Four acrobats took their circus act to the Vatican as they performed shirtless before Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience. (Dec. 15)
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Prosecutors say actor Rip Torn has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from allegations he broke into a Connecticut bank while drunk and armed. (Dec. 15)
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Tufts University near Boston is throwing stressed-out students a bone: therapy dogs to play with before their final exams. (Dec. 15)
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A small wooden boat loaded with scores of asylum seekers was smashed against rocks on Australia’s Christmas Island Wednesday. Dozens perished but more survived, although officials said a few were critically injured. (Dec. 15)
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It’s been more than a decade since Google created its first doodle, and now the company creates doodles for more than 100 versions of Google across the globe. It even celebrates holidays and events that most Americans aren’t familiar with. (Dec. 15)
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In an interview from his home, Bay District Schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt recounts a terrifying encounter with a gunman at a school board meeting Tuesday night. (Dec. 15)
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Jeff Bridges saddles up for a modern take on the classic Western in the Coen Brothers’ remake of ‘True Grit.’ The original starred John Wayne, but at the film’s premiere Bridges said he never intended to fill such hefty cowboy boots. (Dec. 15)
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While many wineries wouldn’t think of leaving grapes on the vine until they are frozen, that’s what Wollersheim Winery in Wisconsin waits for every December to make a rare but expensive kind of dessert wine called ice wine. (Dec. 14)
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A man charged with capital murder in the drowning of his new bride on a honeymoon scuba dive in Australia seven years ago was released from jail Tuesday on $100000 bond. (Dec. 14)
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Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann sentenced to death; Bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel; The Bill of Rights takes effect; Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull killed; Walt Disney dies at age 65. (Dec. 15)
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