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Herman Cain speaks out: His seven most memorable one-liners

Herman Cain's ascension in the Republican presidential campaign has been rich with zingers. Here are seven of Mr. Cain's most memorable quotes.
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Herman Cain speaks out: His seven most memorable one-liners

Herman Cain's ascension in the Republican presidential campaign has been rich with zingers. Here are seven of Mr. Cain's most memorable quotes.
Herman Cain joke? Electrified fence on the US-Mexico border

Herman Cain's comments about an electrified barbed-wire fence (and alligators, too) on the US-Mexico border are not new. But they're getting fresh attention.
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Natural events v. natural disasters

Nature is in constant motion. That has made a pleasantly habitable planet -- except when nature collides with the inhabitants.
Caught in the Thailand-Cambodia crossfire: Preah Vihear temple

In the two years since Preah Vihear temple was designated a World Heritage Site, repeated firefights across the Thailand-Cambodia border have taken a heavy toll on the ancient spiritual site.
The Way Back: movie review

Peter Weir’s 'The Way back' is a harrowing escape story of a gulag survivor.
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Google logo today: Decoding Google's holiday doodle

Google launched an interactive holiday doodle logo today with 17 portraits of scenes around the world. Can you decipher it?
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Stephen Hawking aliens warning: Should we hide?

So says renowned physicist Stephen Hawking: aliens should be avoided, lest we want to risk becoming an imperial outpost. Should we be going about the search for E.T. differently?
History's shadow over Obama's Vineyard vacation

Despite its tiny size, Martha's Vineyard is a microcosm of the race problem that burdens America.
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Essay: Special agents at the Olympics

Diplomatic Security Service helps keep games safe.
No feat too minor for Malaysia's record breakers

From ultra-long hula hoop sessions to living in a glass cage with scorpions, Malaysians are piling up world's-best titles.
This 'Bucket' feels listless

Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson team up for a clunky story about two seniors trying to live it up before it's too late.

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Bill Morse stands outside the Landmine Museum in Siem Reap, Cambodia, wearing the Army uniform of the pro-Western Lon Nol government (1970-75).

From the good life to digging up land mines in Cambodia

While living in Palm Springs, Calif., with retirement looming, Bill Morse chose to move to Cambodia to help activist Aki Ra rid the country of land mines that kill and maim.