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Substance has been used in Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino and several other products

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Want some crushed bugs with your Starbucks frappuccino? Well, you'd better get on it, because soon it will be too late. The coffee franchise announced that it's phasing out the use of insects as food coloring in its drinks and food products.


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Officials believe animals entered remote cabin to escape cold and couldn't find way out

DENVER (AP) -- It may take explosives to dislodge a group of cows that wandered into an old ranger cabin high in the Rocky Mountains, then died and froze solid when they couldn't get out.


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Controversial casting document exposes Hollywood's practice of looking for specific skin tones

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Acura apologized Wednesday for a casting document that called for an African-American actor who was "not too dark" in the car company's Super Bowl ad.


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Declared eliminated in 2000, disease is back with 222 cases reported last year

(CNN) -- Back in 2000 measles was eliminated from the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But now a new CDC study tells us there were 17 outbreaks and 222 cases of the highly infectious disease reported in 2011.


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Outspoken gun advocate and musician made threatening comments at NRA conference

(CNN) -- The U.S. Secret Service said Thursday that it has resolved any questions regarding rocker Ted Nugent, whom its agents interviewed after he said he would be "dead or in jail" if President Barack Obama were re-elected.


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Ferris State University exhibit hall is run by African American who says it's "all about teaching"

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque - a full-size replica of a lynching tree. But all are united by a common theme: They are steeped in racism so intense that it makes visitors cringe.


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No students were in the video, which was apparently produced before she became teacher at Oxnard district

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California science teacher was fired Wednesday night for performing in a pornographic video, school district officials said.


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The 63-year-old has shown a keen ability to emotionally connect with voters

BOSTON (AP) -- She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as "Mamie," a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon.


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Case involving 6-year-old just the latest in string of incidents where classroom discipline has intersected with law enforcement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico teacher asked a 13-year-old girl to stop talking with her friend and move to another seat. The girl refused. The teacher called the police.


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Pair of senators introduce bill to prohibit institutions from using public cash for advertising

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students.


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