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independent.co.uk The video to Pacman and Peso’s ‘Escape to North Korea’ finds the duo in front of a number of North Korean landmarks. Two brave American rappers have managed to film a music video in secretive North Korea. Peso and Pacman recorded “Escape to North Korea,” rapping at various landmarks across the Korean capital, Pyongyang, including the Arch of Triumph. ...

Uncredited/AP An undated picture of Sanaz Nezami, a native of Tehran, Iran, was the victim of a fatal beating by her husband in early December. A nurse in a Michigan hospital kissed the patient’s forehead. More than 6,000 miles away, Sanaz Nezami’s family in Iran watched the simple act over a laptop computer and wept. Nezami, a vibrant 27-year-old woman ...

Uncredited/AP An undated picture of Sanaz Nezami, a native of Tehran, Iran, was the victim of a fatal beating by her husband in early December. A nurse in a Michigan hospital kissed the patient’s forehead. More than 6,000 miles away, Sanaz Nezami’s family in Iran watched the simple act over a laptop computer and wept. Nezami, a vibrant 27-year-old woman ...

Uncredited/AP An undated picture of Sanaz Nezami, a native of Tehran, Iran, was the victim of a fatal beating by her husband in early December. A nurse in a Michigan hospital kissed the patient’s forehead. More than 6,000 miles away, Sanaz Nezami’s family in Iran watched the simple act over a laptop computer and wept. Nezami, a vibrant 27-year-old woman ...

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Ryan Callahan will represent the U.S. in the Olympics for the second-straight time. PITTSBURGH — They’ll be the Rangers’ Sochi Big Three. Captain Ryan Callahan, top defenseman Ryan McDonagh, and center Derek Stepan all were named to the U.S. Olympic team after the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day. Team USA will compete in ...

Abdel Magid al-Fergany/AP The U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. WASHINGTON — The State Department says the Libyan government is holding four U.S. military personnel. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said officials are trying to determine what occurred. Psaki said Friday night that the United States is in touch with Libyan officials to ensure the Americans’ release. The four were “augmenting ...

Eugene Gurevich/Getty Images/Hemera/Getty Images/Hemera Will traffic jams be a thing of the past one day? Fewer people are driving to work, and many young professionals are choosing not to own a car at all, a new study says. Americans in most major U.S. urban areas are driving less, and in some cases a lot less, due to improvements in technology ...

Margarito Perez/Reuters Edgar Jimenez Lugo, center, also known as”El Ponchis,” talks to journalists in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in December 2010. The admitted teenage hitman served a three-year sentence for killing for a drug cartel, and is now bound for his native U.S. At age 14, pushed in front of TV cameras by Mexican authorities, a boy born in the U.S. admitted ...

MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images Afghan president Hamid Karzai (left) talks as the head of the Loya Jirga, Sebghatullah Mujaddidi (right), listens during the first day of a meeting of around 2,500 Afghan tribal elders and leaders in Kabul on Thursday. Kabul rejected the council’s request to sign a security deal with the U.S. soon. KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan assembly has ...

Wealan Pollard/Getty Images ADHD can lead to struggles in school for many children. Due in part to a growing awareness of the condition, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD rose to 11% in 2011, up from 9.5% in 2007, CDC estimates show. The number of U.S. children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder continues to rise but may be leveling ...