Secretary of State Hillary Clinton marked International Human Rights Day with a phenomenal speech in Geneva yesterday. Over the course of 30 minutes, Clinton delivered a blunt yet inspiring speech that took on all the myths and canards about homosexuality and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people. Her address earned her a standing ovation in the Palais des Nations and will endear her and the Obama administration to gay people around the world. Read full article > >

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Clinton’s Geneva accord: ‘Gay rights are human rights’

Beautiful weather greeted the roughly 45,000 entrants running the New York City Marathon: temperatures in the low 40s and the course bathed in lovely sunshine.

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On the Run Blog: Live Blog: Follow the New York City Marathon

The wartime prime minister’s dark moods, plus a series of lucky encounters, may have transformed the course of human history, writes John Gray.

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Churchill, chance and the ‘black dog’

A snapshot of the suspected rioters who were due to appear before one magistrates’ court in London on disorder-related charges during the course of one day.

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Who are the rioters?

Multiple times over the course of this season, the Washington Capitals characterized stinging defeats and growing pains from a new style of play as lessons that would help guide them through the playoffs.

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Capitals can’t learn any more lessons the hard way

Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai has won the Boston Marathon in a record-breaking 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 59 seconds. It’s not only a record for the course, it’s the fastest marathon ever run-though there isn’t an official world record for marathons due to…

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Kenya’s Mutai Sets Marathon Record

Rant on Twitter for 20 minutes, pay it off for three years. Courtney Love’s Twitter tirade against fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir has ended in a settlement: the Hole frontwoman will pay Simorangkir $430,000 over the course of the next three years….

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Courtney Love Settles Twitter Suit

Frank Rich, who over the course of a three-decade career at The New York Times was theater critic, magazine essayist and Sunday Op-ed columnist, is leaving the paper to join New York magazine.

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Media Decoder: Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine

The CPS is facing a a call to investigate the Metropolitan Police for perverting the course of justice in its inquiry into journalists’ phone-hacking.

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Call for Met phone hacking probe

Two people are arrested by police investigating alleged perjury and perverting the course of justice in relation to a 1988 murder trial.

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Arrests in 1988 murder case probe

Everything about Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which begins previews on Broadway next week, is epic: It employed 200 people, cost over $70 million, and has survived cast injuries, bankruptcies, and multiple producers over the course of a mythic 8-year…

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How Spider-Man Musical Survived

The waves of plague that twice devastated Europe and changed the course of history had their origins in China, a team of medical geneticists reported Sunday.

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Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds

British composer Geoffrey Burgon, who won two Ivor Novello awards over the course of his career, has died at the age of 69, his publishers confirm.

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Film composer Burgon dies aged 69