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The 25 best country songs of all time (+video)
Check out Country Music Television's rankings of the best country music songs ever released.
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Obama vs. Romney 101: 6 ways they differ on health-care reform
Former Gov. Mitt Romney has taken a libertarian turn since championing health-care reforms in Massachusetts, including an individual mandate to purchase insurance, which became the model for President Obama's signature law. Here’s a list of areas where the candidates differ.
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Battle for women's votes: 6 flash points
The uproar over the Obama campaign’s 'Life of Julia' Web infographic – which made #Julia big on Twitter – highlights just how fiercely both parties are fighting for the women’s vote. The economy is by far the most important issue in November for both sexes. But there are other areas with special significance to women. Here are the main flash points.
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Bullish on jobs? These 10 cities are.
Our list of the 10 metro areas that saw the most job growth in 2011 might surprise you.
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What Wisconsin says about labor unions' clout in America
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GOP debate preview: Will anyone emerge as an alternative to Mitt Romney?
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney makes his first appearance in a GOP debate Monday night with his lead in the polls not beyond reach. How the rest of the field may jockey for position.
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Mitt Romney pulling away from crowded GOP field, poll shows
Candidate Mitt Romney has the support of 24 percent of Republicans or GOP-leaning independents in his presidential bid, latest Gallup poll shows. That's a seven-point jump from a few weeks ago.
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Nissan Leaf: Cute ad, but will it backfire?
Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are neck-and-neck in sales. A new Nissan Leaf ad portrays Volt as an ordinary gas-powered hybrid, but the all-electric car has its own vulnerability.
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GOP candidates in the Tea Party crosshairs
The Tea Party movement is taking aim at Republican incumbents, including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Olympia Snow of Maine, and Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts. Will it succeed in unseating them?
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Opinion: Oprah Winfrey: The greatest existential philosopher ever?
Oprah Winfrey shares with the great existentialists an indomitable pursuit of two fundamental questions: Who are we? What can we become? And she has shed light on the possibility for a far more hopeful, productive answer to these questions than our traditional existential heroes.
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What Oprah has done for books
Her impact on the book world was called the "Oprah Effect" for good reason – everything she touched became publishing gold.
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Was Newt Gingrich right about GOP's Medicare plan?
After Newt Gingrich called Paul Ryan's Medicare plan 'radical,' he accepted party demands to recant his statements. But polls show that most Americans do not want changes to Medicare.
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Four journalists held in Libya released Wednesday; fifth held in Iran also freed
A total of five Western journalists regained their freedom on Wednesday. Four that were held by the Libyan government, including Americans James Foley and Clare Gillis, made their way to a Tripoli hotel.
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Facebook caught starting smear campaign about Google
Facebook was caught red handed using a PR firm to try to spread negative news stories about Google through the mainstream press.
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Mitt Romney's health-care challenge: Did he pass his own test?
In a much anticipated speech, Mitt Romney tackles head-on the central challenge to his undeclared candidacy. Can he defend his record as governor while attacking Obama on health care?
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Cicadas re-emerge after 13-year absence
Cicadas are beginning to swarm in the South for the first time in 13 years.
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McDonald's makeover: Is fast food slowing down?
McDonald's makeover involves sweeping changes from arches to lighting. Aim of the McDonald's makeover is to get customers to linger after finishing their fries.
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Are Donald Trump and his fellow 'birthers' racist?
Donald Trump faces a backlash from those who see the “birther” movement as a new form of racism, which a new study seems to confirm. Trump has problems with conservatives too.
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PlayStation Network outage: An end in sight?
PlayStation Network outage continues, but Sony is playing down the extent of the PSN security breach.
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Trade songs, photos, and cash through an iPhone 'bump'
With iPhone 'bump' technology, ING allows customers to exchange funds between authorized accounts.
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In the end, did huge Gulf oil spill underwhelm oil-hungry Americans?
Predictions of 'Obama's Katrina,' millions of fish belly up on beaches, and an end to deep-water drilling all came to naught. High gasoline prices now seem more pressing to Americans than the Deepwater Horizon disaster that led to Gulf oil spill.
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150 years later, Civil War still a delicate subject for schools
The American Civil War is a touchy subject for educators, who must help children understand issues that continue to divide Americans 150 years after the war's outset.
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Stocks end mixed. Best first quarter since 1998.
Stocks closed out the quarter with the Dow gaining 742 points, its biggest first-quarter point gain in more than a decade and its biggest percentage gain since 1994.
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Triangle Shirtwaist fire: 100 years later, how are unions perceived?
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire 100 years ago today gave impetus to the US labor movement, which gathered broad public support. But today, unions aren't seen as positively.
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What Wisconsin says about labor unions' clout in America
The clash that led Wisconsin to limit the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector unions was fed by a mix of a tea-party-backed Republican resurgence, the fiscal crisis facing state governments, and the unions’ fight to preserve power. Here are seven questions the Wisconsin union protest raised about the role of unions in the US.
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Buy Japanese stocks, then put them away
Japanese stocks have been going down for 21 years. They should do well whether or not the economy bounces back.
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Nuclear power in US: public support plummets in wake of Fukushima crisis
Several polls show that Americans are once again wary of nuclear power. Before the Fukushima disaster, support for nuclear power had hit record highs in the US.
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Light bulbs in spotlight as senators lambaste US efficiency standards
A Senate hearing on Thursday produced fireworks over light bulbs, as conservatives urged repeal of US energy-efficiency standards they see as anticonsumer and paternalistic.
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NPR executive calls tea party 'seriously racist,' most Americans 'uneducated'
A hidden-camera sting orchestrated by James O'Keefe, who took down ACORN, targeted NPR executive Ron Schiller. It shows him calling the tea party racist and the GOP anti-intellectual. Schiller also suggested that NPR doesn't need federal funding.
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Nintendo 3DS to get Netflix support
Nintendo 3DS users will be able to download movies and television programs from the Nintendo library, Nintendo announced this week.
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