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-- A Norwegian politician said he has nominated WikiLeaks for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing the website's contribution to "democracy and freedom of speech" worldwide. Nominations for the Peace Prize closed on Tuesday. Any lawmaker, academic or award recipient around the world can nominate anyone...

-- A lucky band of ground zero construction workers scored a $250,000 prize in a Christmas Eve Mega Millions lottery drawing, picking five of six numbers correctly, the New York Lottery says. The 18 men, who work at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, say they ran a workplace pool...

Cuban opposition activist and Sakharov Prize winner Guillermo Farinas holds a press conference on December 7 in Havana. Havana, Cuba -- An empty chair will represent Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas Wednesday when the European Parliament awards him a top human rights prize. As of Tuesday...

Richard Gere joined a group of NGOs outside the United Nations Friday rallying for release of Liu Xiaobo. United Nations -- The Chinese government could embrace Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo with pride and respect "with a little twist of the mind," actor and activist Richard Gere told a...

A man walks in front of a poster of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo at an exhibition in Oslo, Norway. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/13/grant.china.jailed.nobel.winner.cnn Groups of protesters gathered outside the Norwegian Embassy and United Nations offices in Beijing on...

A group of friends got lucky when they bought a winning Powerball ticket at a Detroit-area porn shop. Mike Greer claimed the $128.6 million prize on Friday, on behalf of a group of southeastern Michigan residents that he dubbed "Team Victory Club." At a press conference in Lansing, Michigan...

Havana, Cuba -- Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas was awarded the European Parliament's 2010 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Thursday. "Nominated in the name of all those who fight in Cuba for freedom and human rights, the 48-year-old doctor of psychology, independent journalist and...

Beijing, China -- Liu Xia, the wife of Nobel Peace laureate and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, remains under house arrest in Beijing and banned from talking to friends or media, his lawyer said. Shang Baojun also said he would try to push for Liu Xiaobo's early release, but doubted it would...

McCartney books White House gig WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is to present rock 'n' roll icon Paul McCartney with the 3rd Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the White House announced Monday. The president and first lady Michelle Obama are to serve as hosts of a June 2...

Thai filmmaker takes top Cannes prize CANNES, France, (UPI) -- Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival with "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives." As he accepted the Palme d'Or for his fanciful story about a man recalling his past lives...

Best toast in Ireland John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, 'Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!' That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, 'I won the prize for the Best toast of the...