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Yao Ming's retirement: Why hasn't China produced a new NBA star?
feature Apparently, a massive talent pool, huge interest in basketball, and an intense state-run athletics program aren't enough
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'Jersey Shore' goes to Italy: The inevitable wisecracks
feature MTV is shooting its notorious reality show in Italy next season. Not everyone's amused, but some sure are
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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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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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Who correctly predicted the Tea Party's rise?
feature A look back at what commentators got right (and wrong) about the anti-government movement back when it first came on the scene in 2009
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The 'Goldilocks planet': Proof we're not alone?
feature Astronomers have found a planet with a climate conducive to life. Now, one of them claims to have recorded a "mysterious pulse of light" emanating from it
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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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The Mars rover's '7 minutes of terror': A guide to the planned landing
feature The $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has mere moments to go from 13,000 miles per hour to zero — and one small error could ruin everything
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How Rick Perry's campaign imploded: 4 new revelations
feature A reporter who followed the Texas governor's failed bid for the White House dishes the unheard story behind the "oops" moment that sealed Perry's doom
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Inside the debt-limit showdown
feature The U.S. was days from default, says Bob Woodward, and Washington was playing a game of chicken
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Moon colonies! Death rays! A brief history of Newt Gingrich's 'crazy' ideas
feature The reliably grandiose Newt Gingrich has long been the GOP's "big thinker in chief." Here, a look back at his biggest thoughts
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Why are tech companies backing CISPA?
feature Online privacy advocates and the tech industry joined forces to sink SOPA. But now they're split over another piece of arguably invasive internet regulation
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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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11 memorable debate moments: A video history
feature Obama and Romney will face off for the first time on Wednesday, and if past debates are any guide, their clash may well deliver some indelible impressions
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