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  Oct 24, 2011

  Man on Ledge Burns Bible in Front of Pope, Thousands of Onlookers at Vatican (VIDEO)

  As Pope Benedict XVI was naming three new saints for the Catholic Church during Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, a man decided to pull a prank by climbing onto an upper colonnade and burning a copy of the Bible in front of thousands of onlookers, including the pope himself.

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  Oct 24, 2011

  Harold Camping: Business as Usual for Family Radio After Another Wrong Doomsday Prediction

  Despite Harold Camping's insistence that the world would come to an end on Oct. 21, it has been business as usual for his Family Radio network, with employees working, programming remaining unchanged and donations still being requested.

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  Oct 24, 2011

  Steve Jobs Biography: Apple CEO Gave President Clinton Advice on Lewinsky Scandal

  Steve Jobs' influence is apparent by the amount of people one sees everyday entranced by their iPads or waiting in line for the next iPhone. However, when Jobs was not putting his stamp on modern culture through the latest gadgets, he was doling out advice to American presidents.

• Oct 24, 2011

  Artist Turns Giving Birth Into Work of Art, Will Deliver Baby During Live Performance

  A New York City performance artist is planning on turning her baby into a work of art. Marni Kotak, 36, has turned a section of an art gallery into a home-birth center where she will give birth among spectators as part of a new performance art piece, the Huffington Post reported. The “performance” will be one of several performances in which the artist has used real-life experiences for her art.

• Oct 24, 2011

  Atheist Richard Dawkins: Jesus Was 'Too Intelligent to Believe in God'

  Biologist and best-selling atheist author Richard Dawkins talked about his fear of Islam, how religion is strong in the U.S. due to its free-enterprise business model and how somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist, in a recent with the Guardian.

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  Oct 21, 2011

  Obama Announces End to Iraq War: 'Troops Will Be Home for Christmas'

  President Barack Obama has announced he will withdraw all U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, marking an end to one of the most controversial and bloodiest wars in American history.

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  Oct 21, 2011

  Steve Jobs Biography: Apple CEO Warned Obama He Would Be 'One-Term President'

  Steve Jobs warned President Obama that he would be a one-term president unless he adopted business-friendly policies like China, according to a new biography about the recently deceased former Apple CEO.

• Oct 21, 2011

  Harold Camping Oct. 21 Rapture: Bible Preacher's Employees Not Given Day Off

  It appears that Harold Camping’s Family Radio employees have not been given a day off on what the radio preacher has said will be the world’s final day.

• Oct 21, 2011

  Harold Camping Oct. 21 Rapture: Bible Preacher Declares 'Nothing to Report Here'

  Harold Camping’s only words to reporters the day before what he has claimed will be the world’s last day were: “We’re not having a conversation. There’s nothing to report here.”

• Oct 21, 2011

  Prison Moms: New Documentary Shows Struggles of Being a Mother Behind Bars

  In the opening of a trailer for the new documentary, "Mothers of Bedford," viewers are hit with a cold, hard fact: "Women are the fastest growing population in today's U.S. prisons. Eighty percent of those women are mothers of school-aged children."