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Mother Marianne Cope is known for her work with Hansen's disease patients

(CNN) -- An American health care pioneer will receive the Roman Catholic Church's highest honor this weekend.


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Gray wolves were removed from federal protection earlier this year

(CNN) -- As Minnesota gears up for its first wolf hunt, advocates of the once-endangered gray wolf are hoping the court will intervene.


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McGovern lost a bid for the Presidency in a landslide to incumbent Republican Richard Nixon

(CNN) -- George Stanley McGovern, a staunch liberal who served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate and House for more than two decades and who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972, died Sunday at the age of 90, his family said.


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Boy Scouts criticized for gay ban and for 'perversion files'

(CNN) -- Disappointment, anger, disgust. Words like these are echoing throughout social media about a national icon: The Boy Scouts of America.


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The volume of illegal robocalls is increasing in the U.S.

(CNN) -- During election season, phones across the country ring with more unsolicited, automated calls than usual. So it's especially timely that on Thursday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission held a Robocall Summit to "explore innovations designed to trace robocalls, prevent wrongdoers from faking caller ID data, and stop unwanted calls."


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9 p.m. Updates with report on white house/intelligence conversations

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Obama administration official whose now controversial comment that the attack on the U.S. mission in Libya was "spontaneous" relied on talking points provided by the CIA based on its assessment that an intelligence official said on Friday was updated days later with new information.


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'Fixing the educational system is a really urgent priority, because we'll lose another generation if nothing is done'

Neal Shapiro is President and CEO of New York City's WNET, America's flagship public media outlet, bringing quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week

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Lonnie David Franklin Jr. is charged with 10 murders but police have widened scope of investigation to 230 killings

(CNN) -- Los Angeles police have posted the images of 42 women culled from the photo collection of the "Grim Sleeper" serial murder suspect on social media and their website, officials announced Thursday.


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Why the mad rush to offer incentives for holiday shoppers even before Halloween this year?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stores are falling over themselves this holiday season to lure shoppers in with deals like matching online prices, extending layaways, and even making their own tablets.


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A big reason for there being a small supply of electrics but many models has to do with regulations in California

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- This year was supposed to be the year of the plug-in car but, as 2012 draws to a close, it looks like the electric car market still isn't fully charged.


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