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SSA releases annual 'Top Baby Names', Jacob & Sophia top list

The Social Security Administration has released their annual list of the "Top Baby Names" for 2012!

Teen arrested, charged with murder in case of missing Georgia college student

Authorities say they have made an arrest in the case of a Georgia college student missing since last month.

Prince Harry focuses on veterans in Washington

Prince Harry started off his second day in the United States with a solemn visit to Arlington National Cemetery, just outside of Washington, D.C.

Stamp prices could rise again

The U.S. Postal Service board will look into hiking postage prices on all types of mail, as losses continue to plague the agency, the chief of the board said Friday.

Cleveland case buoys mothers' hope that daughters are missing, but not lost

One mother has been waiting 17 months. The other, 25 years. Now the discovery of three women who vanished a decade ago in Cleveland has buoyed their hope.

House debt vote previews coming food fight on U.S. borrowing limit

Previewing the partisan food fight coming this fall over raising the debt ceiling, the House passed legislation on Thursday allowing the Treasury to pay U.S. bond holders if the nation hits its borrowing limit.

Dawg! 'American Idol' original Randy Jackson leaving hit show

Randy Jackson, the last original "American Idol" judge, announced Thursday that he's voting himself off the hit singing competition program after the current season ends.

Former Pakistani prime minister's son kidnapped days before elections

A son of a former Pakistani prime minister was kidnapped Thursday in a deadly raid two days before the son is to stand for provincial assembly elections, one of his brothers told CNN.

Boston's top cop asked if bombing was preventable

That was the question legislators tried to answer at Thursday's House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, where the members of Congress asked a former senator, Boston's top cop and two experts on public safety about whether or not t

Republican spotlight shifts from Obama to Clinton

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's been in the bull's eye of Republicans and conservatives since 2008, but after Wednesday's hearing on last September's terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, many on the right are shifting

Teacher dies at baseball game after choking on hot dog

Maureen Oleskiewicz died Tuesday morning at Illinois Masonic Hospital after choking on a hot dog at Wrigley Field prior to Sunday’s Reds-Cubs game, NBCChicago.com reports.

Restaurant pulls 'lion meat tacos' from menu

A Florida restaurant has pulled lion meat from its menu after an up-"roar" from some customers. Taco Fusion is known for serving all kinds of exotic game.