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LOS ANGELES -- When Alisha Chen first got into real estate 10 years ago , she did n't really plan on becoming a gatekeeper for a global housing market .
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Educators are seeing more and more students suffering from depression , anxiety and social phobia .
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`` It shows clearly that Egyptians in prehistoric times were playing around quite sophisticatedly with embalming agents . ''
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In its most basic terms , the ballot measures pit coalitions of foodies , organic farmers and nutrition activists against many of the nation 's leading manufacturers including the biotechnology company Monsanto , Kraft Foods and Coca-Cola .
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Rather , they know they briefly existed because they are able to measure their decay products .
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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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For golfers , it 's an uncontrollable spasm that occurs in the hands right before impact , says Dr. Debbie Crews , a sports psychology consultant for the Arizona State University women 's golf team and a faculty research assistant in the professional golf management program .
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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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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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`` The health care industry is not technically prepared to combat against cyber criminals ' basic cyber-intrusion tactics , '' an April report from the cyber division of the FBI says .
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A third of her 60 students are on the autism spectrum .
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In the midst of the stirring `` Glory , '' the musical centerpiece of the Oscar-nominated movie `` Selma , '' Chicago rapper Common delivers a terse summation of how words , melody and a protest merged during the civil-rights movement .
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Those fissures drove out former Speaker John A. Boehner , who bid a tearful farewell Thursday , and prompted Ryan to pledge to return some of the power amassed in recent decades by House leadership to the rank-and-file .
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`` The goal is to create an evocative space , with a few iconic pieces , almost like religious relics . ''
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The chain of home-improvement stores employs 35,000 veterans , around 10 percent of its workforce , and has committed to hire about 55,000 vets over the next five years .
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Most of us have experienced writer 's block at some point , sitting down to write , paint or compose only to find we ca n't get the creative juices flowing .
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Women 's basketball is gaining in popularity in a kingdom rife with public restrictions on female movement and activity .
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The software , called Hyperion , simulates the physics of light , which can make animated films more lifelike or give them an otherworldly look .
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For golfers , it 's an uncontrollable spasm that occurs in the hands right before impact , says Dr. Debbie Crews , a sports psychology consultant for the Arizona State University women 's golf team and a faculty research assistant in the professional golf management program .
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OROSI , Calif. -- Emilio Isazaga says he hopes education will get himself and his family `` out of the struggle . ''
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A closure along the entire West Coast would be a blow to the industry , which harvested nearly $ 170 million worth of Dungeness crab in 2014 .
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As the gap between the world 's top 1 percent and the rest has increased to historic highs in recent years , fairness in material payoffs or inequality has become one of the most important issues of our time .
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is ordering up new rules for giving local police agencies access to surplus U.S. military equipment such as the armored vehicles , assault rifles and body armor that police in Ferguson , Missouri , used during protests this summer .
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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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Last week , 9-year-old Hally Yust died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection while swimming near her family 's home in Kansas .
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It should be no surprise then that young children play `` police and Taliban , '' chasing each other around with toy guns and weaponry designed to mimic the real thing .
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His guitar lessons , formerly on Wednesdays , are now sandwiched into his Friday lunch period .
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Techniques ranging from whole genome sequencing to the ability to create artificial DNA labels that indicate points of origin are surprisingly affordable now , and have led to novel global collaborations and inventions .
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It expands the academy 's longstanding recommendations on banning televisions from children 's and teens ' bedrooms and limiting entertainment screen time to no more than two hours daily .
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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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The majority of that is due to consumers -LRB- both families and food businesses -RRB- , who buy fresh and frozen fish , but never end up eating it or selling it .
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More than 1,100 of the planes have been delivered , and nearly all of the world 's most important airlines fly 777s on long-range routes .
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WICOMICO RIVER , Md. -- On the wall of the nutria eradication team 's drab office at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge , there 's a large whiteboard with names and numbers on it .
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NEW YORK -- City officials here had long worried that a patient infected with Ebola would eventually appear somewhere in this dense , bustling and chaotic city .
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CHICAGO -- There 's only one thing that comes between the grade school kids hopping off the afternoon bus near Eve Pulver-Johnson 's Aurora , Ill. , house and their after-school snacks -- the Little Free Library on her family 's front lawn .
