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Reputation expert says as soon as an athlete harms a brand the link is cut

Pistorius, known as the 'blade runner,' is the man Nike called a bullet and who is now charged with shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, to death.


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'The NRA doesn't speak for me, and they don't speak for the vast majority of Americans so stop taking their money'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- MoveOn.org is moving into the TV fight over curbing gun violence.


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Some passengers kissed the ground after getting off the stricken, smelly ship

Passengers fleeing the crippled cruise liner Carnival Triumph aboard a charter bus to New Orleans found themselves stuck -- again -- when the bus taking them from Mobile, Alabama, broke down Friday morning on the side of the highway.


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Arianna Williams says hearing Dorner was a murder suspect was 'sort of expected'

(CNN) -- An ex-girlfriend of slain murder suspect Christopher Dorner said the former L.A. policeman worked in a pressure cooker and she was afraid he would target her after she heard he was the object of a manhunt.


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Hagel faces an uncertain outcome during the Senate's critical vote on Friday

(CNN) -- In a sign the White House is scrambling to keep President Obama's defense secretary nominee afloat in the confirmation process, Vice President Joe Biden is making calls to Republican senators about former Sen. Chuck Hagel, according to a senior Democratic source.


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Because Democrats have supermajority, the measure is expected to be approved

(CNN) -- The Illinois Senate will vote Thursday -- Valentine's Day -- on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.


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San Bernardino County sheriff on Dorner: 'This investigation is over'

Although the description and behavior of the man who was killed are consistent with Dorner, officials "cannot absolutely, positively confirm it was him," McMahon said.


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There are not many developed economies with lower minimum wages than the United States

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Obama's proposal to hike the U.S. minimum wage to $9 an hour would still leave the lowest-paid American workers trailing their counterparts in several other major industrial countries.


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US government and 19 others named in negligence lawsuit

The family of Customs Enforcement agent, Jaime Zapata filed a $75 billion lawsuit alleging that the U.S. government and others were negligent and responsible in his death.


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VIDEO: Four freshmen players accused of stealing credit card and a laptop computer

Just a month after reveling in the glory of a national championship, four members of the University of Alabama football team have been arrested after a pair of campus robberies.
 


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