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Lawyers for a man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart could conclude their case as early as Thursday, a day after the young woman stormed out of court during... FULL STORY

Russia and Qatar will host soccer's biggest tournament, the FIFA World Cup, for the first time in 2018 and 2022 respectively. FULL STORY

He grew up constantly on the move, the son of parents who were in the theater business in Australia. FULL STORY

Police are asking that the volunteer searches for three missing Michigan brothers be stopped by Friday night. FULL STORY

It's not if, but when, the law banning openly gay men and lesbians from serving in the military will be repealed, say advocates and top administration officials. FULL STORY

Some 40 people have been killed in a raging fire near Haifa in northern Israel, Israeli ambulance service officials told CNN Thursday. The fire broke out in the... FULL STORY

The truth is out there. NASA is planning to hold a news conference Thursday "to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of... FULL STORY

No one can quite guess the reception that awaits basketball star LeBron James when he returns to Cleveland to face his old team wearing a Miami Heat jersey. FULL STORY

[Updated at 10:42 a.m.] FIFA's World Cup will be held in Qatar in 2022, the governing body said in a press conference Thursday. The tiny, wealthy Middle Eastern... FULL STORY

"Inception" audiences' heads are still spinning over the movie's rotating top – and that was exactly the goal of filmmaker Christopher Nolan. [Editor's Note: There's... FULL STORY