium so he could face a media throng and discuss his death-defying 16-hour swim to shore.

Hostages held in jewelry store in France

PARIS - A police officer says two hostages are being held by a gunman in a jewelry store in the southern French city of Montpellier.
Hostages, suspects of Hebdo massacre dead after standoff

Hostages, suspects of Hebdo massacre dead after standoff

PARIS - Three terrorists who seized hostages at separate locations and ignited fear across Paris were killed Friday along with three of their hostages as the gunmen clashed with thousands of French security forces.
Orca may have had help giving birth

Orca may have had help giving birth

VANCOUVER - Scientists were fairly certain that a matron killer whale from an endangered pod off British Columbia's coast had given birth to the newest calf - then new evidence made them change that opinion.
Hostages taken at Paris market

Hostages taken at Paris market

PARIS - Terrorists linked to each other seized hostages at two locations around Paris on Friday, facing off against hundreds of French security forces as the city shut down a famed Jewish neighbourhood and scrambled to protect residents and tourists
Two brothers hunted by police after Paris newspaper attack

Two brothers hunted by police after Paris newspaper attack

PARIS - Scattered gunfire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper.
12 dead in terrorist attack on Paris paper

12 dead in terrorist attack on Paris paper

PARIS - Three masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people, including its editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack.
Hundreds still stranded in Greek ferry disaster

Hundreds still stranded in Greek ferry disaster

ATHENS - Italian and Greek military and coast guard rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves Sunday as they struggled to rescue hundreds of people trapped on a burning ferry adrift between Italy and Albania.
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