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Chinese twins’ miraculous reunion
Newsweek: Adopted by U.S. families thousands of miles apart, twins felt something missing.
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Was ‘crashers’ breach Secret Service’s fault?
Video: Lawmakers discuss the fallout over the Salahis' actions.
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Strapped cities cut Christmas from budget
In some cities and towns across America, tight budgets have become a cruel Grinch, forcing drastic cutbacks in the municipal holiday displays and celebrations.
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Report: Va. Tech alert was delayed
Virginia Tech officials locked down administrative buildings and told their own families more than 90 minutes before alerting the rest of the campus to mass shooting, The New York Times reports.
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Nepal holds Cabinet meeting at Everest
Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers.
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Records of man claiming to be spy unsealed
A judge lifts a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI.
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Last U.S. WWI vet wants memorial
The only living American-born veteran of World War I, now 108, comes to Capitol Hill to lend his support for legislation, named in his honor, to dedicate a World War I memorial on the National Mall.
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Surgeon general wants more minority docs
The new U.S. surgeon general on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts to increase the number of minority physicians.
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Nuns offer $193 million for child abuse cases
A major Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, offer to pay child abuse victims, the government and charities a further $193.5 million to compensate for abuse.
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‘Three Cups of Tea’ advice for Obama
Greg Mortenson, whose founding of a charity in Afghanistan became the subject of a best-seller, has advice for the U.S.: Listen to the locals, or risk shooting yourselves in the boots.
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N.Y. prof wrongly ID’d as suspect files suit
An Ivy League professor who shares a name with a man accused of killing a Wesleyan University student sues the school, saying it circulated his photo instead of the suspect's.
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