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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he issued the penalties based on `` the critical importance of protecting the integrity of the game . ''
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crop
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A year with a dry winter can devastate crop output and put an onerous dent in a farmer 's wallet .
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teens
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The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and LOLs from many teens but an influential pediatricians group says parents need to know that unrestricted media use can have serious consequences .
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descend
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SAN FRANCISCO -- When a million people descend on San Francisco in early February for the Super Bowl , they can see a performance by Alicia Keys , a fireworks display and art by local artists .
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flesh
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Mark Twain saw one and described it as having a `` bald , red , queer-shaped head , featherless red places here and there on his body , intense great black eyes set in featherless rims of inflamed flesh . ''
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Yet
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Yet elsewhere in the world , one pencil is a rare and treasured thing .
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clues
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She is one of many experts who have combed the terrain for clues on the origin of these potentially dangerous holes , which are about a foot in diameter and seem to survive for less than a day before filling in naturally with sand .
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vessel
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The chance encounter of a Norwegian research vessel with the largest waves ever recorded amid floating packs of Arctic ice shows how such rollers could reroute shipping , damage oil platforms and threaten coastal communities with erosion .
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honest
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Juan Carlos once said that he wanted to be remembered as an `` honest king who did his duty . ''
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mini-excavator
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Amid the clatter of jackhammers and the whine of a mini-excavator , paleontologist Kim Scott scouted the tarry muck for relics from a long-buried beach .
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waters
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Every year Aleksey Marchenko of The University Center in Svalbard , a Norwegian archipelago north of Scandinavia , leads students across the chilly waters of the Barents Sea to study the seasonal ice pack .
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changing
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He defended his record -- and implicitly urged the public to elect another Democratic president to build on it -- but acknowledged the persistent anxieties of Americans who feel shut out of a changing economy or at risk from an evolving terror threat .
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dozens
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Using the WiFi on his camera , he uploaded dozens of his raw photos to Instagram and Twitter , sharing them with his several thousand followers in real time .
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repeatedly
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Nora Prentice , who lives on Manhattan 's Upper West Side , has repeatedly complained to the city about a colony of about 200 rats in a neighborhood park .
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Philae
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Philae separated from the Rosetta orbiter at 3:35 a.m. EST Wednesday , after a decade of being attached to the spacecraft .
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awnings
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Imagine for a moment that all of the nation 's fast-food establishments -- all the striped awnings and golden arches , the drive-thru windows , the beckoning dollar deals and wafting odor of french fries -- were to vanish overnight .
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empowering
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But when Brumfield , the director of a project empowering young girls , passed around a photograph of Lupita Nyong ` o , the dark-brown-skinned actress who sports an extra-short natural , the girls were silent for a moment .
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vengeful
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In Greco-Roman mythology Jupiter is the king of the gods , a deity who destroyed an older race of titans to become the jealous and vengeful lord of heaven and Earth .
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dwells
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The organism responsible , Naegleria fowleri , dwells in warm freshwater lakes and rivers and usually targets children and young adults .
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relies
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Dry farming relies solely on rainwater to keep crops growing throughout a dry season .
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Turns out he did n't need healthy shoulders or knees for a college athletic scholarship .
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advantageous
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The second , advantageous inequity , happens when one receives more than a peer .
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technological
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It 's the latest salvo in a technological arms race among animation houses .
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memoir
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She has authored a best-selling memoir , was featured this year on the cover of Time magazine 's `` 100 Most Influential People , '' and has starred in a viral Under Armour ad , twirling amid the reading of a rejection letter declaring she has `` the wrong body for ballet . ''
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convictions
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ROCK HILL , S.C. -- The convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height of the civil rights movement were tossed out Wednesday during an emotional hearing before a packed courtroom .
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gigantic
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With a new army of workers , the latest in steam-powered machinery and an intense focus on keeping workers healthy , the Americans battled through the muddy ground , digging deep and constructing gigantic concrete locks to raise and lower ships as they went through the canal .
