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In addition to the mayor's race, 54 candidates are on the ballot for nine city council seats

(CNN) -- Detroit gets just a little more dysfunctional Tuesday as 16 different individuals vie to become what has become just the second most powerful person in the now-bankrupt city. Further complicating matters, one of the front runners isn't even on the ballot.


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Cuts meant to save money are ironically raising the health care tab for the Defense Department

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Furloughs at military hospitals and clinics are causing delays in surgeries for soldiers and vaccinations for babies.


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Some reports say it would be a 214-game suspension

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Major League Baseball will probably move Monday to suspend New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez amid allegations involving the use of performance-enhancing drugs, two sources close to the decision told CNN.


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A longtime ally of the U.S., Egypt gets $1.3 billion in military aid a year

CAIRO (CNN) -- In an attempt to break through the political impasse in Egypt, U.S. senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham are expected to arrive in Cairo on Monday to meet with Egypt's interim leaders.


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Filner clings to power despite calls for his resignation. Does that mean he's a sociopath?

A ninth woman is accusing San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment. Emily Gilbert says Filner groped her at a fundraiser


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Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams were shot in hail of fire: more discipline may come

Seventy-four Cleveland police officers will face disciplinary action for a 2012 pursuit in which two people were killed in a hail of 137 bullets, police Chief Michael McGrath said Friday.


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Bulger accused of 19 murders claims he is not getting a fair trial

Accused killer and crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger decided Friday not to take the stand in his defense during his federal trial in Boston. Bulger told the judge he wasn't getting a fair trial.


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Constant barrage of made-for-TV wealth has changed what kids regard as normal, says President

(CNN) -- Their home has its own bowling alley, movie theatre, and chef. But while living in the White House could leave Sasha and Malia Obama with a distorted sense of how Americans live, their father says he's always conveying to his daughters how abnormal their situation really is.


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B. Todd Jones will be the politically controversial agency's first permanent director since 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm B. Todd Jones as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, giving the politically controversial agency its first permanent director since 2006.


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Report says this is largely thanks to controversial hydraulic fracturing production technique

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. oil reserves posted their biggest gain ever in 2011, largely thanks to the controversial hydraulic fracturing production technique, according to a new report.


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