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Our love affair with blue jeans

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:55am
Jim Heston, an American guesthouse operator in Cambodia, has lived a life in denim and has the photos to prove it. There were the dungarees he wore as a little boy, the dark bell-bottoms he had on for a hike up Japan's Mount Fuji, and the Levis straight-leg 501 jeans he's stayed with for the past 36 years.
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FBI mourns agents killed in training

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 9:39am
The FBI is mourning the deaths of two special agents killed Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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9 hospitalized after Conn. train collision

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 9:31am
Nine people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday.
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What of Obama's promise?

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 9:27am
Julian Zelizer says that Obama, like many before him, chose to work within the system to get things done rather than lead transformative change.
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Use money to buy happier time

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 9:27am
Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton write that people pass up opportunities to spend their money to avoid disagreeable tasks
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Who's holding winning ticket?

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 9:10am
CNN's John Zarrella reports on where the winning powerball ticket was purchased in Florida.
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Watch Monday's Show!

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 6:47pm
North Korea test fires missiles, a meteoroid makes an explosive impact on the moon, and a reality TV show asks Palestinians to pick their next "president."
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Mystery anteater birth, no mate required

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:07pm
How does a giant anteater get pregnant and give birth without her mate?
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Hero cop charged with rape

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:05pm
A former "top cop," who had the honor of sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama during a televised presidential speech four years ago, is facing rape allegations.
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Bright explosion on moon visible from Earth

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 11:04am
A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it only lasted about a second.
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Student killed by police

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 9:00am
A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman says.
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'Fractured rail' focus of derailment probe

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:27pm
Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital.
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'Please don't let me go,' Ohio kidnap victim told cops

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:26pm
When officers arrived at Ariel Castro's home in Cleveland, a crowd had formed on the porch.
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Flesh-eating bug victim gets bionic hands

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:24pm
Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair.
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Oxbow wins Preakness Stakes

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:21pm
Bikini contest and an exuberant infield party aside, the buzz before Saturday's Preakness Stakes was heavily favored Orb's bid for the Triple Crown.
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Car plows into parade-goers in Virginia

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:20pm
As many as 50 people were injured Saturday afternoon after a car plowed into parade-goers in Damascus, Virginia, a police dispatcher told CNN.
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New York slaying considered hate crime

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 8:44pm
Police are investigating the slaying of a 32-year-old man in the Greenwich Village neighborhood early Saturday as a hate crime because the gunman made multiple anti-gay comments, they said.
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Planes lands without landing gear at Newark

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 8:39pm
A U.S. Airways plane touched down without landing gear at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey early Saturday morning.
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Gitmo costs $900K/prisoner

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:01pm
Running the prison camp costs the Pentagon more than $150 million a year -- just over $900,000 for each of the 166 detainees at the facility, located on a Navy base on the eastern end of Cuba. By comparison, costs for a typical federal prison inmate run about $25,000 a year; at the "supermax" prison in Colorado that holds domestic terrorists Eric Rudolph and Ted Kaczynski, it's about $60,000.
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Ark. abortion law blocked for now

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 3:46pm
A federal judge on Friday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking an Arkansas law that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a court official told CNN on Friday.
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