Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 1, 2013

  Deadly Derailment: At Least 4 Killed, 63 Injured as Manhattan-Bound Metro-North Train Derails in Bronx, N.Y. (Watch Live)

  At least four people are reported dead and another 63 injured after a Manhattan bound Metro-North train derailed in the Bronx, N.Y., early Sunday morning.

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  Dec 1, 2013

  'Fast & Furious' Actor Paul Walker Dies in Fiery Crash Saturday After Being Declared Dead in Cruel Hoax Friday

  Popular actor and a star of the "Fast & Furious" movie franchise Paul Walker, who was rumored to have been killed in a cruel hoax on Friday, died for real in an explosive car crash Saturday, according to his official social media accounts and his publicist. He was 40.

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  Nov 29, 2013

  Mexican Man Gets New Grip on Life With First Successful Double Arm Transplant in Latin America (Watch)

  Gabriel Granados, 53, suffered a massive electric shock while working at a construction site in 2011 that left him so badly burned doctors were forced to cut off both his hands below the elbow. Thanks to the marvel of modern medicine, however, Granados is sporting a new pair of arms and hands he got last May.

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  Nov 29, 2013

  'Baby Girl Don't Die'; Mother Mistakenly Shoots Only Daughter Thinking It Was Her Threatening Younger Boyfriend Banging on Door

  It was "a f--ked up accident" a grieving Adele Bing, 52, reportedly told police after she was arrested for killing her only daughter Ruby Bing, 25, as she held her 4-month-old baby at her doorstep Monday.

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  Nov 29, 2013

  New Jersey Looking to Ban Snacking, Smoking and Other Distracting Activities Behind the Wheel

  A new bill in the state of New Jersey is seeking to ban drivers from snacking, smoking, gawking, in fact, doing just about anything that might distract their attention from the road. Some critics of the proposal, however, think the pitch might be a difficult sell.

• Nov 27, 2013

  Study: Pressures of Modern Life Causing Britons to Have Sex Less Than Five Times a Month; More Women Having Sex With Women

  Results of a sweeping, once-a-decade poll of 15,000 Britons, show that adults aged 16-44 were having sex less than five times a month, and the authors of the study believe the pressures of modern life may be affecting how frequently people have sex.

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  Nov 27, 2013

  Frugal Until the End, Seattle Lawyer Dies Leaving Entire $187.6 Million Fortune to Charity

  Seattle, Washington-based lawyer Jack MacDonald was a coupon-clipping bargain hunter who wore sweaters with holes in them to make people think he was poor. When he died at 98 in September, however, he surprisingly left a fortune worth $187.6 million to charity.

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  Nov 27, 2013

  Surgically Implanted Eyeball Jewelry Fad, Popular in Europe, Lands in New York City

  A popular European trend to wear surgically implanted jewelry on the eyeball hit New York City for the first time a few weeks ago when a 25-year-old woman had a platinum heart surgically implanted on her eyeball.

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  Nov 27, 2013

  Pizza Hut Manager Says He Was Fired for Refusing 'Greedy, Immoral' Request to Work on Thanksgiving

  After working with the company for 10 years, a manager of a Pizza Hut in Elkhart, Ind., said he was fired from his job for refusing a "greedy, immoral" request from his superiors to work on Thanksgiving Day.

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  Nov 26, 2013

  CNN International Anchor, Charles Hodson, Who Joined Church of England Because of 'Higher Calling,' Resigns Over Affair

  After a very public conversion process to become an ordained deacon in the Church of England just 13 months ago, CNN International business anchor Charles Hodson has been defrocked after confessing to an adulterous affair with one of his parishioners.