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Jobless numbers down by 29,000 last week
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The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply for a fourth straight week, a sign that the job market may be improving.
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Chris Christie talks presidential potential with Barbara Walters
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The Republican governor was asked about his weight problem during an interview with Barbara Walters for her "10 Most Fascinating People" special Wednesday night on ABC.
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CALM Act limits volume of TV commercials
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CALM stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation. The act is designed to prevent TV commercials from blaring at louder volumes than the program content they accompany.
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Jacob Tyler Roberts: Three dead, including gunman in mall shooting
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The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle stolen from someone he knew, authorities said Wednesday.
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University of Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application
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The University of Iowa announced Wednesday that its new application asks students whether they identify with the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer community. The application also offers transgender as a gender option.
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Pfizer Inc. to pay $55M in drug misbranding case
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The Justice Department says Pfizer Inc. will pay to resolve allegations that its subsidiary promoted the drug Protonix for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Stephen Colbert for South Carolina senate?
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South Carolina is ready to bring a little humor to their state’s politics.
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Jenna Bush Hager pregnant, President George W. Bush 'fired up' about it
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Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager announced Wednesday that she's pregnant with her first child, due in the spring.
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NFL HGH testing considered by Congress
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Back in August 2011, the NFL and the players' union signed off on a new labor deal that set the stage for the league to test for human growth hormone, perhaps as soon as a month later.
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World Trade Center spire to be added atop building
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The first section of a spire that will rise atop the World Trade Center's tallest building is set to be lifted into place on Wednesday.
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Manuel Pardo, former police officer, executed in Florida
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A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected.
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One World Trade Center spire arrives in NYC
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The crowning spire of the World Trade Center's tallest building arrived in New York on Tuesday - in giant steel pieces on a barge that floated in past the Statue of Liberty.
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Mice infesting BWI Airport
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Passengers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport say they have been waiting for flights with mice recently.
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Former President George H.W. Bush still hospitalized
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A spokesman at Methodist Hospital in Houston said Tuesday that Bush's status hasn't changed and he remains in stable condition.
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Top chefs petition for gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven
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Chefs including Manuel Trevino of TV's "Top Chef" and Michael Lomonaco of Porterhouse New York are featured in a YouTube video posted Tuesday applauding McKenna Pope's online petition to make the toy gender-neutral.
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Food poisoning to get easier to diagnose
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It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation's ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.
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Asian schoolchildren besting European, American kids: Study
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Asian schoolchildren dominate in reading, math and science, coming in ahead of their peers in Europe and the U.S., according to an international study released Tuesday.
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Beyonce, Pepsi strike collaboration deal
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Beyonce is back in business with Pepsi.
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