Watch Night marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's proclamation
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Congregants at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cried out in testimony, prayer and song at a New Year's Eve service recalling the vigils held by blacks 150 years ago as they awaited President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict said in his New Year's message on Tuesday he hoped 2013 would be a year of peace and that the world was under threat from unbridled capitalism, terrorism and criminality.
Macau gambling revenue hits record in December
HONG KONG - Macau, the world's largest casino market, raked in $38 billion in annual gambling revenues in 2012 after monthly revenues for December hit a record, a signal of sustained strength in the only place in China where visitors are able to legally gamble in casinos.
Bad news crowds out good, Pope says on New Year's Eve
VATICAN CITY - Grim news grabs more headlines than good works but deeper probing will find a world of love and service hidden in the shadows, Pope Benedict said at his traditional end-of-year Mass on Monday.
Italian Nobel scientist Montalcini dies at 103
ROME - Rita Levi Montalcini, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and an Italian Senator for Life, died on Sunday at the age of 103, her family said.
Sculpture knock-offs prove plague of art world
AMHERST, Massachusetts - An epidemic of sculpture knock-offs is plaguing the art world, and just like the sale and production of counterfeit designer handbags and shoes, law enforcement is having a difficult time keeping up.
New Year swims
Cold weather dips into freezing water are an annual tradition around the world as a way to celebrate the new year.
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