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The hottest year ever? and more
feature In Iraq, where U.S. troops patrol in heavy armor, the temperature topped 126 degrees in July.
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The online dating game, and more
feature Nearly 30 percent of all new couples in the U.S. found one another through online dating services or social media.
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Record set for Beatles lyric sheet, and more
feature The original lyrics to the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” handwritten by John Lennon, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $1.2 million.
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A great evangelistic opportunity, and more
feature Evangelical churches around the nation are reporting a surge in attendance and new memberships, a trend church leaders attribute to harder economic times.
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No profits for YouTube, and more
feature YouTube will lose $470 million this year, even though visitors to the site will download about 75 billion videos.
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Reducing the federal budget by 0.0029%, and more
feature The $100 million President Obama has ordered cut from his $3.5 trillion budget represents a reduction of 0.0029 percent.
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Public pension funds lost $1 trillion in market crash, and more
feature Public pension funds set up for retiring teachers, police, and other municipal workers lost $1 trillion in the recent market crash.
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The oil lobby's shared profession, and more
feature Three out of four lobbyists who represent oil and gas companies previously worked for the federal government.
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Spillover violence from Mexico is less than feared, and more
feature The latest FBI statistics show that the four major U.S. cities with the lowest violent crime rates are all in states that border Mexico.
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BP’s feed of gushing oil, and more
feature The live underwater video feed of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the most popular features on the Internet.
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Six-figure salaries for House of Representatives staffers, and more
feature Nearly 2,000 House of Representatives staffers pulled down six-figure salaries in 2009.
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Over 40 million Americans receive food stamps, and more
feature For the first time, the number of Americans receiving food stamps topped 40 million in March.
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feature As prison populations in the U.S. have swelled since the 1970s, so has the number of ex-cons. About 700,000 prisoners are released from state and federal prisons each year. Two out of three, studies say. . .
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Promoting senators, Texting 101, Foreign tourists
feature Whether Democrats choose Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama to face Sen. John McCain in November, it will mark the first presidential election in the nation’s history pitting two sitting U.S. senators agai
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