Clinton Unveils PEPFAR Blueprint in Honor of World AIDS Day

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the nation’s new initiative to eradicate HIV and AIDS on Thursday. Dubbed the “President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation,” the initiative is focused on improving both preventative measures and treatment options. Clinton presented PEPFAR during a special news conference in the Benjamin Franklin Room...

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Angry Birds Star Wars updated with 20 additional levels, Princess Leia cameo

Rovio on Thursday updated its immensely popular Angry Birds Star Wars game to include 20 additional levels. The latest game in the bird-slinging franchise was released earlier this month and was an instant hit, topping the iTunes App Store in less than three hours. In the most recent update, gamers must help the birds escape from the AT-ATs and Pigtroopers on the remote ice world of Hoth. Luckily,...

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Egypt’s anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt‘s rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country’s highest court declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader.The strike by the Supreme Constitutional Court and opposition plans to march on the presidential palace on Tuesday...

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Clint Eastwood’s daughter named Miss Golden Globe

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Hooray for nepotism.One of Clint Eastwood‘s daughters, Francesca Eastwood, has been named Miss Golden Globe for this January’s awards show. She joins a long list of celebrity offspring including Rumer Willis (Demi Moore and Bruce’s little girl) and Lorraine Nicholson (the apple of Jack’s eye) in receiving the honor. Other past Miss Gold Globes include Melanie Griffith (daughter...

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Indefinite strike: Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country's highest court declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader.The strike by the Supreme Constitutional Court and opposition plans to march on the presidential palace on Tuesday...

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Belcher Didn’t Have ‘Long Concussion History,’ Team Says

The death of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, the latest in a string of tragic NFL suicides, has left the player’s teammates, coaches, family and friends wondering what could have led a man described as generous and caring to murder his girlfriend — the mother of his 3-month-old daughter — and then kill himself.Kansas City police say Belcher, 25, shot and killed his girlfriend Saturday...

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The 20 Most-Shared Ads of 2012

1. Kony 2012 (Invisible Children)Most Americans had never heard of Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, before. This March video from advocacy group Invisible Children changed that.Click here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: The 12 Most Memorable Marketing Campaigns of 2012]Is Kony 2012 an ad? If so, it was the most-viral ad of the year. If not, it was just an extremely...

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Egypt’s Mursi calls referendum as Islamists march

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt‘s President Mohamed Mursi called a December 15 referendum on a draft constitution on Saturday as at least 200,000 Islamists demonstrated in Cairo to back him after opposition fury over his newly expanded powers.Speaking after receiving the final draft of the constitution from the Islamist-dominated assembly, Mursi urged a national dialogue as the country nears the end of the...

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“Walking Dead” midseason finale preview: attack of the bloodthirsty killers, aka our heroes

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – (Spoiler warning: Don’t read this if you don’t want to know what happened this season on “The Walking Dead” or in the comics. We’re also giving some general details about Sunday’s midseason finale.)As eventful as this season of “The Walking Dead” has been, they’re just getting to the best stuff.Showrunner Glen Mazzara tells TheWrap that Sunday’s midseason finale will include...

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Man killed his father in Wyoming community college attack

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Police released more details Saturday of a grisly murder-suicide at a Wyoming community college, saying a man shot his father in the head with a bow and arrow in front of a computer science class not long after fatally stabbing his father's live-in girlfriend at their home a couple miles away.Computer science instructor James Krumm, 56, may have saved some of his students' lives...

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