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'I understand the challenges women face and want to make it easier for them in the workplace,' he wrote on Twitter Wednesday afternoon

(CNN) -- After a day dominated by Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment from the second presidential debate, the GOP presidential nominee defended himself against the tsunami of social media swipes and blatant jabs at Romney's expense.


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The files will show the names of Scoutmasters banned from the group for 'perversion'

(CNN) -- More than 20,000 confidential Boy Scout documents will be released Thursday identifying more than 1,000 leaders and volunteers banned from the group after being accused of sexual or inappropriate conduct with boys.


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Bangladeshi national made initial court appearance Wednesday at federal courthouse in Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Federal authorities running a sting operation arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man, who came to the U.S. on a student visa and was allegedly planning to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb, officials said.


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Increase in serious violent crime from previous year calculated to be statistically insignificant

(CNN) -- The rate of U.S. violent crime went up last year for the first time in nearly two decades due to a jump in assaults, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.


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Academics have expressed skepticism about the fragment's authenticity

(CNN) -- If you set your DVR to record the Smithsonian Channel's documentary on the "Jesus Wife" papyrus fragment two weeks ago and it didn't, it wasn't your fault.


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Obama says voters 'can't buy' Romney's sales pitch on taxes

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama fought back and Republican challenger Mitt Romney mostly stood his ground.


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Two patients at issue received drugs before the recall

(CNN) -- More issues have been reported with drugs from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a deadly multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis, federal officials say.


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Diplomats need security but 'can't hang out behind walls,' she adds

LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday tried to douse a political firestorm over the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she's responsible for the security of American diplomatic outposts.


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'If we wouldn't stand for bullying as adults, why do we allow it to happen in our schools?'

And that's the point, according to the organization Not in Our School and Mike Nelson, the producer of the spot: If we wouldn't stand for bullying as adults, why do we allow it to happen in our schools?

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Romney still has connection gap; focus group said term that best fits him is 'stepdad'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The expectations are very different for Obama vs. Romney, Round 2. And the stakes are enormous.


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