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Mafioso Betrayed By His Facebook Updates

ABC Top Stories - 2 hours 14 min ago
One of Italy's 100 most-wanted criminals, a vicious mafia boss who had been on the run for months, was betrayed by his passion for social networking and flushed out thanks to Facebook.


Hawaii Mulls Law to Ignore Obama 'Birthers'

ABC Top Stories - 2 hours 54 min ago
Hawaii mulls law that would allow state to ignore repeated requests for President Obama's birth certificate. The "birther" movement claims Obama is ineligible to be president of the United States because they claim he was born outside the United States and doesn't meet the constitutional requirement to be president.


Democrats Nab Another Health Care Vote as Rep. Dennis Kucinich Changes Course

ABC Top Stories - 3 hours 6 min ago
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who had voted "No" for the health care bill last November, today said he would side with Democratic leaders to vote "Yes" for the bill in the House.


Missing Mom's Family Fear Abduction

ABC Top Stories - 3 hours 13 min ago
Shantina Smiley and her 8-year-old son Azriel Carver disappeared over the weekend, just days, her fiance said, after Smiley, a recovering alcoholic, suffered a relapse.


Pakistan Charges 5 Americans With Terrorism

ABC Top Stories - 3 hours 27 min ago
Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with planning terror attacks in Pakistan, says lawyer


Judge Derails Abuse Trial, Marrying Alleged Victim to the Accused

ABC Top Stories - 3 hours 40 min ago
Baltimore County District Judge Darrell Russell Jr. dropped jaws when he agreed to pause a domestic violence trial and marry the accused abuser to his victim so that she didn't have to testify against him.


Saving the Middle Class: Calling on Banks

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 4 min ago
ABC's "World News" asks whether banks should do more to help middle class Americans who financed the bailout.


Report: Bullock Pulls Out of London Premiere Due to Marital Problems

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 9 min ago
Tabloid report alleges that Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James may have had an affair.


Expert: Tiger Doesn't Need to Win the Masters

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 12 min ago
ESPN's Mike Turico said Tiger Woods' return to golf at the Masters in Augusta, Ga., next month is enough of a 're-entry' on its own, and the golf superstar does not necessarily have to win to re-establish himself in the sport.


Love of Football Saves Fan From 'Celtic' Curse

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 16 min ago
Jim Becker of Racine, Wis., used to give blood in order to buy Green Bay Packers tickets. Decades later he realized he was unwittingly treating a genetic iron disorder that could have killed him.


Cancer Patient Fired for Medical Marijuana

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 18 min ago
Even though Michigan resident Joseph Casias had a prescription from his doctor for medical marijuana, he was fired after a positive test for the substance by his employer, Walmart. The news last November he'd been terminated was devastating for Casias, 29, who took great pride in his job, once earning the honor of Associate of the Year. "It hurts. It hurts because I care. I care a lot about the store. I always wanted to make sure I do well," he told ABC News.


Cerebral Palsy Student Is PlayStation Hero

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 18 min ago
Hans Smith, 23, has been wheelchair bound his whole life and unable to play his favorite sport, baseball. He wrote a thank you note to PlayStation to show his appreciation for the game 'MLB: The Show,' which he says lets him experience baseball in the best way possible.


'Dating Game' Pics May Solve More Murders

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 19 min ago
Police: Three missing women match dating game killer Rodney Alcala's Stash of sexually graphic photos.


Tremors in the Sky: Sudden Turbulence

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 41 min ago
It should go without saying to buckle up any time the airplane seat belt sign lights up, even if you feel nothing, because turbulence can occur with no warning.


Saving America's Middle Class: Resources

ABC Top Stories - 4 hours 54 min ago
ABC's World News provides a list of resources to help middle class Americans with banking, jobs, and health care.


Accused Mumbai Plotter to Plead Guilty

ABC Top Stories - 5 hours 7 min ago
Accused Mumbai attack planner David Coleman Headley intends to abandon his not guilty plea and enter a plea of guilty in federal court this week, his lawyer told ABC News today.


Obama's Pay Czar to Set New Salary Caps

ABC Top Stories - 5 hours 33 min ago
Next week the Obama administration official in charge of setting pay at five bailed-out companies is expected to issue his new rulings for this year's compensation packages.


WATCH: What Makes a Man 'Undateable'?

ABC Top Stories - 5 hours 33 min ago
The new book 'Undateable' explores why some men can't get dates.


The Conversation: March Madness Moves In

ABC Top Stories - 5 hours 40 min ago
It's time for March Madness! ABC's Diane Sawyer talk with ESPN's Mike and Mike about the biggest month in NCAA Men's basketball.


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