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Firemen rest after fighting fires that resulted from a pileup that killed at least 10 people on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla.

'Like The End Of The World': Brush Fire Blamed For Car Pileup That Killed 10

The fire along with fog caused poor visibility and led to a massive pileup on Florida's I-75. Authorities had just reopened the road when the crashes happened.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at a North Shore court in Auckland. Dotcom was denied bail in New Zealand with a judge saying he was concerned the Internet tycoon's vast wealth meant he could flee the country if released from custody.

Megaupload Users May Lose Files Stored On Service

Now that authorities have frozen Megaupload's assets, it can no longer pay its storage providers, which are threatening to delete user data.

Bulgarian women walk during a snowfall in the village of Rakovski, northeast from capital Sofia.

Intense Cold Kills 36 Across Eastern Europe

In some places, the temperatures dropped to negative 4 degrees Fahrenheit and the worst is yet to come.

Native Americans As Slaves, Slave Owners In North

MacArthur 'Genius' Tiya Miles does pioneering research on the relationship between Cherokee Indians and African-Americans. She speaks with host Michel Martin about shedding light on the unexplored history of Native American and African-American slavery in Michigan.

Will Mitt Romney be able to get under President Obama's skin the way Gov. Jan Brewer says she did?

Romney Had Testy Target In Gingrich; Will Obama Likewise Oblige?

In the fight for Florida, Mitt Romney was able to exploit Newt Gingrich's famed lack of discipline to get the speaker to at times become speechless and to reveal a nasty streak which turns many voters off. Romney may try the same thing with President Obama but the incumbent will be a tougher target since he is famed for his discipline.

Syria's Uprising Escalates, World Mulls Options

Violence persists around Damascus as protesters continue to urge President Bashar al-Assad's to step down. The Arab League has suspended its monitoring mission and the United Nations Security Council is considering a resolution condemning al-Assad's regime.

While talking with the media outside the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Fla., on Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called for a commission to look at new rules for clinics that perform in vitro fertilization.

Gingrich Calls For Panel To Look At Rules For In Vitro Clinics

Gingrich has long been a strong backer of federal funding for scientific research. In 2001 his support extended to research on stem cells derived from human embryos left over from in vitro fertilization efforts.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2007. The company is expected to file papers for an initial public offering this week.

Facebook IPO: Worth The Price Or Next Internet Bubble?

Facebook is expected to file papers for an initial public offering this week, and industry watchers say the company may be valued at nearly $100 billion. Is the social networking website worth the price, or is this another Internet bubble in the making?

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon (center) arrives at the Supreme Court in Madrid, Spain, on Jan. 24. The crusading human-rights judge is on trial for his attempt to investigate the more than 100,000 disappearances during Spain's civil war in the 1930s and the subsequent dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Tables Are Turned On Crusading Spanish Judge

Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish judge who indicted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, is now on trial in Madrid. His alleged crime? Investigating his own country's fascist past, and charging the late dictator Francisco Franco with murder.

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