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San Francisco tackles affordability problems with free child careThe Explainer The free child care will be offered to thousands of families in the city
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How realistic is the Democratic plan to retake the Senate this year?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Schumer is growing bullish on his party’s odds in November — is it typical partisan optimism, or something more?
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Taxes: It’s California vs. the billionairesFeature Larry Page and Peter Thiel may take their wealth elsewhere
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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