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myriad
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But lose a leg , as Zac Vawter did after a motorcycle accident in 2009 , and you will appreciate the myriad calculations that go into putting one foot in front of the other .
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harrowing
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ARLINGTON , Va. -- Teacher Michael Coughlin sometimes learns about his students ' harrowing trips across the border alone and what they left behind from the essays they write .
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injuries
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Pedestrian injuries due to cellphone use are up 35 percent since 2010 , according to federal emergency room data reviewed by Stateline , and some researchers blame at least 10 percent of the 78,000 pedestrian injuries in the United States in 2012 on mobile device distraction .
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A report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how the team fit Vawter with a prosthetic leg that has learned -- with the help of a computer and some electrodes -- to read his intentions from a bundle of nerves that end above his missing knee .
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nuances
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It means being able to read the different tastes of buyers from Hong Kong versus those from mainland China , and to explain the nuances of Irvine versus Tustin to people who have never set foot in the United States .
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theater
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The recall was the first in the 100 years since Colorado adopted the constitutional provision and grew out of sweeping measures passed last winter after mass shootings at a school in Newtown , Connecticut , and at a movie theater in Aurora , outside Denver .
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back
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White immigrants to America , 80 percent back in 1965 , will hover somewhere between 18 and 20 percent with black immigrants in the 8 percent to 9 percent range , the study said .
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Parents
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Parents , perhaps mindful of their daughters ' futures , are helping to make STEM dolls a `` burgeoning category , '' said Jackie Breyer , editor-in-chief for gift guide Toy Insider .
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eased
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Now that the exodus has eased , how are the children doing ?
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discredit
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Russian officials have sought to discredit the report by a commission from the World Anti-Doping Agency , saying it failed to prove its main points and suggested the existence of an anti-Russian conspiracy .
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acknowledged
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Sterling acknowledged he was the man on the tape , Silver said .
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pizzas
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Because if you shut off the supply of 24-ounce fountain drinks , bacon cheeseburgers , fried chicken and stuffed tacos , the children who frequently eat at fast-food restaurants will go home and do what they generally do when not eating at a fast-food restaurant : They 'll snarf cookies and chips , chug sugar-sweetened...
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Styrofoam
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Although NOAA scientists had been doing active research on the collection , the thousands of flammable Styrofoam boxes -- piled 20 feet high and filled with ethanol for preservation -- were a huge fire hazard .
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expert
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`` We 're seeing it in states where we had n't seen cases before , '' says Jennifer Cope , an epidemiologist and expert in amoeba infections at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
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Guardian
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CHICAGO -- The NFL 's concussion lawsuit was settled Thursday , but to get an idea of the confusion that still envelops the subject of football safety , consider the Guardian .
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mesquite-speckled
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These are the sort of hard decisions that hundreds of residents who live in the harsh , mesquite-speckled borderlands have had to make on a regular basis .
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Restaurants
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Restaurants and theme parks say they are responding to consumers who are increasingly tech-savvy and hungry for convenience .
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Maybe
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Maybe somebody put one of Mo Willems ' popular children 's stories in there .
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collective
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A sold-out crowd from around the nation is screaming for the elite e-athletes and thumping inflated cheer sticks in a collective thunder .
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extensive
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BEIRUT , Lebanon -- U.S.-led airstrikes across a broad swath of northern Syria appear to have caused extensive damage to militant positions on the ground and left an unknown number of casualties , according to initial reports emerging Tuesday .
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blanketing
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Raspberries -- the kind once blanketing North American forests -- cover a small patch of the farm .
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role
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Bailey and his daughter were among dozens of father-daughter couples gathered on Chicago 's South Side recently at a party designed to spotlight the role of black fathers in their daughter 's lives .
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begin
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CHICAGO -- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took the oath of office to begin his second term Monday and took the unusual step of focusing his inaugural address on a single issue : The lack of opportunity facing the city 's disadvantaged youths .
