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Taliban militants released unharmed a group of Pakistani schoolboys Thursday that were abducted on suspicion of spying for anti-militant security forces, Reuters reported. Pakistan police said approximately 12 children, aged 8 to 11, had been kidnapped outside their Swat valley school on Tuesday. Police had been negotiating with their captors …

LAWTON, Okla. – A 28-year-old man who attempted to pay for his bar tab with gum wrappers was arrested after a scuffle with a police officer, authorities said. A bartender told police the man was playing pool with an open bottle of beer Tuesday night and spilled some of it …

WARSAW, Poland – Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer’s books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and …