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

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Egypt's military rulers are dissolving the parliament and suspending the constitution, meeting two key demands of pro-democracy protesters.

Source: Egypt's military rulers dissolve parliament

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Domonique Ramirez, the beauty queen who may be stripped of her Miss San Antonio crown after allegedly being told to "get off the tacos" and to lose 13 pounds, denied on TODAY she had violated the weight clause of her contract.

Source: Beauty queen in 'tacos' suit: 'I'm still the same weight'

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Lady Antebellum's yearning crossover smash "Need You Now" was crowned song and record of the year by the Grammys, giving the trio five trophies. Meanwhile, Arcade Fire claimed the evening's final award, record of the year, for "The Suburbs."

Source: The Lady (Antebellum) is a champ at Grammys

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As Florida and the Southwest have begun to stabilize, the pain from the housing crash has moved to economically diverse cities where the boom was relatively restrained, like Seattle, Atlanta and Minneapolis.

Source: NYT: Housing crash hitting cities thought stable

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Iranian security forces fired tear gas in central Tehran on Monday to disperse opposition supporters marching in a banned rally inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Source: Police fire tear gas at Iranian protesters

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While most network programmers have brand guidelines to help in the decision-making process, Winfrey enjoys a relatively free rein when it comes to OWN. And though it's early, the ratings aren't promising so far.

Source: Oprah's got her OWN problems

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An Iowa-based convenience store has asked a federal judge to rule that the word "footlong" is part of the general English language and not the special property of the Subway restaurant chain.

Source: Iowa store chain sues Subway over 'footlong'

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The Dalai Lama's nephew was killed Monday along a Florida highway during one of his long treks to bring awareness to the Tibetan struggle for independence from China, officials said.

Source: Nephew of Dalai Lama killed along Fla. highway

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Uncle Sam has a reminder for some people who took advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit three years ago: He wants his money back.

Source: For some, it's time to repay home tax credit

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An Iraqi defector codenamed "Curveball" admits that he made up stories about mobile bioweapons trucks and secret factories to try to bring down Saddam Hussein's regime.

Source: 'Curveball': I lied about WMD to hasten Iraq war