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e-athletes
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A sold-out crowd from around the nation is screaming for the elite e-athletes and thumping inflated cheer sticks in a collective thunder .
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chirping
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WASHINGTON -- Jackie Nussbaum knew her son liked playing DragonVale on the family iPad -- a colorful game with soothing music and chirping birds where kids raise adorable baby dragons .
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longer
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Emerging from a private meeting with President Xi Jinping that went considerably longer than scheduled , Biden appeared somber and subdued .
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discover
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As more people realize they can grow a significant amount of vegetables on a small parcel of land , they discover that `` they have the ability to take back their food system . ''
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protest
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In late April , the then-26-year-old shot his Fuji X-T1 over and over again as demonstrators took to the streets to protest the death of Freddie Gray , who suffered a fatal injury in police custody .
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coastal
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The high seas -- the vast roiling ocean that reaches beyond a coastal state 's 320-kilometer exclusive economic zone , or EEZ -- is Earth 's largest biosphere .
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cerebral
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There is a scientific belief that the cerebral cortex is the part of the brain that `` makes us human , '' and that the two hemispheres of the cortex differentiate the creative thinkers from the logical thinkers -LRB- the `` right-brained '' from the `` left-brained '' -RRB- .
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actual
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Ag-minded students are in luck : Tens of thousands of jobs open up each year in the broader agriculture field , and roughly half are filled by college grads with actual ag-related degrees , observers say .
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storm-tossed
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Months ago , many warned him not to invest in a place where fair-weather tourists flee in the fall and the big lake 's waters turn cold and storm-tossed , forcing the 100 or so hardy full-time residents of Cornucopia to hibernate for the winter .
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`` There has been an increased commercialization of the teeth , and that 's a little troubling , '' said study coauthor Scott Baker , associate director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University .
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Mountain
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The firefighters belonged to the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew , an elite unit sponsored by a fire department in nearby Prescott , where residents were grieving through social media after word of the deaths arrived Sunday night .
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rather
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claims debt relief is the key issue that held up a deal with creditors last week and says he 'd rather cut off his arm than sign anything that does n't tackle the country 's borrowings .
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unhealthful
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Would the number of our kids who carry an unhealthful amount of extra weight plummet ?
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veterans
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Along with thousands of other former members of the military , they 're part of an effort to bolster America 's teaching corps with worldly veterans whose leadership skills and life experiences could be valuable in the classroom .
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trust
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Instead , he spoke of a `` new model of major country cooperation , '' saying U.S.-China relations must hinge on trust and a positive notion of each other 's motives .
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establishments
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Imagine for a moment that all of the nation 's fast-food establishments -- all the striped awnings and golden arches , the drive-thru windows , the beckoning dollar deals and wafting odor of french fries -- were to vanish overnight .
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nutritionists
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The nutritionists are worried about three regulations .
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celebrities
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Some philatelists say the committee that helps the postmaster general pick new stamps is favoring pop celebrities and fictional characters over cultural sites and historical figures , undermining a long tradition .
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Depot
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Home Depot is one of a number of companies that have stepped up their efforts to recruit U.S. military veterans , helping ex-service members such as Miranda who have struggled to find work and to adjust to life back home .
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legislative
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Vermont approved such labeling through the legislative process , but the issue is still being fought in the courts .
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homework
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Under the new policy , those two hours include using the Internet for entertainment , including Facebook , Twitter , TV and movies ; online homework is an exception .
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concussion
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CHICAGO -- The NFL 's concussion lawsuit was settled Thursday , but to get an idea of the confusion that still envelops the subject of football safety , consider the Guardian .
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lab
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`` We can re-create the Martians in a P-4 spacesuit lab , if necessary , '' the 67-year-old says matter-of-factly as he relaxes with his poodle , Darwin , in a luxury camper .
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stars
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A Lego vet clinic with a mini-doll named Mia has five stars on Amazon .
