Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

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When Marissa Levy learned she'd have to wear a back brace 23 hours a day, the New York seventh-grader thought it might as well be a prison sentence. But a new genetic test revealed she didn't need the bulky treatment after all.

DNA spit test springs girl from scoliosis brace

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Airport security agents got a surprise on Tuesday when a woman in a wheelchair approached a checkpoint in Oklahoma City, took off her trench coat and was wearing only a black lace bra and panties.

Woman strips to bra, panties for airport security

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Did you spend hours obsessing over what to name your child? Time well spent, experts say -- names communicate a wealth of social information, now more than ever

Baby names reveal more about parents than ever before

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Pressure mounted on whistle-blowing organization WikiLeaks on Thursday, amid U.S. government attempts to closedown its website and as European authorities hunted it's founder Julian Assange.

Pressure ratchets up on WikiLeaks and founder

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A lawyer for WikiLeaks' founder  condemned calls for his assassination Thursday and claimed remarks by Sarah Palin may prevent him from getting fair trial in U.S.

Lawyer condemns call to assassinate Assange

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The House passed a bill Thursday to extend middle class tax cuts while letting those for the wealthy expire, even as talks continued on extending them all.

House passes extension on middle-class tax cuts only

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A critical compromise to head off a year-end tax increase is taking shape in private talks between the White House and congressional Republicans despite partisan outbursts.

Obama, GOP closing in on tax deal

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The pre-Thanksgiving standoff between the TSA and some airline passengers over the federal agency's new screening techniques has left many industry observers wondering: What's next?

Scans, pat-downs and the future of airport security

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Groupon, the two-year-old online coupon company, unexpectedly turned down a reported $6 billion offer from Internet giant Google on Friday, according to reports.

Groupon rejects Google's $6 billion offer

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Hillary Clinton lost him at "hello." The U.S. secretary of state had a rare chance to interact with Iran's foreign minister at a Bahrain security conference, but he turned his back on her.

Clinton loses Iran minister at 'hello'