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With an upset by Chile Wednesday, defending World Cup champion Spain has been eliminated from this year's tournament.

An anti-vice crackdown in China has targeted mistresses and sex workers as part of a social problem, but mistresses have been an open secret in China for years.

Mexico is inaugurating a new elite police force, a gendarmerie of 5,000 highly trained officers. The force was a campaign pledge by President Enrique Pena Nieto. His administration has touted a decrease in violent crimes, but despite the dip, the rate of kidnappings is up in many of the country's states.

A new outbreak of Ebola is being reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But scientists say it's not related to the Ebola epidemic going on in West Africa.

Alex Honnold has scaled the sheer face of Half Dome in Yosemite, Calif., without the aid of ropes — and entirely alone. Still, he says his big break didn't arrive until a TV producer approached him.

Reviewer Justin Chang says a new film about transgender sex workers on Christmas Eve is a "warts-and-all immersion in one of L.A.'s seamier subcultures — and a terrific girlfriend movie to boot."

On Sunday, French voters elect regional leaders around the country, and the far right, anti-immigrant National Front could find itself for the first time ever taking the top spot in one or more regions.

The Mast Brothers have been called the "celebrity hipster chocolatiers" of Brooklyn. Lately, they've been accused of defrauding their customers. But that depends on how their chocolate tastes to you.

Service dogs help veterans with physical disabilities, and there's increased interest in using dogs for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, too. A study is underway to see whether that helps.

Earthworms are a source of protein, calcium and much more. But they may not be the top option for feeding a hungry world.