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At 22 , Mohamed is a newly minted cop on the beat , a community liaison officer making a courtesy call to a local merchant -- a time-tested neighborhood policing method .
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Educators are seeing more and more students suffering from depression , anxiety and social phobia .
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Attorney General Eric Holder said the North Carolina law imposes several `` troubling new restrictions '' on voters including reducing early voting days , eliminating same-day registration during the early-voting period and imposing a restrictive photo-identification requirement for in-person voting .
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NEW YORK -- It has been a big year for bears in the news , especially in Maine , where voters on Nov. 4 face a question that has bedeviled other bear-heavy states : how to keep the species ' population at bay in the face of pressure from animal rights groups lobbying to ban certain hunting methods .
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But in their impoverished quarter of the city , neighbors shared their food .
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LOS GATOS , Calif. -- Three punishing years of drought have parched California streams , rivers and wetlands .
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The European Space Agency -LRB- ESA -RRB- says it has succeeded in landing a spacecraft on a comet for the first time .
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The awkward kickoff for a series of official meetings in Beijing followed Biden 's speech earlier Wednesday urging young Chinese citizens to challenge orthodoxy and the status quo .
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Owl catcher Hussein Mduduzi , jumping from roof strut to roof strut , managed to catch two owlets , but the eight grown owls flew off .
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She retrieved it : a pillowcase , which held something rolled in layers of plastic .
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Democrats assert that the laws are intended to make it harder for blacks and other voters who are likely to vote for Democratic candidates to cast their ballots .
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WASHINGTON -- The American public is unusually pessimistic about the direction of the country and increasingly fed up with Washington gridlock , a sour mood reflected in the worst disapproval ratings for President Barack Obama since he took office nearly five years ago .
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For golfers , it 's an uncontrollable spasm that occurs in the hands right before impact , says Dr. Debbie Crews , a sports psychology consultant for the Arizona State University women 's golf team and a faculty research assistant in the professional golf management program .
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court became the first in the nation to rule that prospective jurors may not be excluded because of their sexual orientation , a decision that expands juror protections beyond race and gender and provides legal ammunition to challenge laws that limit gay rights .
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At least 184 people , nearly all children , suffered eye injuries over the recent Eid al-Fitr holiday from toy weapons that fire BB pellets and rubber shot , health officials said .
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THREE RIVERS , Calif. -- Black bears are a cherished part of the community here , a woodsy gateway town that funnels tourists to Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks , where the first question many visitors ask of rangers is `` Where can I see a bear ? ''
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He received 34 scholarships worth $ 1.3 million -- enough to get his bachelor 's , his master 's , and his doctorate , plus cover his living expenses with some left over to invest .
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They are designed and decorated to the owner 's -- or steward 's -- taste , and stand on lawns , in parks and gardens , even in coffee shops where passers-by of all ages can `` take a book , leave a book . ''
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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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The first , disadvantageous inequity , occurs when one receives less than a peer .
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NEW YORK -- It has been a big year for bears in the news , especially in Maine , where voters on Nov. 4 face a question that has bedeviled other bear-heavy states : how to keep the species ' population at bay in the face of pressure from animal rights groups lobbying to ban certain hunting methods .
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Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans , hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000 , according to the agency .
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The afflicted physician , Craig Allen Spencer , was whisked into isolation , his fiancee and friends were clamped into quarantine , and his apartment was sealed and decontaminated by a biohazard crew .
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Ma'ake , who also played for Baltimore from 2002-2005 , has one championship ring ; Chris , an offensive guard who retired in 2011 , has two Super Bowl rings -- plus one of his brother 's kidneys .
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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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`` The evidence fully supports my findings that -LRB- 1 -RRB- Mr. Brady participated in a scheme to tamper with the game balls after they had been approved by the game officials for use in the AFC Championship Game and -LRB- 2 -RRB- Mr. Brady willfully obstructed the investigation by , among other things , affirmativel...
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Extending their protests into the workweek , Hong Kong democracy activists continued occupying major thoroughfares Monday , forcing the closure of some schools , banks and other businesses in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory .
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Eight 2.3-ton electric motors installed on 1 WTC 's roof power the high-speed elevators .
