Israel will release 20 Palestinian female prisoners and detainees in a deal to obtain a recent proof-of-life videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Israeli Security Cabinet announced Wednesday.
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Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley separate
Life’s going to be a little less complicated for Avril Lavigne. After months of facing rumors about trouble in their marriage, the pop star and husband Deryck Whibley announced Thursday that they are separating on good terms
Tea party activists rally at U.S. Capitol
On the final stop of the Tea Party Express, activists marched to the U.S.
Dying former ‘Manson family’ member up for parole
A former "Manson family" member who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and is now terminally ill faces her 13th parole hearing on Wednesday. Susan Atkins, 61, has terminal brain cancer. As of earlier this year, she was paralyzed over 85 percent of her body and could not sit up in bed or be moved into a wheelchair, according to a Web site maintained by her husband and attorney, James Whitehouse.
Iraqi woman fears execution, can’t stop thinking of gallows
Samar Saed Abdullah’s entire body trembles as she speaks about her impending execution. She thinks of the gallows room, the noose around her neck and that moment when she will take her final breath. “My life is meaningless,” she said, choking on her tears
Kidnap suspect: Mind control helped stop my sexual urges
Phillip Garrido had a story to tell — about how God helped him overcome the evil inside him.
Officers who cracked missing girl case: Something wasn’t right
Call it mother’s intuition.
When Being a Good Girl is Bad
Following up her bestselling book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls with The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, author Rachel Simmons argues that girls are taught early on to suppress their emotions and not to live as loudly as they might be inclined to. TIME talked with Simmons about how to raise girls who aren’t afraid to be assertive and even a little less than perfect
Florida man to plead guilty to credit-card data theft
A Miami, Florida, man indicted earlier this month in the largest case of identity theft in U.S. history has agreed to plead guilty to 19 felony counts for his role in another massive credit-card data breach, according to a court document. The following are excerpts from the letter as read by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at Kennedy’s private burial service Saturday in Arlington National Cemetery: “Most Holy Father, I asked President Obama to personally hand-deliver this letter to you.
Victims of repeated abuse suffer complex trauma
For 18 years, a girl who was whisked away into a secret backyard compound was forced to grow up in isolation. By the time authorities discovered Jaycee Lee Dugard, she was a 29-year-old mother of two who had spent more than half of her life in sheds