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whale
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In the spring of 2010 , a lone gray whale was spotted off the Mediterranean coast of Israel , an event that sparked international interest for an important reason : It was the first North Atlantic sighting of a gray whale , a species nowadays restricted to the Pacific Ocean , in about 200 years .
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doom
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Less ice means more open water to generate large waves -- creating a feedback loop that could doom the ice cap .
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investigates
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`` Boeing is preparing to provide technical assistance to the National Transportation Safety Board as it investigates the accident , '' the statement said .
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promises
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`` We know China will deliver on its promises . ''
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nice
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The murmurs from onlookers -- `` nice '' and `` wow '' -- swell after each dazzling play .
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towns
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Like towns across southern Mexico and Central America , migration has changed the face of Oxkutzcab -LRB- pronounced OHSH-kootz-CAHB -RRB- , which lies a three-hour drive south of Merida , Yucatan 's state capital .
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grouped
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The authors of the latest research combed through a national database of Americans ' health and nutrition behaviors and grouped 4,466 American kids -- from ages 2 to 18 -- according to what they ate when they were not eating food purchased at a fast-food restaurant .
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`` Dropped another prospect this AM due to his social media presence ... Actually glad I got to see the ` real ' person before we offered him , '' Hand tweeted .
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pounds
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San Francisco 's Fisherman 's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul in millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals .
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tangible
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The lack of any tangible clue to its fate was eerie , unsettling , bizarre -- a real-world echo of the TV show `` Lost '' and the wayward-jetliner mystery at the heart of its story .
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D-Day
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On Friday , a sun-splattered Normandy celebrated peace , with silent salutes , tears and international friendship marking 70 years since the D-Day invasion helped change the course of World War II and modern history .
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whiz
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Shots whiz by like cars on a freeway .
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surgery
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The governor , who throughout his career has joked about his weight on television , in social media and before countless audiences , said it was his plan all along never to acknowledge publicly that he had undergone gastric band surgery , more commonly known as lap band surgery .
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Beginning in September , hump day is no longer an official day off , a traditional oasis in the middle of the week for primary school students to rest from the rigors of academic pursuit .
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proactively
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We should change this closed nature and consider accepting refugees from conflict zones proactively , '' the paper said .
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otolith
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The otolith collection , dating to the 1960s , had been sitting in an old Sand Point hangar belonging to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -LRB- NOAA -RRB- .
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communal
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For Bashir Khalil , a 39-year-old Shiite , and his wife Nidal , a Sunni , Ramadan has been robbed of its rhythm of communal solidarity .
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trespassing
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Fifty-four years ago , the eight college students and one civil rights organizer were convicted of trespassing and protesting at McCrory variety store in Rock Hill .
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protesters
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Marching alongside the protesters , Allen snapped portrait after portrait that offered a view from the front lines in the days after Gray 's death .
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ice
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They 're arguing that as sea ice continues to melt in the Arctic , passageways are opening for certain animals - heretofore restricted by the ice - to start moving through , enabling them to cross into new territories .
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prefer
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Consumers prefer predatory fish like grouper , tuna , swordfish and sharks to species lower on the food chain such as anchovies and sardines , providing strong incentives for fishermen to catch the bigger fish .
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starts
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Music starts , and a dozen straight faces flip to wide smiles , matching the energy in the moves on their faces .
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tower
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Just down the road from the world 's tallest tower , in the shadow of monster sand dunes , marine biologists from around the world clamored onboard a boat for a visit to some of the Persian Gulf 's coral reefs .
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law
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Still , she did n't want to break the law .
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adding
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`` It 's hard out here , '' he says of Cutler-Orosi , adding that many people work as farm laborers and there are lots of gangs .
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free-standing
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The children like to take an extra minute near the stop to peek inside the free-standing blue and white box full of books , some of them grabbing a book to go .
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liking
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Government-paid sharpshooters and trappers for years have killed dozens of the wolves who 've taken a liking to Koski 's cattle .
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