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• The 5 stories you want us to cover
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:19:05 EDT)

On June 10 we put forward 20 story ideas for your consideration and agreed to do whichever five got the most votes. Here are the five.


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• Iran and U.S.: New hope on nukes?
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:04 EDT)

It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that changes nothing. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still calls the shots in Tehran.


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• The U.S. war you don't know about
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:46:20 EDT)

Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world.


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• Death row woman goes free
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:23:40 EDT)

Paula Cooper was just 16 when she became the youngest person on death row. Her victim's grandson helped set her free.


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• Things for your bucket list
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:51:27 EDT)

Each day, CNN producers select a user-submitted photo to be our Travel Photo of the Day. Click through the gallery above to see stunning shots from around the world, and be sure to come back every day for a new image. Have a gorgeous travel photo of your own to share? Submit it for the gallery at CNN iReport!


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• 3 suspects arrested in modern slavery case
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:16 EDT)

A mentally disabled woman and child were "locked in rooms, forced to work all the time, threatened, beaten and injured, exploited, used as pawns to get drugs," a prosecutor says. FULL STORY


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• Court document reveals details
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:18:40 EDT)

It's a horrifying case that officials described as heinous and troubling.


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• First lady, girls lunch with Bono
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:07:48 EDT)

The first lady and girls take in Ireland's sights and find time to grab a bite with U2's Bono. Erin McLaughlin reports.


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• Ed Koch's tombstone corrected
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:11 EDT)

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him.


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• Why parents turned in their son
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:37:52 EDT)

CNN's Piers Morgan talks to parents that decide to turn their son in after discovering a mass shooting plan.


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• See soldier meet son for first time
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:59:11 EDT)

A Dove Men+Care viral ad features a deployed soldier reuniting with his family. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports.


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• Server drops F-bomb on receipt
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:40 EDT)

A Missouri waitress was reprimanded for giving an explicit receipt to a customer on Father's Day but will keep her job.


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• Wendy's drive-thru rant goes viral
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:19 EDT)

HLN takes a look at the latest viral rant by a fast-food customer.


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• Judge to rape accuser: Pay $2.6M
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:52:10 EDT)

A woman has been ordered to pay $2.6 million for falsely accusing a high school football star of rape in 2002.


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• Where was Kanye during birth?
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:30 EDT)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West became parents on Saturday. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports.


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• Popcorn nearly kills congressman
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:23 EDT)

CNN's Brian Todd reports on a scare in Washington: A Texas congressman choked on a piece of popcorn.


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• Bieber in car accident with pedestrian
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:00 EDT)

It's that combination again: Justin Bieber, an automobile, and a mishap.


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• IRS polls contradict key deposition
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:29:54 EDT)

Roughly half of all Americans now think the White House was behind the Internal Revenue Service decision to target conservative political groups, a growing belief at odds with information recently provided to CNN by congressional investigators.


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• Watch ominous tornado near airport
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:23:09 EDT)

This Vine video shows an ominous tornado near the Denver International Airport.


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• Cops: Attacker saws off own hands
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:37 EDT)

A 59-year-old man lay bloody on the driveway. His son stood nearby, both his hands cut off at the wrist.


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• Reason for Knox retrial explained
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:06:26 EDT)

Italy's supreme court on Tuesday explained its earlier ruling that American Amanda Knox be retried in the 2007 death of her roommate, saying the jury that acquitted her didn't consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony need to be answered.


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• 4 Americans killed in Afghanistan
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:24:49 EDT)

Four Americans were killed during a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base, outside of Kabul, a Pentagon official said Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.


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• BuzzFeed reporter Hastings dead
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:38:28 EDT)

Journalist Michael Hastings, known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer's abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday.


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• Police dog dies in hot patrol car
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:08:40 EDT)

A police dog died of heat stroke after being left in a patrol car in Woodstock, Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.


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• Majority of Texas in drought emergency
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:00:14 EDT)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has renewed a drought emergency in more than 200 counties throughout the state, authorizing "all necessary measures" be implemented to aid response efforts.


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• Venus Williams to miss Wimbledon
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:53 EDT)

Five-time champion Venus Williams has pulled out of next week's Wimbledon championships because of injury.


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• Celeb chef hubby talks to cops
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:08 EDT)

Lawson's husband says he voluntarily talked to police after newspapers published photos showing him with his hand on her throat. FULL STORY


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• Photos show hand on throat
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:12:22 EDT)

Matthew Chance looks at whether a report alleging celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was choked by her husband could be true.


