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Photos: Bye-bye to Bao Bao
The National Zoo in Washington is saying a final goodbye to its panda cub Bao Bao. The zoo is packing up the American-born panda for a one-way flight Tuesday to China, where the 3-year-old will eventually join a panda breeding program.
Walt Whitman novel lost for 165 years holds clues to 'Leaves of Grass'
A typo-ridden 1852 newspaper serial by an anonymous author turns out to have been written by one of America's greatest authors.
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Mattis assures Iraq that U.S. won't 'seize anybody's oil'
Before arrival in Baghdad, he said he didn't support Trump's wish to take Iraq's oil.
Duck boats face increasing calls for improvements, bans
With their festive, party-like ambiance and ability to travel on land and in water, duck boats have long been tourist attractions for sightseers around the U.S. But a string of deadly accidents has left the industry reeling, forced safety improvements and led some advocates to call for a total ban on the vehicles.
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Minnesota and the presidents: Take our Presidents' Day quiz
No, there are no presidents from Minnesota. But Minnesota has had plenty of close connections to the White House. On this Presidents' Day, let's see how well you know them.
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Propeller signed by Orville Wright creates controversy
Congressman moves to block any attempt to sell it.
Florida man accused in plot to bomb Target stores as part of scam
A Florida man is accused in a plot to blow up several Target stores along the East Coast in an attempt to acquire cheap stock if the company's stock value plunged after the explosions.
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Face transplant links men touched by tragedy
The first face transplant performed at Mayo Clinic is providing a man from Wyoming a second chance at a normal life after he was disfigured by a gunshot in a suicide attempt a decade ago. He now has the face of another man who took his own life.
The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: working-class whites
Aid lifted 6.2 million working-class whites out of poverty in 2014.
'Hot felon' whose mug shot went viral walks runway at NY Fashion Week
Jeremy Meeks' icy blue eyes enticed the internet in 2014 — via his police mug shot — in a rags to riches narrative that not even Lifetime could have created. It continued this week on the runway.
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Russian spy ship cruised near U.S. Navy Submarine Base
It was detected 30 miles off Connecticut's coast.
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'Firefall' phenomenon wows visitors to Yosemite's El Capitan
Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava.
'It's about time': Etan Patz's dad finds justice in verdict
Nearly four decades after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on the way to his school bus stop, a former convenience store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in a case that influenced American parenting and law enforcement.
Officials: Russian cruise missile, deployed secretly, violates pact
The new Russian missile deployment presents a major challenge for President Trump, who has vowed to improve relations with Russia and to pursue future arms accords.
Lawyer to panel: No promises to 'Making a Murderer' inmate
State attorneys tried to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" made a voluntary confession and was properly convicted.
Mar-a-Lago becomes open-air situation room after missile fired
President Trump brought Japanese PM Abe to his Florida club for dinner, and when North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile, club members watched staffers surround and brief the two leaders.
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Storm wallops Northeast, where 'Stay home' is message
Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region's latest winter storm, which dumped 30 inches of snow on a Maine town, made roads unsafe and immobilized millions of residents Monday.
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Police seek landscaper they say engaged in sex act with dog
Police in an Atlanta suburb are seeking a man they say engaged in a sex act with a dog while working as a landscaper.
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