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Despite being listed as hate group, chapter insists they are not racists

ATLANTA (CNN) -- A North Georgia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has applied to "adopt" a stretch of highway in Union County, Georgia, according to paperwork obtained by CNN on Monday.

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Determining eligibility, how to apply, and when you might get a check isn't simple at all

If you're a victim of banking abuses during the foreclosure crisis, the government says it'll make sure you receive compensation from your bank. It's a simple idea. But for victims, determining who's eligible, how to apply, and when you might get a check in the mail isn't simple at all.


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Laying out exactly what's known (not much) and what's not (a lot)

In a lengthy front-page story last week exploring President Obama's use of drone strikes in countries including Pakistan and Yemen, the New York Times reported that the president had "embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in."


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Experts and parents' advice on avoiding the summer slide

(CNN) -- Call it the summer slide, the seasonal slump, the brain drain or the summer slowdown. Just don't call it new: The two-month period when students lose some of their academic edge has been observed for over a century.


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Numbers suggest nearly two-thirds of seniors don't go online most days or at all

(CNN) -- It's looking like the digital divide may have less gray hair than it used to -- but it's still a big issue for U.S. seniors.


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Obtaining passport "exercise in futility" for Latinos delivered by midwives, says ACLU

(CNN) -- Brenda Vazquez is a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Matamoros, Mexico. Laura Castro lives across the border in Brownsville, Texas. She is a 32-year-old housewife who helps her husband manage several stores. They share one thing in common: Both say they were delivered by midwives in south Texas, but pressured by U.S. Border Patrol agents to deny their U.S. citizenship.


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Lerone Matthis credits his academic success to the Guardian Scholars Program

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last time Lerone Matthis was released from the Division of Juvenile Justice in April 2008, he feared he had reached bottom.


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Some concerned that students are making significant gains but falling short of grade-level targets

NEW ORLEANS -- Good news seems hard to find these days, but New Orleans has plenty right now. The most recent test scores for the city's schools show students steadily improving. Widely considered one of the nation's worst school districts for years, New Orleans' schools have been showing remarkable gains.


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Natasha Trethewey becomes 19th U.S. poet laureate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A poet-historian representing a younger generation of writers will soon take office on Capitol Hill, overlooking the politicians, in a lesser-known post enshrined in federal law.

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President goes on defensive against Republican accusations

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Friday strongly rejected Republican accusations that his administration deliberately leaked classified information about a U.S cyberattack on Iran's nuclear centrifuge program.


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