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• Medical examiner in hotel deaths quits
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:19 EDT)

The death of an 11-year-old boy at a Boone, North Carolina, hotel could have been prevented had police been told that the carbon monoxide that killed him was also to blame for two earlier deaths in the same room, the city's police chief said.


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• Singer: Jolie not 'brave' for surgery
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:27:23 EDT)

Singer Melissa Etheridge reportedly criticizes Angelina Jolie for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.


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• DJ 'visibly shaken' during apology
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:25:43 EDT)

One of the radio hosts fired for mocking a former NFL player with ALS admits the skit wasn't funny and has apologized.


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• Farmers fear mystery wheat
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:55:12 EDT)

The discovery of genetically modified wheat in Oregon sparks economic and health concerns. Stephanie Elam reports.


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• Webcam catches volcano eruption
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:19:48 EDT)

A volcano outside Mexico City erupted Tuesday, sending ash and smoke into the air.


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• Photos: Ivory's tragic price
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:22:32 EDT)

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• How to hide your data from the NSA
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:15 EDT)

Most of us don't e-mail, tweet or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But just in case ...


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• Underwater art gallery
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:17 EDT)

A sunken World War II ship is now underwater gallery, featuring 12 photographs of retro sailors and their sweethearts.


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• Guys in ties get into road rage fight
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:20:59 EDT)

These two guys in business attire go at it near a busy Los Angeles intersection, and it's all caught on camera.


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• Catfish stabs boy in the neck
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:46:04 EDT)

A 13-year-old boy has a near-death experience after being stabbed in the neck by a catfish barb.


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• 'Standing Man' protester goes viral
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:42 EDT)

CNN's Karl Penhaul reports on the "Standing Man," who has inspired a new form of protest in Turkey.


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• Tourists abuse dying dolphin
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:03:56 EDT)

A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site.


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• Flub shows what's great about pageants
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:44:11 EDT)

A rambling response from Miss Utah is the reason Anderson Cooper loves beauty pageants.


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• CNN BuzzFeed: 9 beauty queen fails
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:55:11 EDT)

As Miss Utah Marissa Powell demonstrated in Sunday's Miss USA contestant, it's not always easy to think on your feet. But at least we can look back on those flubs and and smile, right? Here are some of the most cringe-worthy, skin-crawling moments that ever happened on stage.


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• Guy picks fight with deer (deer wins)
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:04:45 EDT)

John Berman shares lessons learned from Internet videos. One of the most important? Don't "argue with the wildlife."


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• The world's best airline is...
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:27:55 EDT)

Emirates has been voted the world's best airline by passengers at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards.


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• Funny or Die: Eva Mendes sex tape
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:28:06 EDT)

From the Funny or Die archives: Actress Eva Mendes takes to the Web to sell her sex tape.


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• Ellsberg: He's a hero
(Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:18:17 EDT)

Daniel Ellsberg tells CNN's Don Lemon that NSA leaker Edward Snowden showed courage, has done an enormous service.


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• New show 'too white'?
(Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:02:24 EDT)

HBO's 'Girls' is the latest TV show depicting life in New York City without one of its most crucial elements: diversity.


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• Zimmerman's body language
(Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:28:12 EDT)

An expert in body language says George Zimmerman showed signs of anger in court in Florida.


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• Anderson battles on 'Jeopardy!'
(Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:34:51 EDT)

CNN's Anderson Cooper reflects on the highs and lows of his past "Jeopardy" appearances and weighs his odds of winning.


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• Steinem on GOP and women
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:29:45 EDT)

Activist and author Gloria Steinem analyzes the "war on women" and says extremists have taken over the Republican party.


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• Facebook fans 'lonely'?
(Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:38:31 EDT)

A report on Facebook, Bill O'Reilly and the Fox "brand," Current TV"s new hire, a Pulitzer for a PA reporter, GMA rises


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• Working moms of CNN
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:43:37 EDT)

CNN goes behind the scenes with the working moms on Suzanne Malveaux's team to see how they juggle it all.


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• Levon Helm remembered
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:43:45 EDT)

Anderson Cooper takes a look back at the life of The Band's Levon Helm and his many contributions to music.


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• Man makes dating spreadsheet
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:29:57 EDT)

Soledad O'Brien discusses the investment banker who created an elaborate spreadsheet to keep track of his dates.


