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GOP borrowing a losing playbook
If Republicans hope to win in 2012, they'd better stop acting like disheveled Democrats. Political professor Ross K. Baker weighs in.
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The count -- where you live
Browse through local Census data from your state, county, city or town. Interactive maps and charts sort all the numbers for you.
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Michelle Obama dropped in on lunch and circle time at a Washington child care center on Wednesday and used the occasion to announce a new...
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FDA: Some chicken may have small amount of arsenic
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The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain arsenic, but the amounts are too small to be harmful.
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Strenuous exercise may protect brain
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A new study shows a lower risk of developing brain damage linked to ischemic strokes, certain kinds of dementia and mobility problems.
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Seniors' medical pot collective stirs up trouble
Joe Schwartz is a 90-year-old great-grandfather of three who enjoys a few puffs of pot each night before he crawls into bed in the Southern...
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Should religious art require a fig leaf?
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Some believers say you don't need a full frontal nude image of Adam and Eve to get the message.
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Competing conferences show division among U.S. Catholics
Two competing visions of the Catholic Church's future will play out in metro Detroit this weekend with separate conferences.
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A small Maryland Episcopal parish will be the first in the USA to join the Catholic Church under a new streamlined process created by Pope...
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EPA's tests of air outside schools find problems
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As government regulators complete air quality tests outside schools across the nation, the EPA administrator remains concerned and says...
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Thank-you notes aid higher ed scholarships
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Colleges and universities often push recipients of endowed scholarships to thank benefactors, but Barton College makes it mandatory.
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Audit: Mars mission faces hurdles before launch
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The mobile Mars Science Laboratory is intended to be the most sophisticated rover sent to the Martian surface.
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2 new elements added to periodic table
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Remember the periodic table from high school chemistry? It just got a little bigger.
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NASA releases unique shots of shuttle, space station
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NASA has released historic photos of a space shuttle linked to the space station taken from a departing spaceship.
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Blackbeard's anchor recovered off N.C. coast
An anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship sees daylight for the first time in nearly 300 years.
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Man with dead weasel accused of assault
Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state.
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Doomsday predictions no laughing matter for some
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Since 6:01 p.m. Saturday, when the world did not end, Harold Camping's thousands of followers have met a tide of derision.
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