Conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones explains how he believes the mafia wants to kill him. Photo: Screenshot via YouTube.

Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: ‘There’s weather weapon stuff going on’

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev via FBI

Report: FBI shoots and kills man in Florida connected to Marathon bombing suspect

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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor: ‘You gotta thank the Lord’

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Jon Stewart mocks eccentric crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford

Science

British wildlife faces ‘stark’ threat as 60 percent of species assessed in ‘The State of Nature’ report decline

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which…

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Villagers find ancient sports statue in Mexico

Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting…

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Early humans responded to changes in climate with cultural and industrial innovation

Early humans living in South Africa made cultural and industrial leaps in periods of wetter…

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Scientists’ accidental find reveals Vitamin C kills tuberculosis bacteria

Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old…

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Tech News

Rand Paul demands Congress ‘apologize’ to Apple for tax avoidance hearing

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday lashed out at fellow members of Congress for looking…

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NASA taps 3-D printer firm for ‘Star Trek’-style food replicator

U.S. space agency NASA has tapped 3-D printer firm Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC)…

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Media

David Bowie’s ‘Spiders From Mars’ bassist Trevor Bolder dies

Trevor Bolder, the bass guitarist in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, has died at…

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Obama does not want Fox News reporter James Rosen prosecuted: spokesman

President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said…

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World

Conservatives in Britain call for rejection of same-sex marriage bill

Conservative opponents of gay marriage have invited the House of Lords to reject the bill after 133 Tory MPs, including…

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Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary reignites debate over controversial composer

To some he will never be more than a narcissist, an antisemite and a misogynist. To others he is an…

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Muslim religious leaders meet with Holocaust survivors in Poland

Muslim religious leaders from across the globe met with Holocaust survivors and their saviours in an emotional encounter Tuesday at…

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Harry Potter book fetches $227,000 at London auction

A 1997 first edition of “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by J.K. Rowling sold for £150,000 ($227,000, 176,000…

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Bieber’s pet monkey becomes German property

Justin Bieber’s pet monkey, which was seized by German customs in March, officially became German property Tuesday after the Canadian…

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U.S. News

IRS official pleads the Fifth: ‘I have not done anything wrong’

The official who was in charge of Internal Revenue Service division that admitted scrutinizing the…

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Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when…

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Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill

Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive…

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Rescuers dig for life after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma

Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a…

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Bradley Manning trial to be closed for some testimony: judge

Some testimony in the espionage trial of a US soldier who passed secret files to…

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ACLU condemns prosecution of Florida teen over lesbian relationship

In a statement released Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida condemned the statutory…

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FBI faces lawsuit over secret surveillance of prominent anti-war website

The editors of Antiwar.com on Tuesday filed a freedom of the press lawsuit against the…

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Nonviolent activist tasered at DOJ while protesting for Wall Street prosecutions

A woman who became an activist after JPMorgan Chase foreclosed on her home in 2011…

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