WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former senator and vice presidential nominee John Edwards could face prison time if convicted of violating campaign finance laws, but he is smiling in a mug shot released on Wednesday by federal officials.

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Michel Marcel Navratil, Jr. (12 June 1908 – 30 January 2001) was one of the last survivors of the sinking of Titanic on 15 April 1912. He, along with his brother, Edmond (1910–1953), were known as the "Titanic Orphans", having been the only children rescued…

Louis Vuitton(LV) is a well-known brand which is popular for making luxury fashion items such as shoes, watches, jewellery, accessories, sunglasses. The company sells its products in 50 countries with more than 460 stores worldwide. We all know how expensive…

In the fall of 1943, German soldiers in Italy began rounding up Italian Jews and deporting them—10,000 people were sent to concentration camps during the nearly two-year Nazi occupation. Most never returned. But in Rome, a group of doctors saved at least…

The black nationalist Nation of Islam and the American Nazi Party didn't have a lot in common, but they did believe in staying as far away from each other's race as possible

The magnficent saguaro cactus, symbol of the desert southwest.

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Her lab outside Paris, dubbed Chernobyl on the Seine, is still radioactive nearly a century after her death.

WW2 ace Gordon Cleaver’s doctor came up with a technique that has saved the sight of millions of people.

Night owls are drunker, smarter, and get more booty–but morning types may be happier.

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In a cash deal valued at $965 million the Seminole Tribe of Florida purchased the Hard Rock cafe, hotel and casino business in a first-of-its-kind deal between the Native American tribe and Hard Rock's foreign parent company, both parties announced Thursday.

Sure, the dogs look cute in their house scarves, but there's an important reason the shelter took on their magical, new sorting system.

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In the future, urban planners could lose their jobs to ultra-efficient slime molds.

Plastic bags were invented to save the planet, according to the son of Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin who created them in 1959.  The bags were developed as an alternative to paper bags, which

The feature that distinguishes the Big Cats from the rest of the Felidae family is their ability to roar. Cheetahs make more of a chirping sound.