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Three have died in floods

The Colorado National Guard began evacuating 2,000 residents from flood-besieged Lyons, Colorado,
at dawn Friday, Gov. John Hickenlooper said.


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Video: Week 2 NFL picks

It's Eli Manning vs Peyton Manning as New York Giants take on Denver Broncos in Sunday's football game


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Hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses spilled Monday

(CNN) -- A massive molasses spill this week in Honolulu Harbor could lead to an increase in the number of sharks, barracuda and eels as well as bacteria in the area, the Hawaii Department of Health warned.


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Several dozen people have been arrested Thursday morning in an act of 'civil disobedience'

(CNN) -- Several dozen people have been arrested Thursday morning as a group of undocumented women participate in an act of "civil disobedience" outside Congress, protesting what they call the House of Representatives' inaction on immigration reform.

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The weapons are not American-made but are funded and organized by the CIA

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CIA-funded weapons have begun flowing to Syrian rebels, a U.S. official told CNN. But opposition groups say they have yet to receive any.


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Apple's new iPhone 5S will be the first widely popular gadget to incorporate a fingerprint scanner as a security measure. It likely won't be the last. Security experts say fingerprint scanning is safer than typing in a password. Fingerprints are far more unique than passwords and harder to hack.

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William Camuti, 69, is accused of fatally poisoning Stephen Rakes with cyanide

The Massachusetts man accused of fatally poisoning Stephen Rakes, a regular at James "Whitey" Bulger's murder trial, has been ordered held without bail for 90 days.


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Check out video of Arsenios take on the Zimmerman case

No charges will be filed in a reported confrontation between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife and her father until investigators can recover video from a smashed iPad, which could take months


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Official: By mid-October, agency will have only $50 billion in cash on top of incoming revenue

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A new analysis by a think tank shows that Washington's drop-dead deadline for the debt ceiling could hit as soon as Oct. 18.


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Several larger players are waiting to see how the start of health care reform pans out in 2014

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- When Americans start shopping on the state-based exchanges next month, a couple of big insurers will likely be MIA.


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