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A first for West Point, and more
feature For the first time, two male graduates of West Point were married at the military academy’s chapel.
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A demographic turning point, and more
feature For the first time in U.S. history, there were more recorded deaths than births among white Americans in 2012.
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Smartphone collisions, and more
feature Fifty-three percent of all adult mobile-phone owners have been banged into because someone was peering at their smartphone.
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Abortion rate falls to new low, and more
feature The U.S. abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
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Bin Laden’s bad health, and more
feature The medicines recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound show he no longer suffered from kidney disease, but he did have drugs for other ailments.
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Why children go missing, and more
feature The vast majority of children reported missing are not abducted by strangers.
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Mass shootings and mental health, and more
feature The mental health of the killer has not been an issue in most of the mass shootings that have occurred since 2009.
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China's unlikely export, and more
feature Most garlic sold in the U.S. now comes from China.
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A per capita view of Olympic medals, and more
feature The U.S. won 104 medals at the Olympic Games, the most of any country—but on a per capita basis, we ranked just 50th.
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Partisan commencement speeches?, and more
feature No Republican or conservative has been invited to make the commencement speech this year at any of the 50 top U.S. liberal arts colleges.
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Suicides surpass motor vehicle deaths, and more
feature More Americans now take their own lives each year—about 37,000—than die in car crashes, a new study has found.
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Meat consumption drops, and more
feature The Department of Agriculture has found that meat consumption in the U.S. has dropped 12.2 percent over the past five years.
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A record amount of carbon dioxide, and more
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College seniors plan to move back with parents, and more
feature Many college senior plan to move back home with their parents after graduation.
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