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The 8 hot toys of Christmases past
feature Nothing says "happy holidays" like fighting with other parents to get the "it" item of the year. Here are some gifts that have caused stampedes over the years
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Rand Paul's 5 most controversial beliefs
feature Kentucky Tea Party candidate Rand Paul has been criticized for his take on the Civil Rights Act. But that's not the only provocative position he's taken
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Going to work sleepy: As bad as showing up drunk?
feature In America's culture of "sleep machismo," we're working more, but sleeping less — and new research shows drowsiness is as risky as drunkenness
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5 things Obama's 2010 March Madness bracket reveals about him
feature Was the president "mixing his hoops with his politics" when he predicted the outcome of the NCAA tournament?
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The year in Kanye West's Twitter feed
feature The rapper's extremely eventful 2010, glimpsed through his short-form ramblings
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The last 'Frankenstorm': Video of the 1938 nor'easter that ravaged New England
feature Historic footage of a deadly storm offers clues about what to expect from Hurricane Sandy
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Joe Stack: 'Tea Party terrorist'?
feature He flew a plane into a government building in an anti-tax protest. Does that make him a Tea Partier?
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The Iraq war logs WikiLeaks dump: 5 revelations
feature The secrets-sharing site has released its massive dossier on the Iraq War, detailing unreported torture, a secret body count, and a U.S.-Iranian armed skirmish
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Bigger than T-Rex: The world's largest plant-eating dinosaur
feature Scientists in Africa think they've found the remains of a new type of dinosaur: The "Angolan giant"
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The end of 'cheap credit': What it means for you
feature With interest rates set to rise, inexpensive consumer credit lines could vanish. What does that mean for average Americans?
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Portugal's unorthodox war on drugs
feature Portugal decriminalized the possession of recreational drugs 10 years ago. Could its policy provide lessons for U.S. lawmakers?
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10 reasons why 10 'Best Picture' nominations is a bad idea
feature The critics weigh in on why the Academy shouldn't have doubled the number of top nominees
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A Bristol Palin memoir?
feature With the news that Sarah Palin's eldest, who's all of 20, may be putting her life story on the page, commentators are cracking wise
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Haiti disaster: The essential facts
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