(CNN) -- Facebook is adding new security features, which come after a pair of high-profile cracks in the site's defenses that surfaced this week.

(CNN) -- A body found near Lubbock, Texas, has been identified as that of a baby sitter seen in a motel surveillance video with a longtime family friend charged in the case, authorities said Wednesday.

(CNN) -- The mass deaths of thousands of red-winged blackbirds in Arkansas was caused by "blunt force trauma," according to a new report by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

New York (CNN) -- The major snowstorm that pelted much of the Northeast will taper off Thursday, but many schools, government offices and some airport runways are expected to remain closed, officials said.

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Charlie Sheen was in "stable" condition after being taken by ambulance from his home to a Los Angeles hospital Thursday morning, his representative said.

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The South Korean Ministry of Unification confirmed Wednesday that it has reopened communication channels with Pyongyang, North Korea, in the border area of Panmunjom.

The director of athletic training at an Ohio university died Tuesday night when a bus carrying the wrestling team and others crashed, the school said Wednesday.

Mount Etna rumbled Wednesday, sending lava down its side. Italian vulcanologists are monitoring the Sicilian volcano, they said Thursday.

A bag that is believed to belong to Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner contains the same kind of ammunition as was used in Saturday's massacre, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.

John Paul II moved closer to sainthood Friday as the Vatican announced he will be beatified later this year.

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Vast flooding covering much of eastern Australia could remain for weeks, as more than 1,200 residents remain out of deluged homes Wednesday.

Iranian customs officials arrested a 55-year-old American woman last week on charges of illegal entry and espionage, the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported on Thursday, citing Iranian authorities.

A large number of dead birds were found in the city of Falköping, Sweden, on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to the Swedish National Veterinary Institute.

Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.

The United States plans to send more than 1,000 Marines to Afghanistan soon, a U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday.

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The retirement of 80 firefighters may have spared the Newark Fire Department from layoffs last month.

From alligators to acrobats, a host of First Night celebrations entertained thousands of New Jerseyans tonight, despite the recent snowstorm and budget cutbacks.