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(Mashable) -- There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg "wants his old life back," and desires to "put an end to all the madness."

Rio De Janeiro (CNN) -- Thousands of families living on mountain slopes or on river banks in Brazil face "extreme risk" of being washed away in heavy rains and flooding that have killed nearly 400 people.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Brady Hoke set the tone for a new era of Michigan football with his mouth and fist, pounding the lectern with each word when asked about the suddenly lopsided rivalry with Ohio State.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Auburn finished No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, completing an unprecedented climb to its first national title in 53 years.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Though Minnesota state lawmakers appear likely to insist that a roof be part of any public deal for a new Vikings stadium, the team is sticking with its offer to pay about a third of the bill -- minus whatever a roof would cost. Vikings vice president and stadium point man Lester Bagley said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Vikings would prefer an outdoor stadium, but understood that might not win legislative approval when lawmakers in February take up the team's request for a stadium funded in part by taxpayers.

An effort by Johnson & Johnson to buy back defective Motrin pills from store shelves - described as a "phantom recall" by some members of Congress - has come under fire in a lawsuit filed by the state of Oregon against the company.

CLINTON TWP. - A search for a missing 16-year-old girl that lasted more than three hours led police to arrest a 21-year old Pennsylvania man on Jan. 6, police said today. The search began around 8:35 p.m. Dec. 30 when Patrolman Andrew McCluskey was dispatched to a township home on the report of a missing girl. Throughout the night, McCluskey checked with the girl's friends and continued to check whether she'd returned home. Among those contacted was Samuel Scott, of Tatamy, Pa. Police said he told them he hadn't seen the girl in more than a month but that he'd be willing to help in the search. Around midnight, Scott called police and reported he'd found her at a truck stop in Bloomsbury. Police said McCluskey met the girl, Scott and several "young adults" at a car outside the girl's home. The girl was unresponsive, and reeked of alcohol and vomit, according to police. Clinton rescue squad responded and took the unresponsive girl to Hunterdon Medical Center for treatment. Police said that an investigation revealed that during the search the group, including the girl, had been in Scott's truck driving around and drinking rum. Scott was charged with obstruction of justice and released.

Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- In between consoling those touched by Saturday's Arizona shooting and warning the nation against politicizing the tragedy, President Barack Obama delivered some good news in his address at a Tucson memorial event on Wednesday.

Floodwaters peaked here on Thursday, swamping tens of thousands of homes and businesses as locals began to count the cost of an ongoing natural disaster that has inundated vast swaths of the country's northeast and killed at least 25 people.

CLINTON TWP. - The "Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force" of the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, along with Clinton Township. police, conducted an undercover investigation that led to the arrest of two people on drug charges. That's the report from Prosecutor Anthony Kearns, who announced the arrests Friday night. The two arrested were Troy Smith, 30, of New Brunswick...

READINGTON TWP. - Police arrested a Somerville man Sunday after they said his Jeep rolled over "several times at a high rate of speed." The accident forced police to close Route 22 east in front of the Spinning Wheel Diner for about an hour as they investigated the 4:30 a.m. crash. When police arrived on the scene, they said...

Still another storm is headed this way, with at least 6 inches of snow likely in Hunterdon County by Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of New Jersey, in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning. This comes after a storm which brought around 4 inches of snow to the county...

MILFORD - Construction crews are setting up detour signs, installing variable-message boards and making other final preparations in advance of a four-month closure of the 77-year-old Milford-Upper Black Eddy, Pa. free bridge that is set to begin at 6 a.m. Tuesday. The closure will apply both to pedestrian and vehicular traffic and the project schedule calls for the bridge to...

BEIJING - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Chinese counterpart said on Monday stronger military ties were needed to avoid missteps between the two global giants, whose forces have pushed up against each other in Asia.

The militant Basque separatist group ETA declared a permanent cease-fire on Monday in what it called a firm step toward ending its bloody decades-long independence fight, but Spain's government quickly dismissed the announcement and demanded ETA disband outright.

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is "holding her own" and continues to respond to simple commands, Dr. G. Michael Lemole Jr., the chief of neurosurgery at Univ. of Ariz. said Monday.

A Portuguese male model has been charged with murder in the slaying of a celebrity Portuguese television journalist, who was found castrated and bludgeoned to death in a New York City hotel, police said Monday.

CNN) -- A federal judge was killed and a congresswoman gravely wounded Saturday in a shooting outside of a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store, according to police and government officials. In all, six people died and 12 were wounded in the shooting, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, according to Rick Kastigar, bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.