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NYC pizza deliverer arrested for raping woman after delivery

Pizza image via Shutterstock

A pizza delivery driver in New York was arrested Saturday afternoon for allegedly raping a woman who lives in the apartment building where he just delivered a pizza, according to the New York Daily News.

YEAH, RIGHT

Republicans accuse Obama of cover-up over death of Chris Stevens in Libya

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Benghazi

The killing of the US ambassador to Libya is rapidly becoming election fodder, as Republicans seize on confusion over Chris Stevens’ death in Benghazi.

SAD

Man kills family and himself over fear Obama would be re-elected

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A Virginia man allegedly killed himself and his family earlier this week because he was upset by the thought of President Barack Obama being re-elected.

ROGUE BUTLER

Pope’s butler goes on trial for theft of letters exposing corruption claims

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during his weekly audience on May 30 at St Peter's square at The Vatican.   (AFP)

The pope’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, 46, smiled and joked as his trial for stealing Benedict XVI’s most private correspondence got under way at the Vatican.

WAR ON WOMEN

Maddow: Republicans pushing erosion of abortion rights despite the fact it’s hurting them

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Polls show that the ongoing Republican ‘war on women’ is threatening Mitt Romney’s chances of winning the state of Virginia in the upcoming November election.

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Classics celebrated as ‘Banned Books Week’ turns 30

DML East Branch Library celebrates Banned Books Week via Flickr

As America’s annual celebration of the right to read prepares to kick off on Sunday, EL James’s erotic sensation Fifty Shades of Grey joins a list of classics

Science

Netanyahu’s simple bomb graphic confuses the nuclear experts

Netanyahu's simple bomb graphic confuses the nuclear experts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stole the spotlight…

New virus found for deadly hemorrhagic fever in the Congo

A haemorrhagic fever that killed two people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2009…

Police in Mexico identify body by DNA found in maggots

India’s leopard population at risk of decimation: study

Tech News

FCC launches effort to ease ‘spectrum crunch’

US regulators voted Friday to begin a process to reallocate some of the broadcast spectrum…

Google blocks video after losing Brazil court battle

Google has blocked a YouTube video that allegedly slanders a mayoral candidate in Brazil after…

Media

NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger dead at 86

Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who is known as the man who shepherded the New York…

Ang Lee breaks every rule in new ‘Life of Pi’ film

Director Ang Lee says he broke every rule in “Life of Pi,” which premiered Friday,…

World

Last Westerner at Guantanamo ‘returning to Canada’

The last Westerner held in the US prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo is returning to his native Canada, Canadian…

Vatican in controversy over ‘drunken tourist herds’ destroying Sistine Chapel’s majesty

Author Pietro Citati calls for limit on crowd numbers to preserve Michelangelo’s art A fierce row has broken out over…

U.S. pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense

The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat…

Blair could have prevented Iraq war: Annan

Former prime minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United…

U.S. News

Obama urges Congress to pass mortgage plan

US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to pressure Congress to pass his mortgage…

Is CIA chief Petraeus running for president — of Princeton?

A college newspaper has set off a wave of speculation that David Petraeus, the general-turned-CIA-spy-chief,…

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) holds up millions in aid to Egypt

A Republican congresswoman froze a request by the Obama administration for $450 million in cash…

Department of Homeland Security eases immigration rules for same-sex couples

The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to consider same-sex partners as being in a…

Death row inmate walks free due to DNA evidence

Death row inmate Damon Thibodeaux walked free after 15 years behind bars after DNA evidence…