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They 're endangering shorebirds , threatening city taps and quite possibly raising the crime rate .
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As the winter progresses with no break from last year 's parched conditions , concern is mounting that California may be headed for a replay of the big drought of the late 1980s through the early 1990s , or even worse , 1977 .
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The software , called Hyperion , simulates the physics of light , which can make animated films more lifelike or give them an otherworldly look .
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The states could become the first to pass such a referendum ; Washington state and California rejected similar measures after expensive campaigns in 2013 and 2012 , respectively .
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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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Tom Brady has been an NFL golden boy , with movie-star looks , a supermodel wife , four Super Bowl championship rings , and a regular-guy-makes-good back story -- he went from being a sixth-round draft pick to one of the greatest quarterbacks in league history .
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On Saturday , Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul , South Korea , crashed after touching down on Runway 28 , killing at least two passengers and injuring dozens of others .
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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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Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines , but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years .
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Tom Brady and the players ' union are headed to a legal clash with the NFL over Deflategate after Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady 's appeal Tuesday and upheld the four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP .
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Misty Copeland made history on Tuesday when she was promoted to principal dancer of the prestigious American Ballet Theatre -LRB- ABT -RRB- , becoming the first African-American ballerina to reach the elite dance company 's top rank .
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Recent settlement deliberations between the league and the NFL Players Association failed to produce a compromise , and several people connected to the process said the NFLPA now plans to move swiftly to attempt to have Brady 's suspension overturned in court .
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Castañeda does n't choose participants based on grade-point average .
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WASHINGTON -- One trained soldiers to use Stinger missiles to shoot down enemy jets and helicopters .
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On the chain-link fence that surrounds the courts , spray paint marks the goals .
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I am such a loser .
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In March , Mohamed became the St. Paul Police Department 's first female Somali officer , a move designed to improve the sometimes-tense relations with 80,000 Somali Americans in the Twin Cities -- more than half of them in St. Paul -- the nation 's largest Somali community .
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`` Some people think if you do all this other stuff , it takes away from focusing on instruction , when really it ensures that you can take kids farther academically . ''
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Toughened ships like Marchenko 's converted Arctic fishing vessel , the RV Lance , can usually pick their way slowly through it .
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Tens of thousands of children were crossing illegally without their parents .
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Yazidis in Lincoln said some members of the community were so depressed that they could n't get out of bed , and others had attempted suicide .
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But something bigger bugged her : the district 's policy of sending children home when they were infested with head lice -- grayish-white insects that suck blood from the scalp and cause severe itching .
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They are distracted walkers who , while calling or texting on mobile phones , have suffered cuts and bruises , sustained serious head injuries or even been killed .
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And in a personal-finance course , 16 - and 17-year-olds are learning about something that might seem even more abstract for the teenagers : retirement .
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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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Yawning in response to another yawn is n't an emotional reaction per se , but the tendency for yawns to be contagious has been `` clinically , psychologically , neurobiologically and behaviorally linked to our capacity for empathy , '' according to the Japanese researchers who conducted the study .
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There is such a huge gap between my reality and my dreams .
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About 1,000 people were killed in disputes over the 2011 presidential contest .
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The USADA doping control officer had come from Milwaukee to take a urine sample from Evans .
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Once they start dancing , everything else is blocked out .
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`` Although tragic , commercial air transportation has had a stellar safety record -- something like 40 times safer than driving , '' he said .
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`` Everyone jokes about me having a Ravens ' kidney , '' said Kemoeatu , 31 , who played seven years with the Pittsburgh Steelers .
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OROSI , Calif. -- Emilio Isazaga says he hopes education will get himself and his family `` out of the struggle . ''
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The job requires being part cultural ambassador , part shrewd property scout , part monetary policy wonk .
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Five million public school students in Texas will begin using new social studies textbooks this fall based on state academic standards that barely address racial segregation .
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And as the number of `` buddy '' or `` inclusion companion '' sporting opportunities continues to proliferate across the country , advocates for children with special needs say young people today are growing up with a better understanding and openness toward people with disabilities than the generations before them .
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Super-heavy elements are also highly unstable , existing for just a fraction of a second before they begin to decay .
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