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Cosby Again Asked About Claims, Responds Differently

(Newser) - The Hollywood Reporter calls it "uncomfortable footage." And how. The AP yesterday released video shot during a Nov. 6 interview with Bill Cosby and wife Camille about artwork they loaned to the Smithsonian . Historically, and in a recent NPR interview , Cosby remains silent should the interviewer ask questions... More »

N. Korea: We Can't 'Refrain' From Nuke Test

(Newser) - Two days after the UN's toothless vote to haul North Korea's leaders into the Hague over human rights violations , Pyongyang is doubling down on its threatened response to the "political provocation." In a statement today, it says that "the United States' hostile acts are leaving... More »

Graduate Director Mike Nichols Dead at 83

(Newser) - Mike Nichols, the iconic director of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, Working Girl, Angels in America, Spamalot, and much more, died suddenly yesterday at the age of 83. "No one was more passionate about his craft than Mike," says the president of ABC News , which... More »

Gunman Killed After Opening Fire in FSU Library

(Newser) - Florida State University police fatally shot a gunman at the campus library early today in a shooting that left three students wounded as hundreds studying inside fled or took cover in panic. According to university newspaper FS View , the gunman opened fire around 12:30am on the first floor of... More »

Sources: NYC Banker May Have Slashed Own Throat

(Newser) - A prominent banker found dead in his bathtub with his throat slashed ear-to-ear may have taken his own life, according to police sources. Shawn Miller, Citigroup's managing director of environmental services, was initially thought to have been the victim of foul play, but a knife was found under his... More »

Buffalo Bills: Dig Out Our Stadium, Get Free Tickets

(Newser) - The Buffalo Bills are supposed to play the New York Jets on Sunday, but there's something standing in the way: The 220,000 tons of snow Ralph Wilson Stadium and the surrounding area was buried in by this week's freak storm . The team is looking for people to... More »

Coburn: Immigration Order Could Cause Violence

(Newser) - How angry are opponents of immigration reform about President Obama's upcoming executive order? Enough to riot, according to Sen. Tom Coburn. "The country's going to go nuts, because they're going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it's going... More »

'Brokenhearted' Motown Legend Dead at 78

(Newser) - The Motown singer whose ballad "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" was a big hit in 1966 has died at the age of 78. Jimmy Ruffin died Monday in a Las Vegas hospital of undisclosed causes, family members confirm to the AP . Ruffin, originally from Mississippi, moved to Detroit in... More »

104 Cocaine Capsules Removed From Girl, 11

(Newser) - An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after doctors removed from her stomach 104 cocaine-filled capsules her father made her swallow to smuggle drugs to Europe, police in Colombia say. Officers are hunting for the girl's father, who was seen on closed-circuit TV rushing into an emergency room in... More »