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A call about a gas odor came in about an hour before the explosion

(CNN) -- Eighteen people were injured early Friday evening when a gas-fueled explosion ripped through a strip club in the western Massachusetts city of Springfield, the city's mayor said. 


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Smoked turkey, cornbread dressing and Russian potatoes for space Thanksgiving

(CNN) -- The current crew of the International Space Station marked Thanksgiving with zero-gravity-friendly packets of smoked turkey, rehydrated cornbread dressing and a Russian side dish high above Earth. 


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He is being investigated by the FBI and the House Ethics Committee

(CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Junior resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health."


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Existing home sales, prices and new construction have all recorded upticks

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The nation's extremely favorable mortgage rates sank even lower this week, setting records for both the 30-year and 15-year fixed rate loans.


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Groups specifically caution against cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education

(CNN) -- Several major labor unions joined together to release an ad campaign this week pushing members of Congress to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans and protect entitlement programs from major cuts as a solution to the looming fiscal cliff, the groups announced Tuesday.


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Death row inmate told relatives he committed the murders while O.J. Simpson waited nearby

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A death row inmate told relatives and a criminal profiler he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman while O.J. Simpson waited nearby, a new documentary claims.


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Murphy has declared victory on previous occasions after results were reported

(CNN) -- Although both Republican Rep. Allen West and Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy picked up votes in a weekend recount, the unofficial numbers did not change each man's standing - with Murphy still ahead - and, regardless, the latest count may not factor into the final totals.


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Dozens formed a 'human chain' to keep heavy machinery from moving at pipeline site

(CNN) -- The fight to block construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through east Texas stepped up Monday as protesters locked themselves to machinery.


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She and her employees deploy hard work, generators and humor to keep things going

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ashley Murray never expected to follow five generations of men into the family business, selling industrial gasses and welding supplies. Then her father passed away and Murray, the youngest of his four children, stepped up. She became the first female president of Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies Inc. in Brooklyn.


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The fiscal cliff is a combination of the spending cuts passed by Congress -- known as sequestration -- and expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts

(CNN) -- With the so-called fiscal cliff looming, legislators continued on Sunday to express optimism that a deal would be reached -- but members of the two parties remained entrenched on one of the major sticking points, tax revenue.


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