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New initiative includes Web video of the president and a faith platform

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is continuing its push for people of faith to cast a November ballot in their favor.


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High salt diet can raise blood pressure and increase the risk for heart disease and stroke

(CNN) -- Children are eating as much salt as adults, according to a new report, and experts are concerned.


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Claims China has illegally subsidized automotive exports and undercut American suppliers

HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- The Obama administration filed a complaint Monday with the World Trade Organization, alleging that China has illegally subsidized automotive exports and undercut American suppliers.


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Move comes after Teachers Union decided not to end walkout, despite tentative contract deal

CHICAGO (CNN) -- Chicago school officials asked a Cook County judge on Monday to issue a court order to end the teacher strike now in its sixth school day.


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Politician has gained notoriety for supporting marijuana legalization and same-sex marriage

(CNN) -- Gary Johnson says there are three keys to his campaign being successful: he needs you to know who he is, he needs to be on the ballot in as many states as possible and he needs other libertarians to support him.


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Banks' poor performance cost 800,000 homeowners their mortgage modifications, study says

As a result of banks' disorganization and understaffing — particularly at the peak of the crisis in 2009 and 2010 — homeowners were often forced to run a gauntlet of confusion, delays, and errors when seeking a mortgage modification.


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Case could upend affirmative action policies nationwide

On October 10 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could upend affirmative action policies nationwide.


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Overwhelming majority of disciplined students are Black and Latino

Every year some 400,000 students in California are suspended, while another 18,000 are expelled. The overwhelming majority, in both cases, are black and Latino students, most of who experience long-term repercussions in their academic performance.


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Some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia

At a time when U.S. Muslims and mosques are increasingly under attack, some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia.


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Welcome to the time bank, where the unit of currency is not a dollar but an hour

SAN FRANCISCO – Delores McGee, 65, may not get hard cold cash in her hand for taking the elderly – most of them total strangers -- to a doctor's appointment in her car and then going back a few hours later to take them back home, but she earns enough "credits" she can bank and cash in for a free massage some day.


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