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Dating at the White House

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Dating at the White House First Lady Michelle Obama warned her husband to be prepared–it would come sooner than he thought, she told him. She didn’t need a classified intel briefing to warn her that their pre-teen girls could be dating soon. When President Obama was asked last fall about...


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Watch: DOD Couple Wins $217 Million Virginia Lottery

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Watch: DOD Couple Wins $217 Million Virginia Lottery Dave Honeywell bought the winning ticket at Richmond International Airport before a business trip.


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Obama Open to Getting Rid of the Penny

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Obama Open to Getting Rid of the Penny Pitch the penny? President Obama says it may be time to get rid of the one cent coin. The copper coins cost more to mint than they are worth and are increasingly used less and less, leading many economists to ask why the U.S. hasn’t...


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Photos: Tech Toys of the 1990s

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Photos: Tech Toys of the 1990s From Tamaotchi to Furby to BopIt. ABC News has rounded up some of the best tech toys of the 1990s.


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Hagel (Temporarily) Blocked in the Senate

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Hagel (Temporarily) Blocked in the Senate Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will have to stay on the job a little bit longer. Senators failed Thursday night to move toward a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be the next Defense Secretary. A procedural vote vote was 58-40. 60 Senators were needed...


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Eye Implant Can Restore Some Vision

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Eye Implant Can Restore Some Vision FDA approves first eye implant that can restore limited vision


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Tinder, Locals and Other Apps Give Online Dating a Makeover

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Tinder, Locals and Other Apps Give Online Dating a Makeover ABC News’ Paula Faris reports: In 2013, blind dates are getting a serious makeover. Alex Pavlenko is one of the millions of Americans looking for love at any time of day. She went on a blind date during her lunch hour. Pavlenko met her blind...


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CDC Warns of Super-Gonorrhea

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CDC Warns of Super-Gonorrhea By Ann Hau M.D.: Valentine’s Day. Time for roses, chocolates, champagne and being with that special someone.  But before celebrating with reckless abandon, information released this week from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminds lovers  to proceed with caution and practice safe...


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Ang Lee Wants to Win Best Director for Crew

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Ang Lee Wants to Win Best Director for Crew Enter the world of Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and be prepared for an incredible ride. Lee has been nominated for an Academy Award his 3-D epic "Life of Pi." He spent four years on the film -- a year of it just editing, obsessing over every detail.


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'Kanye West' of Animal Training Battles Niagara Theme Park Lawsuit

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'Kanye West' of Animal Training Battles Niagara Theme Park Lawsuit Dubbed the “Kanye West of walrus training,” Philip Demers says he’s more than ready to defend himself against the $1.5 million lawsuit a Niagara Falls theme park has brought against him for allegedly plotting to steal a walrus. “I look forward to defending myself against...


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Facebook Status Updates Jump on Valentine's

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Facebook Status Updates Jump on Valentine's A scroll through this writers’ Facebook Newsfeed today showed lots of pictures of flowers, chocolates and candies. There’s no doubt it’s Valentine’s Day. But sprinkled among those images were notifications that three friends were now “in a relationship.” According to Facebook, Valentine’s Day is the...


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Pistorius Kept Guns in Bedroom for Security, Journalist Says

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Pistorius Kept Guns in Bedroom for Security, Journalist Says Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic and Paralympic athlete who was charged today with the murder of his girlfriend at his South Africa home, kept a handgun by his bedside and a "machine gun" in his bedroom, according to a British journalist who has spent time with him.


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Bent on Killing Cops, Dorner Let Some Live While Killing Others

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Bent on Killing Cops, Dorner Let Some Live While Killing Others Jim and Karen Reynolds had every reason to be afraid. On Tuesday, they were taken hostage in their own home by perhaps the most wanted man in America, Christopher Dorner, a fugitive ex-cop who had already killed three people and pledged to kill dozens more.


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First Pictures of Approaching Asteroid

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First Pictures of Approaching Asteroid Asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its closest approach to Earth at 2:25 p.m. ET Friday, and the world’s astronomers have been on the lookout for it.  Take a look at this sequence of images, sent by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from the Faulkes Telescope South, in...


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