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GOP congressman smacks down Tea Party

Grover Norquist goes off on Obamacare "defunders"

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Senate votes to reopen government, avoid default

Congress passes bill to reopen government, lift debt ceiling

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Right-wing nuts nab new way to sabotage Obamacare

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Amnesty urges Egypt to stop detaining Syrians

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Study: Women drink faster when music is playing

States enact laws to stock epinephrine at schools

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No, America is not a Christian nation

Special prosecutor requested to re-examine Maryville rape case

Air pollution is officially a carcinogen

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GOP reeling after epic defeat

Prince is holding an all-night pajama dance party at his house this weekend

Pollution may force Vatican to limit visits to the Sistine Chapel

A possible Supreme Court challenge to wiretaps

Creator of Gummy Bear dies at 90

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Mary Queen of Scots, feminist icon?

Gitmo detainees take force-feeding to court

Facebook fiddles with public posts to attract more teenagers

Panda Cam is back!

Maine loses offshore wind chance

GOP is "crazy and awful": The Josh Barro Republicans are displeased

Dollar drops and pound gains amid bets that Fed won’t slow stimulus

House stenographer's unhinged outburst: No crazier than the right's shutdown talk

Putin’s billionaire ally buys up Russian telecom operator

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How to track airborne microbes with drones

Searching for Avonte Oquendo: How racial suspicion hurts missing black kids

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Post-shutdown, right-wing media assigns blame

Oregon will now recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in other states

Revealed: NSA close involvement in drone killings

New York's horse-drawn carriages may soon be a thing of the past

Robots are already figuring out your personality

"Calvin and Hobbes" creator Bill Watterson gives rare interview

This is your city underwater

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U.S. infrastructure found to be vulnerable to hacking

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Our legal system has no idea how to deal with bullies