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Woods' restaurant has drawn celebrities, politicians, tourists and locals for more than 50 years

(CNN) -- Legendary restaurateur Sylvia Woods, known internationally as the Queen of Soul Food, passed away on Thursday, according to a statement issued by her family. She was 86.


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Al-Awlaki doesn't discuss terrorist plots or violence in any of his responses

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One part of the prosecution's case against Maj. Nidal Hasan, the accused Fort Hood, Texas, shooter, is a series of e-mails between the Army psychiatrist and the now dead radical Muslim cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki.


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Bain Capital LLC plans to outsource production to China

Workers at an Illinois factory, owned by Bain Capital LLC, are pleading with Mitt Romney to intervene and save their jobs.


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Engineering expert demonstrated how store-bought GPS could be used to control drones

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It wouldn't take much effort to hijack a drone over U.S. airspace and use it to commit a crime or act of terrorism, an aerospace engineering expert told a House subcommittee Wednesday.


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ICTC plays key role in bringing moms together for focus groups

Most Oregon moms breastfeed their babies. But African American parents stop breastfeeding sooner than others and fewer choose to start breastfeeding at all. Now a community health partnership is working to understand why.


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Accused murderer said shooting was 'God's plan'

(CNN) -- George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer at the center of a national firestorm over racial profiling, crime and gun rights, gave his first television interview Wednesday, saying he had to act after Trayvon Martin said "you are going to die tonight" and reached for Zimmerman's gun holster.


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Company President says he supports the 'traditional family unit' and 'Christian values'

(CNN) -- The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret. The fact that its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been testament to that.


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Former Republican presidential candidate says Romney should be forthcoming with tax returns

(CNN) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday reaffirmed his position that candidates should be forthcoming with their tax documentation, finding himself again at odds with Mitt Romney, his party's presumptive presidential nominee.


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Coalition says 'show me your papers' provision is unconstitutional

(CNN) -- A coalition of civil rights organizations has filed a motion in federal court seeking to block an Arizona law that requires officers to make immigration checks while enforcing other laws if "reasonable suspicion" of illegal immigration exists.


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Assassination of cleric who was never charged, his son and other victim sparks controversy

(CNN) -- Two civil rights groups are suing the CIA director, the defense secretary and two military commanders over two covert U.S. strikes that killed three Americans in Yemen last year.


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