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This health care thing has driven people crazier than Johnny Depp in a Max Fleischer cartoon on acid. Pro or con, your rhetoric better be......

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NEW YORK — Jets coach Rex Ryan underwent a weight-loss procedure Saturday to help him fight obesity. The husky Ryan had lap-band surgery at NYU Medical Center, and was relaxing at his home in New Jersey on Saturday night, team spokesman Bruce Speight told The Associated Press. ...

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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox minor league outfielder Ryan Westmoreland will undergo brain surgery after being diagnosed with a cavernous malformation. The Red Sox announced Saturday night that the 19-year-old Westmoreland, one of the team's top prospects, has taken medical leave from minor league camp to seek treatment. ...

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It's getting kind of emotional at SXSW. One of the most interesting panels today was Chris Messina, of Google, talking about Activity Streams, Social Objects......

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is such a star. With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to retain his...

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Investigators looking into corruption involving reconstruction in Iraq say they have opened more than 50 new cases in six months by scrutinizing large cash transactions -- involving banks, land deals, loan payments, casinos and even plastic surgery -- made by some of the Americans involved in the nearly $150 billion...

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By Bill Persky and Bruce Kluger After a year of contentious infighting, bitter feuds and stalled legislation, President Obama has taken a new tack......

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Matthew Hoh, the former senior U.S. civilian representative in Zabul province, Afghanistan, says that civilian deaths in Marjah caused by Operation Moshtarak were unnecessary and that the operation isn't accomplishing anything. Hoh points to the installation of an outsider ex-con as the head official in Marjah as evidence that despite...

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The media does a pretty good job covering the major news stories. Sometimes, however, they miss some. My mission? To search for the most......

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I spoke to Andeisha Farid yesterday in Washington yesterday, who was pleased to have just met Michelle Obama. Hillary Clinton then spoke about her in......

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Like Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, the public option rose from the grave this week (instead of slashing teenage victims, it would slash health care costs). With zero input from the White House, 41 Senators have agreed to support a public option via reconciliation. Ryan Grim lays out...

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Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old's honorable discharge under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy came only after police officers in Rapid City, S.D., saw an Iowa marriage certificate in her home...

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The hip, cutting-edge magicians, Penn & Teller, are often resented and discredited by more traditional magicians, because the bad boys of magic invariably give......

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ATLANTA — President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries. A plan to overhaul the 2002 education law championed by President George...

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Watch the latest energy news live through our curated Twitter lists. These tweets span many perspectives and include prominent energy voices, organizations, and news outlets. Do you know a tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists? Email us at twitterlists@huffingtonpost.com! ...

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