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The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two retired generals were charged on Friday over a plot to unseat the government, raising the stakes in a potential stand-off between the ruling party and armed forces that has hit Turkish markets.

Whale researchers and advocates argue that SeaWorld’s Tilikum should be re-introduced to the ocean, a natural habitat the orca has not known since its youth, but others say such an effort would be costly and not guarantee the whale’s survival.

A team of congressional investigators believed they had probable cause that Rep. Pete Visclosky sought campaign contributions in exchange for steering federal contracts to corporate donors, but a House ethics panel decided not to inquire further into the matter.

* Wall Street trading light in heavy winter storm * More than one million hit by power outages * Snow storm set to be New York's third heaviest (Adds details) By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Feb

Thailand was on alert for civil unrest Saturday as loyal fans of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra weighed a court ruling that seized more than half his 2.3-billion-dollar fortune a day earlier.

It is not clear how many times Maj. Charles Day contacted the woman, whether he did so by phone or in person, or what he said to her, according to the person briefed on his efforts.

BERKELEY, Calif. – A late-night demonstration over budget cuts turned violent in Berkeley when protesters broke into a campus building, torched trash cans, smashed windows and threw rocks and bottles at police, authorities said Friday.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – If Lil Wayne is from Mars, then Erykah Badu is the high priestess of Venus. It's a cosmic bummer that the syrup-soaked rapper and the future-funk diva hadn't thought to pair up before Badu's new single, "Jump in the Air."

The complete list of winners of the 41st NAACP Image Awards: