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The month-long hunt ends with just 68 pythons caught, while humorist Dave Barry, in an 'unmasculine' snake encounter, defends himself with barbeque tongs.

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Colin Kazim-Richards's goal stuns Arsenal as Blackburn Rovers knock out the Gunners in the FA Cup fifth round.

At least three people in the small Japanese fishing port of Ishinomaki, which was devastated in the 2011 tsunami, have received gold bars from a mystery benefactor through the post.

A big clean-up operation is going on in Russia's Ural region after Friday's spectacular meteor strike, which injured more than 1,000 people.

NPR speaks with a group of college Republicans at Ohio State University about the president's policies, his popularity with their peers, and what the GOP needs to do to win more young votes.

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Double Olympic champion Mo Farah makes a winning start to his season with victory in the 3,000m at the British Grand Prix.

The explosion in Quetta is aimed at Shiite women and children; two bombings last month killed nearly 120 Shiites in the same city and injured scores more.

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The Vatican is studying calls by cardinals to bring forward the date for the papal conclave, to ensure a new pope is installed before Easter.

Singaporeans stage a rare demonstration in protest at government plans to allow more immigration.

David Beckham to debut for Paris St-Germain in next weekend's clash with rivals Marseille, manager Carlo Ancelotti reveals.

Championship side Millwall are into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after beating non-league Luton at Kenilworth Road.

Gov. Jay Inslee gets the call that between 150 and 300 gallons of toxic sludge are leaking from a single-shelled tank every year. There are dozens of these tanks holding waste that have outlived their life spans.

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Evidence seized by police and Food Standards Agency officials during three UK raids is handed to Europol as part of the horsemeat investigation.

Welsh Secretary David Jones seeks to clarify his views on gay marriage after claiming same-sex couples could not provide a "warm and safe environment" in which to raise children.

Britain's Chris Froome wins the Tour of Oman, his first major race victory.

The forthcoming by-election in Eastleigh will be the "living standards election", Labour leader Ed Miliband says on a campaign trip to the town.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt writes to every NHS trust in England warning them against a culture that is "defensive" in dealing with whistleblowers.

What turned Christopher Dorner from a respectable political science graduate and Navy reservist to a "cop killer"?

Olympic double gold medallist Mo Farah will run half of this year's London Marathon before going the distance in 2014.

Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover is expected to deliver its first drill sample to the onboard laboratories in the coming days, says mission project scientist John Grotzinger.