Explosion at campaign rally prior to parliamentary elections in Yerevan, Armenia

Reuters reported on Friday that most Armenians are hoping for a calm election that will reinforce stability in the tiny country of 3.3 million squeezed between Iran and Turkey. For the first time in Armenia's post-Soviet history, the election is less of a traditional conflict bet …

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Racing fans prepare for the running of The Kentucky Oaks

The Kentucky Oaks, sometimes called the little sister of the Kentucky Derby, is held at Churchill Downs on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. It features 3-year-old Thoroughbred fillies, and the race is 1 1/8 miles long. The Oaks and the Derby are the oldest …

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Tiger Woods misses the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship

GolfChannel.com reports that Tiger Woods followed his opening 1-under 71 with a 1-over 73 Friday. He finished 36 holes at even par and will miss the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship. See more golf coverage at NBCSports.com.

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Greek conservatives rally as election day approaches

Greek conservative party supporters wave flags during an election rally by their leader Antonis Samaras in the town of Thessaloniki on May 2, 2012. Greece will hold elections on May 6, with the largest number of seats expected to fall to the New Democracy party, whose leader Sama …

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Virus causes animal die-off along the coast of Peru

A dying pelican crawls away from the surf to die on the beach of Paita, Peru on May 2, 2012. According to Peruvian vice minister of Environment, Gabriel Quijandria, the cause of death of thousands of fish, sea birds and diverse animal wildlife that has been washing ashore in the  …

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Willie Nelson honored with statue in Austin, Texas

I’ve been a Willie Nelson fan for a while. His rendition of Fred Rose’s “Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain” from the “Red Headed Stranger” was my entry point into his music, and it still stops me every time it plays on the radio or glides through  …

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Famed TV personality Dick Clark dead at 82

Dick Clark is one of those huge personalities that populated the summers of my youth. I saw him every day on the game show, “Pyramid” and then again every Saturday morning on “American Bandstand”. That show introduced me to most of the music that I came t …

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San Francisco photographer captures incredible Bay Bridge electrical storm photo

The Mail Online reported on Friday that an incredible eight bolts struck the Bay Bridge in San Francisco last night which was captured in this incredible shot by photographer Phil McGrew, who took the photo through the rain-soaked window of his apartment. Mr McGrew, 49, was shoc …

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Nature's Best Photography: Blue Shark near Faial Island, Azores, Portugal

Photographer’s comments: “Diving into the blue, ten miles off the coast of Faial Island, I watched a torpedo-shaped shadow rapidly approach from deep, dark waters. As it came closer, its long pectoral fins gave it a form that reminded me of a jet plane; it was a six- …

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The Week in Pictures: March 29 - April 5

We generally resist including more than one photograph from a news event in The Week in Pictures. That has something to do with the idea that we’re attempting to show images from the whole world each week. I realize that is laughably impossible. There is no way to show it  …

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Nature's Best Photography: African Lion and Cub

Photographer’s comments: “I had been following this pride in the Kalahari for a number of days, focusing on one youngster who was always causing trouble. In this image, his father had been trying to sleep. The cub kept climbing over the adult’s head until the l …

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Gunman reportedly kills 7 at small California university

Msnbc.com staff and news services report:

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Blue Angels fly over New York harbor in preparation for Fleet Week

Two jets with the US Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron, seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., execute a survey flight over the Statue of Liberty on April 2, 2012. The two F/A-18 Hornets flew practice runs to familiarize and evaluate a potential flight co …

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Nature's Best Photography: Italy's Dolomites National Park

Photographer’s comments: “Normally I shoot during early morning or sunset, but on the day I made this image there were interesting cloud patterns in the mid-afternoon. I loved the way the sun softly lit up some parts of the landscape and not others. The light on the  …

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The Week in Pictures: March 22 - 29

Winter gets me down. The short days, cold temperatures, and all that time cooped up inside weighs on me by the time we’re getting ready to flip the calendar to April. Participating in this week’s picture edit provided a little break from the winter blues. Spring come …

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Palestinians endure rolling blackouts caused by fuel shortages

Palestinian school children do their homework on candle light during a power cut in Gaza City on March 27, 2012. A political fight between Egypt, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority is to blame for fuel shortages that have led to a major electricity crisis in Gaza, sources told A …

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Indian separatists detained by police

Indian police detain activists from the youth wing of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata party, during a protest at Osmania University demanding a separate state of Telengana in Hyderabad, India, March 27, 2012. Telengana supporters say the drought-prone northern area …

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Nature's Best Photography: Polar bears in Manitoba, Canada

Photographer’s comments: “After being woken up by its squirming, sleepy sibling, this polar bear cub is wide-awake and ready to play. Greeting the wintry world, he waves his soft paw from the warm haven of his mother’s arms.” Photographic information: Nik …

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Rallies for Trayvon Martin get underway in Washington DC and Florida

NBC News and msnbc.com staff report that Thousands of people streamed through the streets of Sanford, Fla., on Monday to demand that authorities prosecute the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin one month ago. The protesters were on their way to a special meeting o …

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Preliminary round of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships gets underway in France

Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz of Spain perform during the preliminary round of Ice Dance Free Dance of the ISU 2012 World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, southern France, March 26, 2012.

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