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Red Bull Aerobatic Helicopter Pilot, Aaron Fitzgerald, performs flips, barrel rolls and nose dives ...
Lilit Marcus, CNN

Helicopter does amazing tricks over Statue of Liberty

Some people turn to the sky on Memorial Day weekend expecting fireworks. But on Long Island in New York, there will be another spectacle in the sky. The Red Bull Aerobatic Helicopter, model BO105 C, is the only helicopter in the world that can do stunts such as barrel rolls and flips the way a stunt plane could.
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AJ Willingham, CNN

62,000 pounds of raw meat are being recalled, just days before Memorial Day

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for more than 62,000 pounds of raw beef due to E. coli concerns.
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Nina Avramova, CNN

Turn up office thermostats to improve women’s productivity, study suggests

Women often complain that the office temperature is too low -- but it's not just comfort that's at stake. Researchers say women's productivity may improve when the thermostat is set to warmer temperatures.
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Customers will be able to get New Coke while supplies last starting on Thursday....
Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business

Coca-Cola is bringing back New Coke in honor of ‘Stranger Things’

Coca-Cola is hoping a failed product from the 1980s will help it go viral in 2019. The company is bringing back a limited number of New Coke cans in honor of the upcoming third season of "Stranger Things," in which the product is featured.
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Washington becomes the first state to legalize composting of humans

Washington has become the first state in the nation to pass a law allowing composting as an alternative to burial or cremation of human remains. Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Tuesday legalizing human composting. The bill will go into effect in May next yea
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McConnell unveils bill to combat youth tobacco use by raising purchase age to 21

McConnell's bill is the second this year proposing a higher tobacco purchase age. The other is co-sponsored by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney.
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New York might make it illegal to text while walking

A bill in the New York State Senate seeks to ban pedestrians from using portable electronic devices while crossing the road.
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Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off...
Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

Morehouse College grads are surprised by a billionaire’s promise to pay off their student loans

Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student loan debt for the historically black college's graduating class.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN

‘Jeopardy!’ champion James Holzhauer is back on Monday. Here’s where he stands

"Jeopardy!" is back to its regularly scheduled programming on Monday, and that means James Holzhauer is back on the buzzer. After a two week hiatus due to the "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament, the record-breaking, reigning champion picks up where he left off
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business

Little Caesars is testing out an Impossible pizza

Little Caesars is joining the plant-based protein trend with a pizza topped with non-meat sausage. The pizza chain said Monday that it is testing out the Impossible Supreme pizza — topped with a meatless sausage made by Impossible Foods — in Florida, New Mexico and Washington state.
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Romney: ‘I don’t support the Alabama law’ effectively banning abortion

Romney said that while he is against abortion, he favors exceptions "for rape and incest and where the life of the mother is at risk."
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Over-processed foods add 500 calories to your diet every day

People limited to a diet of primarily highly processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate less processed foods.
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Suicide rates in girls are rising, study finds, especially ages 10 to 14

Starting in 2007, the rates of suicide for girls 10 to 14 increased 12.7% per year, compared with 7.1% for boys the same age.
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Administration’s uneven handling of Iran intelligence leaves some in Congress fuming

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a freshman Republican who chairs a subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, was briefed on Iran about a week ago.
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On its jobs listings website, the royal household is searching for a Digital Communications Officer...
Amy Woodyatt, CNN

The Queen is hiring a social media manager

For those who know how to curate the perfect Instagram feed and write a killer tweet, a career opportunity has come up in the royal communications team.
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PHOENIX, AZ - SEPTEMBER 07:  "Grumpy Cat" sits dugout before the MLB game between the Arizona Diamo...
Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN

Grumpy Cat, the grouchy-faced furball that launched a thousand memes, is dead

Grumpy Cat, arguably the internet's most popular cat and one of its first viral memes, has died aged 7. The furry sensation's family announced her death on Twitter on Friday.
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Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to date to the governor's desk Tuesd...
Caroline Kelly, CNN

Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban

Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk Tuesday night, with the state's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
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The State Department ordered Wednesday the departure of non-emergency US government employees from ...
Devan Cole, CNN

State Department orders non-emergency employees to leave Iraq amid Iran tensions

The State Department ordered Wednesday the departure of non-emergency US government employees from Iraq amid increasing tensions with Iran and warned US citizens not to travel to the country, citing a "high risk for violence and kidnapping."
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Parents are naming their babies after ‘Game of Thrones’ characters

A decade ago, before dragons and direwolves ambushed our televisions, Arya didn't even make it into the list of the 1,000 most popular baby names.
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Jill Disis, CNN Business

Disney is taking full control of streaming service Hulu

The sale from Comcast won't happen for at least another five years, but Disney will take full operational control of Hulu right now.
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Earth’s moon is shrinking and quaking, study says

Today the moon is 50 meters "skinnier" because of this process. And as it shrinks, the moon actively produces moonquakes along the faults.
5 years ago
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Locking up guns could reduce teen and childhood firearm deaths by a third

If just 10% more households with children had locked up their guns, 50 more teens and children would be alive today, according to the study.
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Facebook’s Nick Clegg: We know we have problems but breaking us up won’t solve them

Clegg's counter comes after Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wrote a lengthy opinion piece last week urging regulators to dismantle the company.
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Remembering the migrant workers who built the transcontinental railroad

For years, railroad workers were largely overlooked in memorial events marking the railroad's completion. This year, however, that changed.
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