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From Perry calling Romney's immigration stance the height of hypocrisy, to Paul taking on Cain in Occupy Wall Street, to Bachmann thinking Libya is outside of Africa, the Oct. 18 debate was a no-holds-barred slugfest. See the top 10 battles of the night, and the killer quotes that epitomized (and dramatized) the fiery arguments.

Local media in Kuwait also reported the resignation but did not provide details.

Susan Sarandon called Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi at the Hamptons Film Festival on Saturday -- not once, but twice.

In Nigeria, a member of parliament was shot dead by militants thought to be affiliated with Islamic group Boko Haram.

Harold Camping now says the world will end on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton suffered multiple injuries to his left leg after a sideline collision during the first quarter of the Saints' loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

A day after Bishop Robert Finn of the Catholic diocese Kansas City-St. Joseph was indicted on a charge of failing to report a priest's child abuse, the Vatican said Sunday it would not attempt to interfere with the legal process.

The next time you're in the mood to narrate a murder-mystery, be wary of the words you use. Scientists and language researchers from Cornell University, NY, suggest that psychopaths are more likely to use certain word patterns than others, thereby revealing their killer instincts.

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain raised $2.8 million in the third quarter, an increase in campaign contributions that reflects his growing stature as a viable candidate in the 2012 race to the White House.

Notorious Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping, of the Family Radio mission, has returned with the prediction that the world will end on OCtober 21, 2011 -- a day when the Rapture promised to take place earlier his year, in May, will finally seperate the chaff from the grain.

If you believe radio evangelist Harold Camping, then the end of the world is less than a week away. Again. This time around, the date has been set for Oct. 21 (i.e., next Friday).

Right now, Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaged in a proxy war in Bahrain.

While Bachmann's a conception of the law as being rooted in Christian teachings may fall outside the political mainstream, it is a guiding principle at Christian law schools throughout the country

Faced with eviction from their base camp of Zuccotti Park for a city-mandated cleaning, the Occupy Wall Street protesters moved on Thursday afternoon to undertake their own cleanup by purchasing supplies out of a $150,000 general fund.

Egypt said on Thursday it would launch a review of disputed permits for churches in a bid to head off sectarian violence, days after 25 people were killed at a demonstration by Christians over one such dispute.

According to the latest data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s periodic National Survey of Family Growth, about 43 percent of teenagers between ages 15 to 19 have sexual intercourse at least once.

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has alleged that a 12-year-old Christian girl was abducted and gang raped for 8 months in Pakistan, and was tortured until she consented to convert to Islam.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are hitting the headlines on a daily basis, with news reports having that the six-year marriage between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher - speculated to have been quietly separated a few months ago - may have hit the rock bottom.

Though other Republican candidates criticized Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan during Tuesday evening's Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann came out with the most controversial dismissal of the plan when she said it could be the devil's work.

More sexually active American teen males are using condoms the first time they have sex, according to a new study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More sexually active American teen males are using condoms the first time they have sex, according to a new study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.