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Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea fired artillery toward its tense western sea border with South Korea on Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, the South's Defense Ministry said.

New York (CNN) -- All four women found dead in Long Island, New York, last month were prostitutes who advertised on the website Craigslist, and were probably slain by a serial killer, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Protesters taking to the streets in Egypt on Wednesday felt the wrath of security forces, a day after an unparalleled display of public rage at the government and full-throated cries for the ouster of the longtime president.

45 percent of the nation's undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- The Egyptian army patrolled the streets of Cairo with armored personnel carriers Friday after thousands of angry anti-government demonstrators clashed with tear-gas firing police.

Wintry skies darkened over Switzerland on Tuesday morning, but Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe

Wintry skies darkened over Switzerland on Tuesday morning, but Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe.

Here's a nice feature story on the Dine-In Theater trend which has come to three NJ movie theaters. The closest one is in Bridgewater Commons which some of you noted on past story idea sheets.

This one was written by two reviewers (movie and dining), so it does contain opinion towards the end. This is something you wouldn't ordinarily see in a feature story.

Thousands of dead red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in an Arkansas town on New Year's Eve after massive trauma, tests by veterinary officials concluded on Monday.

Thousands of dead red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in an Arkansas town on New Year's Eve after massive trauma, tests by veterinary officials concluded on Monday.

Dolphins running back Ricky Williams told a local radio station Monday that he believes it's time for him to leave Miami.

A 10-year-old Canadian girl will head back to school this month with a good case for some extra credit in science: She became the youngest person to discover a supernova during the holiday break.

What did you do on your Christmas break?

Many New York residents have been piling criticism on city officials over heaps of snow and uncollected garbage lining streets after last week's blizzard. But trash bags left on one curbside may have saved a man's life, police said.

Rising floodwaters cut off the last ground route into the eastern Australian city of Rockhampton on Monday, as police pegged the number of people affected by prolonged flooding at 200,000.

After serving 90 somewhat controversial days at the Betty Ford Center, LiLo quietly made her exit from the facility Monday morning, disproving reports claiming that she was planning on remaining in the clinic through the end of the week.

A new year has brought new resolve for airport managers who are fed up with the Transportation Security Agency.

A new year has brought new resolve for airport managers who are fed up with the Transportation Security Agency.

A new year has brought new resolve for airport managers who are fed up with the Transportation Security Agency. "The TSA has grown too big and we're unhappy with the way it's doing things," said Larry Dale, president of Orlando Sanford International Airport. "My board is sold on the fact that the free enterprise system works well and that we should go with a private company we can hold directly accountable for security and customer satisfaction."

Homicides rose by 15 percent in New Jersey last year, marking the first time in four years that the state saw an annual increase in slayings, according to a Star-Ledger survey of county prosecutor's offices.

With college application deadlines looming, and some early decision letters already in the mail, high school seniors are facing a lot of anxiety. There's enormous pressure on kids these days. But it turns out that getting schools, parents - and even kids - to ratchet it down is easier said than done.

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. was sworn in for his third term today and wasted no time in setting his agenda for the next four years.

he Navy officer who aired lewd videos for crew of an aircraft carrier is expected to be temporarily relieved of his command as early as Tuesday, Navy sources told NBC News on Monday.

The governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was assassinated by his own security guard Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, apparently because he spoke out against the country's controversial blasphemy law.

When salmonella-laced peanut products sickened hundreds during a recent scare, President Barack Obama said consumers should be able to have confidence that their government will keep peanut butter-eating children safe - and that included his daughter Sasha.