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Internet Archive→ President Trump Iran Nuclear Deal Announcement : CSPAN2 : May 8, 2018 2:12pm-2:30pm EDT
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A bogus story in a notorious fake news web site claimed without evidence that the country is now allowing open practice of Christianity.
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Web sites continue to confuse consumers with a long out-of-date warning about a listeria-related recall of packaged vegetables.
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President Donald Trump plans to follow through on his campaign threat to pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran.
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Police are digging in woods northeast of Detroit near where the body of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in 1986 was found more than a decade ago.
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A centralized and specific news report about analog clocks and timed exams naturally morphed into a Internet-wide bashing of "kids today."
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The trustees say they "abhor sexual violence" and university President Neville Pinto echoed that in a statement expressing support for survivors of sexual assault.
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years
The president was off-target when he said Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years despite a range of restrictions.
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years
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An Oregon senator has not passed a bill deeming such discounts to be "exclusionary and biased."
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A viral video gets some details right about the case of Ramad Ahshad Chatman, but leaves out one crucial fact.
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The origins of many marriage-related rituals are arcane, but we can safely rule out this explanation.
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Although puncturing one's skin with a nail that has been in contact with the soil is a risk factor for tetanus, rust has nothing to do with the disease.
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