Amateur's Baltimore Photo Makes Time Cover

The amateur photographer whose image from Baltimore's protests is Time magazine's latest cover says he's sad for the city but excited for himself.








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New York Area Tops World's Energy-Gobbling 'Megacities'

The sprawling region that spreads into surrounding states including Connecticut and New Jersey is part of a growing number of so-called "megacities."








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Baltimore Mayor Says 'Don't Get it Twisted' She's on the Job

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has words for those who criticized her actions in the wake of riots that have roiled her city.








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NFL Draft: Is Jameis Winston Marketable?

As the draft kicks off, all eyes are on Jameis Winston. He can play football, no doubt. But, given his off-the-field problems, is he marketable?


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Nearly 100 Baltimore Police Officers Injured in Violence

Nearly 100 Baltimore officers have been injured in the violence that has broken out since Monday, and almost half required emergency treatment, police said Thursday.








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Everest Shrank as Nepal Quake Lifted Kathmandu

The first good view of the aftermath of Nepal's deadly earthquake from a satellite reveals that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically.


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Drunk Mistakes Posted on Facebook Are Forever

The price you pay for the ease of social media is its permanence.








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Caught On Camera: Woman Ignites Gas Station Pump with Lighter

Police say a woman who was refused a cigarette by a man filling his tank at a Jerusalem gas station intentionally flicked her lighter to create a dangerous blaze.


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Family Friend Held in Death of California 9-Year-Old

Friends and neighbors left candles, flowers and teddy bears at the California home of 9-year-old Jordon Almgren after he was stabbed to death.


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Stones Hurled at Baltimore Cops in Protests After Funeral

As people gathered to mourn Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died in police custody and was buried Monday, gang members joined forces for a different purpose — to kill cops.








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Avalanche Survivor: 'Scariest Moment of My Life'

Ronald Nissen recalled the avalanche that hit the base camp of Mount Everest, obliterating the landscape.


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Dead Newborn Found at Ohio Sorority House

The baby, who authorities said was only hours old, was found on Thursday outside Delta Gamma Theta house at Muskingum University in New Concord.


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Mourners for Freddie Gray Grieve 'Corrosion of Justice'

Freddie Gray, 25, a man who died of apparent spinal injuries a week after an arrest by Baltimore police officers, was more than a symbol.


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Wounded Veteran Safe After Avalanche on Mount Everest

Benjamin Breckheimer called his mother after Saturday's quake to tell her he was unharmed after an avalanche killed at least 18 people on Everest.


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Why Your Brain Makes You Snack

A new study may help explain why people, and some animals, eat even when they are clearly not hungry. It seems our brains are hard-wired to trick us.


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Drone Films Bird's-Eye View of Nepal Quake Devastation

A day after Nepal's devastating earthquake, amateur drone video captures devastation in Kathmandu from above.


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'Nightmare Waiting to Happen': Quake Experts Gathered in Nepal a Week Ago

Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepal, to figure out how to get this poor, congested, overdeveloped, shoddily built area to prepare better for the big one, a repeat of the 1934 temblor that leveled this city.








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