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Taps could run dry in drought-stricken TehranUnder the Radar President warns that unless rationing eases water crisis, citizens may have to evacuate the capital
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Alaska faces earth-shaking loss as seismic monitoring stations shutterIN THE SPOTLIGHT NOAA cuts have left the western seaboard without a crucial resource to measure, understand and predict tsunamis
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10 great advent calendars for everyone (including the dog)The Week Recommends Countdown with cocktails, jams and Legos
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Remember that time Trump was considering running attack ads about the Cubs?Speed Read
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In 1995, Walmart pulled a shirt that said 'someday a woman will be president' for being 'offensive'Speed Read
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Phantom quakes and Japan's 'earthquake sickness'feature Aftershocks are fraying the nerves of survivors in Japan. And some people feel them even when the ground is perfectly still
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'Jersey Shore' goes to Italy: The inevitable wisecracksfeature MTV is shooting its notorious reality show in Italy next season. Not everyone's amused, but some sure are
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The year in Kanye West's Twitter feedfeature The rapper's extremely eventful 2010, glimpsed through his short-form ramblings
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Christian Bale's 'The Fighter' weight loss and six more drastic actor transformationsfeature Yo-yo dieting is a way of life for some, but for these seven actors, gaining and losing lots of weight is part of the job.
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Conan O'Brien's TBS deal: Good move?feature The former host of "The Tonight Show" has just announced he's moving to... basic cable. Wait, really?
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10 reasons why 10 'Best Picture' nominations is a bad ideafeature The critics weigh in on why the Academy shouldn't have doubled the number of top nominees
