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ATLANTA ? The Carter Center on Monday announced it received $40 million in donations to help fuel its mission to eradicate Guinea worm disease, a debilitating parasite that once plagued millions of people across the developing world. The Atlanta-based center said the funding comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund [...]

MONTERREY, Mexico ? Police in northern Mexico have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people, including many who were pulled off buses, authorities said Monday. Enrique Elizondo Flores told investigators 36 of his victims were bus passengers traveling through the town of Cerralvo, near the [...]

Performers Christina Aguilera and Stevie Wonder were on hand to pay tribute to the late Etta James at the blues legend’s funeral last Saturday. Hundreds of James’ family and friends gathered at a Los Angeles church to mourn the singer, who died on Jan. 20 after a two-year battle with leukemia. Source: http://www.ivillage.com/christina-aguilera-stevie-wonder-perform-etta-james-funeral/1-a-423276?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Achristina-aguilera-stevie-wonder-perform-etta-james-funeral-423276 eddie long [...]

PHILADELPHIA ? A federal appeals court has granted another look at the evidence in the case of a man convicted of killing his daughter in what authorities alleged was an arson fire two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania. Defense attorneys and some arson specialists say that determination was made using what’s now considered flawed science. [...]

LONDON ? U.S. ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings for five European nations including leading economic heavyweights Italy and Spain. The agency on Friday lowered credit ratings for the five nations by one notch and placed a negative outlook on all of them, as well as on Ireland. Those nations downgraded [...]

In other Demi news, Madonna reportedly reaches out to actress after her hospitalization.By Jocelyn Vena Demi Moore Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage Amidst her personal woes, Demi Moore, who had been set to play Gloria Steinem in the Linda Lovelace biopic, has been replaced by “Weeds” star Mary-Louise Parker. Sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that the TV [...]

DAKAR (Reuters) ? Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month. Local television said one policeman died from head injuries after clashes in the capital Dakar. Reuters reporters saw youths set [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) ? Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday. “There are internal discussions within the Euro group and proposals, one of which comes from Germany, on how to constructively treat [...]

LOS ANGELES ? A man who stole John Travolta’s vintage 1970 Mercedes-Benz convertible is serving a jail term and been ordered to pay the actor $50,000 in restitution, court records show. D L Rayford Jr. was sentenced to serve 16 months in jail after pleading no contest to grand theft auto on Jan. 5, nearly [...]

Panasonic Japan’s quirky range of chunky Let’s Note laptops has swelled by a factor of two, thanks to a pair of 12.1-inch units ousted today. The stock models come with a 1280 x 800 display (extra cash will get you a 16:9 1600 x 900 screen with a built-in 720p webcam). By default, you’ll get [...]