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UN cuts off aid to Gaza as conflict escalates

The Gaza war escalated today when Hamas rejected truce talks, someone started firing rockets at Israel from Lebanon and the Red Cross took an unusual slap at the Jewish state for leaving starving children clinging to their mother's corpses.

Obama speech issues dire warning on economy

Barack Obama is warning in his starkest language yet that America is headed for an economic disaster if the country doesn't act quickly.

Answer to Gotti Sr.'s neighbor murder mystery?

The corpse of John Gotti's Howard Beach neighbor - murdered after he accidentally killed the gangster's 12-year-old son in a traffic accident - was dissolved in a barrel of acid, an informant says.

Thousands flee homes in Wash. state amid massive floods

Thousands of western Washington state residents were primed to evacuate their homes Thursday amid heavy flooding along the region's rivers and streams. Around 15 inches of rain has fallen over the last two days.

Palestinians get 3-hour reprieve from war hell

The guns of Gaza fell quiet Wednesday when Israel gave besieged Palestinians a three-hour "humanitarian" bombing lull to look for food and water before resuming the air strikes.

Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive

A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.

Daly: Hate walks into courtroom

The teenaged thugs showed no shame as they scuffled into federal court. Even as much of the world was cheering the election, this bunch is said to have set out from its makeshift clubhouse for an area of Staten Island it called "n-----town."

Madoff's mailing's got feds railing

Accused Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff gift-wrapped 13 prized timepieces and mailed them off to sons and loved ones he'd been cut off from, knowing that where he's headed no one gets to don fancy bling, his lawyer says.

Chicago lawyer cursed by same name is Mad as hell

What's in a name? Nothing but trouble. Just ask Ari Madoff. The Chicago lawyer isn't related to accused stock swindler Bernie Madoff, but everyone - from folks in his synagogue to potential clients - assumes he is.

Midtown jewel heist an inside job - cops

The brazen Diamond District jewelry heist pulled off by armed bandits dressed like Hasidic Jews on New Year's Eve looks like a clumsy inside job aimed at getting something out of a failing business, police said Wednesday (with video).

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