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News Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation
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News Bob Simon, CBS News Legend, Dies at 73 in NYC Car Accident
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News Saudi King Abdullah dies at age 90
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News Air Asia flight from Indonesia to Singapore vanishes
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News What lessons can we learn from the Charlie Hebdo shooting?
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News Obama in India: What Can Be Achieved?
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News How Did Scrapping the Swiss Franc Cap Affect Global Markets?
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News RIP Mario Cuomo, former Gov. of NY State
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News U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA
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News Orion Launch Discussion - Live Stream & Reddit
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News RIP Richard Kiel - Tribute to the 7'2" Actor
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News When will China overtake the U.S, economically? - 2
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News Basel II: Numerical instabilities to stabilize banks?
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News Is the RD180 rocket engine ban going to impact space exploration?
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News Should the Gadhimai Animal Sacrifice Festival be Stopped?
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News UNC report finds 18 years of academic fraud to keep athletes playing
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News Surprise from the US Supreme Court on same-sex marriage
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News Alexander Grothendieck is no longer with us
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News What is the controversy surrounding Comcast and antitrust laws?
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News "Car Talk" Host Tom Magliozzi, RIP
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News How Has the Michigan vs. Michigan State Rivalry Changed Over Time?
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News Emma Watson on Equality and UN HeForShe Campaign
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News Voter disenfranchisement - in 2014?
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News Did the Flyers and Penguins show a touching gesture during their game?
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News Is renting a better option for building a good credit score?
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News Supreme Court Fact-Checking: Poor Performance & Possible Solutions
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News The Ebola Situation : Are you prepared?
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News Can Magnets Disarm ISIS Fighters?
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News Nobel-Winning Physicist Martin Perl Passes Away at 87
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News Who was the infamous and controversial Congressman James Traficant?
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News Did Carmen Segarra Face Retaliation at the New York Fed for Legal Compliance?
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News South Africa set to get a nuclear power plant funded by Russia
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News Is the Taiji Dolphin Hunt Justified?
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News Scotland Seceding: Can UK Survive Without Scotland?
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News Robin Williams Found Dead | ABC7 News
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News How Did Bruce Morton Impact Journalism and Politics?
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News Are Governors Putting Their Own Interests First?
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News Is Rick Perry's Indictment Politically Motivated?
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News Joan Rivers Dies at 81 - A Very Sad Day
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News BP, found grossly negligent, in April 2010 oil spill
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News Convicted Cold War spy John Walker dies in federal prison
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News Cover Oregon goes to Healthcare.gov
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News Lauren Bacall Passes Away at 89: Remembering Her Iconic Whistle Scene
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News 40 years ago today: President Nixon leaves the White House
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News Portlandia has struck again: fluoride in water
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News How Did James Garner's Roles Influence His Political Activism?
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News How Did Frederick I. Ordway III Influence 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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News What caused the crash of the Algerie plane in Mali?
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News Difference between comic strips and cartoons
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News Brewing Scandal in Peer-Reviewed Journals
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News Remembering the Legendary Actor Eli Wallach
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News TV stations versus Aereo at the Supreme Court
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News RIP Stephanie Kwolek: Kevlar Inventor Dead at 90
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News Postage stamp sells for $9.5 million
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News Houston, we have a problem with dog bites
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News Bowe Bergdahl Released: Taliban Exchange in Historic Deal
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News FCC Proposal to End Net Neutrality: Impacts and Implications
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News Girl stabbed 19 times by 12-year-old friends
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News Is the Donald Sterling incident being blown out of proportion?
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News Vote Now in EU Elections - How & Why
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News Is the US Red Line in Syria Just Empty Rhetoric?
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News Is Taiwan's Future in Jeopardy with the Recent Student Protests?
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News Supreme Court: no limits on individual campaign contribs
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News Is the Western US Experiencing a Widespread Drought Crisis?
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News Swedish-UK journalist shot dead in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan
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News Unapproved GMO Wheat Found Growing Wild In Oregon
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News Is Fracking Causing Political Divides in Red and Blue States?
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News Finland's hockey fans must be going wild
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News How Did Russell Johnson Impact 'Gilligan's Island'?
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News Shirley Temple: A Child Prodigy Remembered
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News Should the US Extradite Amanda Knox to Italy?
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News Maine Health Professionals Working to Provide Affordable Insurance
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News Town tries to promote itself [with supposed demonic possession].
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News How Does National Debt Affect Economic Recessions?
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