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Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

BROMONT, Quebec - A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after her insurance agent found photos of her apparently having fun on Facebook.

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

Schwarzenegger calls red-zone parking a mistake

LOS ANGELES - Gov.

World's biggest cruise ship is a floating resort

By Jane Sutton

Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams

GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

NC dad defends letting mom take girl later slain

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.

Woman duped out of $50K in Internet love scam

ABUJA, Nigeria - Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a Nigerian man who said he was her "Mr.

Asia markets lower amid China warning to banks

BANGKOK - Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as China's warning to banks to control their lavish lending underlined the risks to an economic recovery driven by easy credit.

Prostitute claims Berlusconi offered help with inn

ROME - The prostitute at the center of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal claims in a new book that she slept with him on the understanding he would help her set up a countryside inn but she got "nothing" in return.

CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu

ATLANTA - Let us give thanks _ and pass the Purell.

Evening gowns, saris at Obama's first state dinner

Pirates attack tanker off W.Africa, kill sailor

COTONOU (AFP) - - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces said on Tuesday.

Yemen conflict inflaming Saudi-Iranian rivalry

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East's two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran.

3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found

WASHINGTON - A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs _ like wild boar tusks _ roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

Obama says will "finish the job" in Afghanistan

By Jeff Mason and Adam Entous

Utah man makes wrong turn, sees train approaching

OGDEN, Utah - A man whose car became stuck on a set of railroad tracks bailed out before a commuter train plowed into it.