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Start colon cancer screening at 45, not 50, American Cancer Society urges
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Gibson guitar maker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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After final flight, Virgin America brand disappears from planes and airports
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Police: 10 dead, 15 injured when van slams into pedestrians in Toronto
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U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant A U.S. serviceman severely injured several years ago in an IED blast in Afghanistan has received the world's first total penis and scrotum transplant, surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced Monday. The man, whose identity was not released, is recovering well and expected to regain both ur
Waffle House shooting suspect Travis Reinking jailed on $2 million bond
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Exclusive: Flickr bought by SmugMug, which vows to revitalize the photo service
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Grandmother Lois Ann Riess, wanted in 2 slayings, arrested on South Padre Island, Texas
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Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize and fans are here for it
No Grammy for album of the year, no problem. Kendrick Lamar got some pretty high praise for his latest complex masterpiece from the Pulitzer Prize Board Monday. The prestigious award for music went to the rapper for his albumDAMN., the first non-classical or jazz work to win the award. The board called it "a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism tha
House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement sparks debate about successor, and party's future
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