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• Political dog tale duel
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:38:44 EDT)

In the RidicuList, Anderson Cooper examines which candidate's dog tale will have a greater election impact.


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• Vanessa Williams' perfect man
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:38:33 EDT)

Entertainer Vanessa Williams talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about "being properly in love" and relationships.


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• 'Only in America': Defending Axl Rose
(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:41:33 EDT)

Piers Morgan defends Axl Rose for deciding not to attend the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame induction of Guns N' Roses.


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• Rep. won't name 'Communists'
(Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:59:47 EDT)

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) responds to criticism after he claimed a number of Democratic reps in Congress are Communists.


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• RidicuList: Quest for 'sexy veggies'
(Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:35:19 EDT)

CNN's Anderson Cooper riffs on a staple of Courtney Stodden's grocery list, "sexy veggies."


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• Kim Kardashian for mayor?
(Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:29:15 EDT)

Soledad O'Brien discusses Kim Kardashian's comments about running for Mayor in Glendale, California.


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• New judge in Martin case
(Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:17:36 EDT)

CNN's Erin Burnett speaks to a panel of analysts about the new judge in the Trayvon Martin shooting case.


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• Hunt for Hoffa turns up concrete slabs
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:02 EDT)

The FBI on Tuesday spent a second day digging in a Detroit-area field in the latest search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa -- an effort spurred by information from an aging reputed mobster.


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• At least 15 leads on Hoffa over years
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:16 EDT)

Where is Jimmy Hoffa? Tom Foreman reports on the latest attempt to find his body 38 years after he disappeared.


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• Real-life 'Goodfellas' home searched
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:13 EDT)

FBI agents are looking for human remains at a home in Queens linked to gangster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, according to a law enforcement source.


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• Hunt for Hoffa turns up concrete slabs
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:02 EDT)

The FBI on Tuesday spent a second day digging in a Detroit-area field in the latest search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa -- an effort spurred by information from an aging reputed mobster.


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• How to hide your data from the NSA
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:37 EDT)

Most of us don't e-mail, tweet or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But just in case ...


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• From Cheney to China
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:56:01 EDT)

As his popularity has dropped to 45%, President Barack Obama reflects on current issues and responds to criticism.


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• Source: NSA chief to disclose thwarted plots
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:34 EDT)

The director of the National Security Agency was expected on Tuesday to reveal two previously classified cases in which secret surveillance programs thwarted terrorist plots, a congressional source told CNN.


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• 'Conditions subhuman'
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:25 EDT)

The woman and child were locked in rooms, forced to work all the time, threatened, beaten and injured, exploited, used as pawns to get drugs," prosecutor says.


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• Photos: Game 5
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:49 EDT)

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• Game 4
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:07 EDT)

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• Game 3
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:34 EDT)

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• Game 2
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:55 EDT)

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• Game 1
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:10 EDT)

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• New version of Lebron James' Nike shoes
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:23:33 EDT)

A new version of Lebron James' Nike shoes refer to him as a two-time NBA champion. Erin Burnett reports.


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• Jimmy Hoffa
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:45:00 EDT)

Former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 40 years ago, was killed by Detroit mobsters -- not the Genovese family -- and he's buried on a Michigan farm, an aging source tells the FBI. FULL STORY


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• NSA
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:04:06 EDT)

The man who admitted leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs purportedly went online live on Monday to declare the truth would come out even if he is jailed or killed.


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• Obama interview
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:38 EDT)

Critics who have compared President Barack Obama's stance on government surveillance to that of hawkish former Vice President Dick Cheney are missing his insistence on proper systematic balances, Obama said in an interview that aired Monday.


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• Nigella Lawson
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:11 EDT)

Charles Saatchi told a London newspaper Tuesday that he went to police voluntarily over an incident in which he grabbed his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the throat to avoid it "hanging over all of us for months."


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• Turkey's 'standing man'
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:47 EDT)

A man stood silently in Istanbul's Taksim Square for hours Monday night, defying police who had broken up weekend anti-government protests with tear gas and water cannon and drawing hundreds of others to emulate his vigil.


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• Afghan handover
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:33 EDT)

Afghan forces have formally taken over security for the entire country from NATO led troops, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a handover ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday.


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• Brazil protests
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:53:08 EDT)

Nine cents have been enough to make tens of thousands of Brazilians cry foul for a week.


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• Dolphin controversy
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:55:26 EDT)

A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site.


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