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A statuette at the Manchester Museum was recently captured by security footage showing the statue moving on its own.

Before today I dismissed Russell Brand as an unintelligent lost soul, but after he was brought on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' program, I'm convinced that HE's the smart one!

As if the crime and act of terror wasn't enough, one of the Woolwich London Terrorists with his hands all bloody from the attack on the British Soldier decided to make Jihadist comments while still brandishing the murder weapons, a butcher knife and machete.

WARNING; You're about to see the mutilation of the body of an enemy of Syria. This is a war crime. This is very disturbing video of a frightening example of Syria’s descent into sectarian violence.

Think that's the sun? Think again!  Do you ever sit around and just muse on the fact that the world just seems to be falling to pieces lately? Well another massive meteorite split the sky again, this time over Argentina and without incident, save for lighting the night sky up like it was daytime!

The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been identified by the FBI as 19 year old Dzhokhar (Djohar) Tsarnaev and he is still on the run after his older brother was killed in a shootout that both men were involved in with police last night. We've found what looks to be his Russian Facebook page on a service called vKontakte.

Margaret Thatcher has died.  The former British Prime Minister was known as "The Iron Lady."

Margaret Thatcher has died.  According to AP on Twitter, the former UK Prime Minister suffered a stroke.  She was 87.

Some sad news to report this morning: Richard Griffiths, who co-starred in the 'Harry Potter' films as Vernon Dursley, has died following heart surgery in London. He was 65.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Italy's top appeal court Tuesday overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Kercher died at 21 years old in an apartment she shared with Knox in Italy in 2007.

A new pope has been 'crowned' or maybe the proper word is appointed... Jorge Mario Bergolio chose 'Francis' as his new name after St. Francis of Assisi. He's from the Americas, Argentina to be exact and here are a few more facts about your new pontiff:

The Conclave has begun the process of naming a new Pope. Once ballots are casted, and a Pope is selected by a two-thirds majority, the ballots are burned. Even though it's 2013, we will only know if their is a new Pope due to the smoke from the Vatican Chimney. Has a new Pope been selected yet? You can check for yourself and see if the chimney has started smoking white smoke yet. Watch the live st