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Harold Camping emerged from his Alameda, California home yesterday to face reporters for the first time since the Rapture that never happened. Wearing a light jacket and speaking over chirping birds, Camping told the San Francisco Chronicle he was "flabbergasted" that the world did not end on Saturday. "I'm looking for answers," he told the reporter. "But now I have nothing else to say. I'll be back to work Monday and will say more then." Camping followers are similarly perplexed. "I don't think I am going to stop listening to him," one man added, heaving a deep sigh before continuing:...

Police confiscated bullets and an antique gun from Charlie Sheen's luxury Beverly Hills mansion during a raid late last night, they have confirmed. Although Sheen has a firearms license his possession of the weapon violated a restraining order issued at the request of his ex-wife Brooke Mueller last week. In a statement the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed reports that officers had been searching for a gun. 'It came to the attention of the LAPD that Sheen is the registered owner of firearms,' a spokesman for the LAPD said. The spokesman added that the purpose of the raid was 'to...