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Many people were not expecting Bob Costas to make a plea for gun control

(CNN) -- There are a few things you can usually expect out of an NFL halftime show. A debate about gun control isn't one of them.


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Republican lawmakers appeared stunned Thursday when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled details in the president's proposal

(CNN) -- Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah on Saturday railed against White House proposals put forward earlier this week in the ongoing fiscal cliff debate.


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The driver of the tour bus takes the wrong route and slams into an overpass, authorities say

MIAMI (CNN) -- A bus slammed Saturday into an overpass at Miami's airport, killing two passengers, authorities said.


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There are many similarities in the move to legalize pot and the end to alcohol Prohibition

(CNN) -- Turn on a television show or open a magazine in the United States today and you're bound to see someone with a drink in hand -- something unthinkable nearly a century ago. 

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The Hill family of Dearborn, Mo,, has won half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot

(CNN) -- "I think we're going to have a pretty good Christmas," Cindy Hill joked Friday, just minutes after a Missouri lottery official announced that Hill and her family had won half of the record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot.


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So far, 30 students have joined, the founder tells the campus newspaper

The august flagship of the Ivy League, Harvard University, approved Friday a student group devoted to kinky sex called Harvard College Munch, a university spokesman said.


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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced an anti-crime initiative two years ago

CHICAGO (CNN) -- On a chilly afternoon this fall, teenagers across Chicago's South Side were busy at work, earning $8.75 an hour to hand out fliers with a message of non-violence. 


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'I'm something that's not supposed to exist: An Hispanic Republican'

Washington (CNN) -- Ted Cruz, the Republican senator-elect from Texas who's replacing retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, knows he doesn't quite fit certain molds found in Washington.


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'Were I to run for the Senate, it would be a terribly nasty campaign'

(CNN) -- Conservative activist and CNN contributor Erick Erickson wrote Friday a primary challenge against Sen. Saxby Chambliss won't be in the offing after all, pointing to the ramifications an intra-party fight would have on his family.


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The defense has said it plans to have Manning plead guilty to lesser charges

FORT MEADE, Maryland (CNN) -- Army private Bradley Manning, charged in the largest leak of classified material in American history, spoke at length on Thursday about his treatment in military custody, saying he grew distressed and considered suicide.


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