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  • Don Francisco denies trying to hide paternity DNA

    Chilean talk show host Mario Kreutzberger denied Tuesday that he had anything to do with an alleged attempt to bribe a laboratory worker into altering the DNA results in his paternity case.


  • Culture Briefs

    "Perhaps even more impressive than Japan's technological power is its social strength, with supermarkets cutting prices and vending machine owners giving out free drinks as people work together to survive. Most noticeably of all, there has been no looting, and I'm not the only one curious about this," writes Ed West at his London Daily Telegraph blog.


  • Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsunami that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland.  (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

    Japan quake ranks as 5th largest since 1900

    The massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday ranks as the fifth largest in the world since 1900, scientists said.


  • Members of Britain's Household Cavalry ride back to their barracks after taking part in the Silver Stick Review, which acts as a rehearsal for the Major General's review on the 21 April, ahead of the royal wedding, in Hyde Park, London, Thursday, April 14, 2011.  Britain's Prince William is due to marry Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    Royal wedding costs bite media

    For the world's media soon to descend on London for the royal wedding, fairytale endings don't come cheap.


  • Japan quake causes day to get a wee bit shorter

    You won't notice it, but the day just got a tiny bit shorter because of Friday's giant earthquake off the coast of Japan.


  • A Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol boat attempts to tow a partially sunken boat in the Santa Cruz Harbor on Friday, March 11, 2011 in Santa Cruz, Calif. A tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan rushed onto California's coast Friday, causing powerful surges that destroyed boat docks as beach-area residents throughout the state evacuated to higher ground. (AP Photo/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Dan Coyro) **NO SALES MAGS OUT NO TV NO INTERNET MANDATORY CREDIT**

    Calif., Ore. sustain most damage following tsunami

    The tsunami warnings moved faster than the waves, giving millions of people across the Pacific hours to flee to higher ground. Now they are left to clean up what the waves had wrought: Destroyed docks and damaged boats.


  • Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile

    A magnitude-6.2 earthquake on Sunday shook a northern region of Chile that has felt several frightening but inconsequential tremors in recent days. No injuries and only minor damage were reported.


  • U.S. Copa Davis tennis team, from left to right, Andy Roddick, captain Jim Courier, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan attend a press conference before training in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday March 1, 2011.  The U.S. will play Chile in first round World Group Davis Cup matches starting Friday.  (AP Photo/Carlos Espinoza)

    Roddick vs Massu to open US-Chile Davis Cup match

    The U.S. Davis Cup team is still considered the favorite against Chile despite playing on a clay surface in the first-round Davis Cup series.


  • Querrey to skip US-Chile Davis Cup matches

    Sam Querrey will miss the United States' first-round Davis Cup matches against Chile because of a right rotator cuff injury.


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