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A pioneer of American comedy will be honored tonight at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carol Burnett will be the 16th winner of the prize, which has gone to the…

According to NASA.gov, this photo may depict an Orionid meteor Credit: NASA/Jimmy Westlake Fragments from Halley's comet colliding with our atmosphere known as the Orionid meteor shower will reach optimal viewing conditions at about 5 a.m. EDT, but…

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Netherlands birthplace of suspected World War I German spy Mata Hari destroyed by fire, one person dies http://t.co/M0IlhKrbIW— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 20, 2013…

Syria peace talks Nabil el-Araby, Secretary General of the Arab League, announced an international conference on Syria would take place in Geneva on November 23 and 24. Syrian opposition leaders criticized the announcement. At least 30 killed in Syria…

EmbedVideo(7752, 514, 320); On this edition, are all sides of the Syrian conflict headed to the table? The Pope reaches out to the Jewish community. And, in our signature segment, while United States immigration policy makes it difficult…

Suicide bomber attacks cafe in Somalia Somali government soldiers gather at the scene of a suicide bomb attack within a military base tea shop in the Somalian town of Baladweyne. Credit: Reuters/Stringer A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden jacket…