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AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

AP - At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II.

The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.

Utah's House majority leader has resigned from the Legislature, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital's intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an auto accident.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that Israel's announcement of new settlement construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem was "insulting" to the United States.

A former aide to past presidential candidate John Edwards has avoided jail again in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows Edwards and his lover in a sexual encounter.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said.

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Finally ladies, a high fashion, high-heel, where form fully meets function. With London-based designer INSA's 10 inch elephant dung heels, you'll never have to worry about stepping in sh*t again.

These pre-dipped pumps are inspired by Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary," a controversial elephant dung rendering of the Virgin, which former NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani famously tried to ban from the Brooklyn Museum. INSA even went so far as to source her dung from the same family of elephants Ofili used more than 15 years ago. Talk about dedication.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said.

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Oh Mister Sun, Sun,
Mr. Artificial Sun,
Please shine down on me

It's a new take on an old classic, and for residents of the small Canadian Arctic town of Inuvik, for a few hours it was just as good as the real thing. The real thing, after all, was something they hadn't seen in 31 days. Created by Tropicana, who believe that "brighter mornings make for better days," this 36-foot wide helium balloon emitted 100,000 lumens, bringing unexpected joy (and 1,200 free cartons of Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice) to the 3,500 residents of Inuvik. Video below.

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For all the Soccer Moms in the house who like their clever, webby venn diagrams, let me hear you say YEAH!

(Or just leave a comment below.)

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\President Barack Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year, a three-country visit to Asia, to focus attention on the final push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.