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Madoff's Surviving Son Faces Long List of Woes

32 minutes ago |AOL News

Bryan Smith, ZUMA Press

(Dec. 13) -- His brother has hanged himself. His father is serving a 150-year prison sentence for perpetuating the world's biggest Ponzi scheme. For Andrew Madoff, life just keeps getting worse. The ...

Senate to Vote on Obama Tax Deal: Where Does Each Side Stand?

1 hour 2 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 13) -- The Senate will proceed with a cloture vote Monday afternoon on the Obama tax deal that contains something that everyone is sure to hate. The tax deal, a massive compromise that extends ...

Now Playing: Geminid Meteor Showers, Year's Best Sky Show

1 hour 7 minutes ago |AOL News

Wally Pacholka, AstroPics.com/AP

(Dec. 13) -- Get ready for the best meteor shower of the year. The annual Geminid shower is about to hit its peak, with anywhere from 60 to 100 meteors zooming across the night sky each hour between ...

Report: Texas Biggest Gun Source for Mexican Drug War

1 hour 17 minutes ago |AOL News

(Dec. 13) -- More guns in Mexico's bloody drug wars can be traced to Texas than to any other state, according to The Washington Post. The newspaper found that Texas is the leading source of guns that ...

Salvia Takes Center Stage in Miley Cyrus Bong Video Drama

1 hour 22 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 13) -- For anyone who's seen the video of Miley Cyrus having a, um, good time after hitting a bong, it definitely looks like she had something potent in that pipe. But did you know that what t ...

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Health Care Law

1 hour 27 minutes ago |AP

AFP / Getty Images

RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 13) -- A federal judge declared a key provision of the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general in a dispute that bo ...

Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of NYC Dancer

1 hour 38 minutes ago |AOL News

NYPD/AP

(Dec. 13) -- A convicted sex offender was arraigned in a New York courtroom today on charges of murder, manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the death of Laura Garza, an aspiring dancer who va ...

Sugar Plum Fairy Ballerina Shrugs Off Weighty Criticism

1 hour 55 minutes ago |AOL News

todayshow.com

(Dec. 13) -- A dancer in the New York City Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker," criticized for looking "as if she'd eaten one sugar plum too many," said the review was embarrassing but she's move ...

Second Arctic Outbreak Hits US; Why Is It So Cold?

2 hours 4 minutes ago |AOL News

The Star Tribune / AP

(Dec. 13) -- The second outbreak of Arctic cold in two weeks has hit the U.S., and residents in much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will shiver again this week: Temperatures Tuesday morning ...

Besides Destroying Metrodome Roof, Mother Nature Caused Other Problems

2 hours 37 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 13) -- Luckily, no one was hurt Sunday when a bunch of snow piled on top of Minnesota's Metrodome and caused its inflatable roof to collapse, adding to the list of damages from a powerful winte ...

'Bed Intruder Song' Tops Most-Watched YouTube Videos of 2010

3 hours 12 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 13) -- The Internet has spoken, and with more than 45 million views, Antoine Dodson's "Bed Intruder Song" is this year's reigning king of YouTube. The ranking is part of YouTube's top 10 videos ...

Prosecutor Elizabeth Smart? Perhaps, Dad Says

3 hours 33 minutes ago |AOL News

Douglas C. Pizac, Getty Images

(Dec. 13) -- Elizabeth Smart gave big hugs to prosecutors after they won a conviction against the man who kidnapped her as a teenager and held her captive for nine months. And she's drawing inspirati ...