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Mississippi has the nation's highest rate of obesity, according to the CDC

(CNN) -- In Mississippi, you will never be denied a colossal soda or huge restaurant portion because of a city ordinance.


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In the years since his conviction, another man's widow has identified her husband as the killer

NEW YORK (CNN) -- For more than two decades, David Ranta has been behind bars for the killing of a Brooklyn rabbi during a botched diamond heist.


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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he favored arming the rebels last year

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon has consistently updated its options for using the U.S. military in Syria, as conditions on the ground have changed. But these are only options at this point, and senior military officials say President Barack Obama has not yet asked to see a potential plan of action.


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The unemployment rate for nonveterans was 7.9 percent

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The unemployment rate for veterans dropped last year, according to a report out Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but vets still lag behind non-vets in the job market.


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Investigators are 'not aware of any threats' that Tom Clements might have received

(CNN) -- The executive director of Colorado's prison system was shot as he opened his door, according to a 911 caller that police have identified as a relative in the home.


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Teen charged with misdemeanor count of aggravating menacing for threatening victim's life

(CNN) -- A 16-year-old girl is charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravating menacing for threatening the victim's life, according to the Ohio attorney general's office.


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The cause of the incident is under investigation

(CNN) -- Seven Marines were killed as the result of an explosion during a Marine Corps training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.


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In the Justice Department's civil rights division, he had been involved in high-profile cases

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Monday will announce Thomas E. Perez, U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's civil rights division, as his nominee for the next secretary of the Department of Labor, according to a White House official.


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'When someone rolls their eyes at us, they are not likely to open their ears to us'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The beleaguered Republican Party put into writing Monday what many of its top strategists and leaders have been saying since last year's election losses: The GOP is too old, too white, and too insular to win national contests.


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The grand jury could recommend charges against more people in the case

(CNN) -- A grand jury will investigate whether anyone else should be charged in the events surrounding the August sexual assault of a 16-year-old, Ohio's attorney general said after a judge convicted two teenagers of rape in the incident.

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