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Scarlett Johansson recently became SodaStream's spokeswoman and appeared at an event at the Gramercy Park Hotel on Jan. 10 in New York City. The actress soon found herself engulfed in controversy because of her affiliation with a company that has a factory in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Mike Coppola/Mike Coppola/Getty Images for SodaStream hide caption

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Scarlett Johansson's Middle East Flap ... Over Soda

Johansson has stepped down as a representative for Oxfam International. She was criticized after agreeing to act as spokeswoman for SodaStream, an Israeli company stationed in the occupied West Bank.

When state prison populations were at their peak, prisons like San Quentin in California used gymnasiums to house inmates in bunks. Now it's the federal prison system that's overcrowded. The Bureau of Prisons says it's 35 to 40 percent over capacity. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption

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As States Close Prisons And Cut Crime, Feds Lag Behind

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The Roxie Theater in San Francisco still has two 35 millimeter projectors, but the switch to digital is inevitable. Laura Sydell/NPR hide caption

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Small Cinemas Struggle As Film Fades Out Of The Picture

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A portrait of Fred Korematsu presented at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Honoring A Japanese-American Who Fought Against Internment Camps

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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop rocket Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida in May 2012. The launch made SpaceX the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images hide caption

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SpaceX Could Give Struggling Texas City A Boost

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The farm bill proposes a $1 billion cut to food stamps, which would affect nearly 850,000 struggling families who already depend on food banks like the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif. Antonio Mena/Courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank hide caption

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Small Cuts To Food Stamps Add Up To Big Pains For Many Recipients

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Rep. Henry Waxman of California speaks during a 2011 hearing in Washington, D.C. The 20-term Democrat was among the "Watergate babies" elected in 1974. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Rep. Henry Waxman, Ferocious Liberal, Says He Will Retire

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Magellanic penguins strut their stuff on the rocky shoreline of Argentina's Punta Tombo, home to the largest colony of the birds in the world. Craig Lovell/Corbis hide caption

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Changing Climate In Argentina Is Killing Penguin Chicks

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Scarlett Johansson recently became SodaStream's spokeswoman and appeared at an event at the Gramercy Park Hotel on Jan. 10 in New York City. The actress soon found herself engulfed in controversy because of her affiliation with a company that has a factory in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Mike Coppola/Mike Coppola/Getty Images for SodaStream hide caption

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Scarlett Johansson's Middle East Flap ... Over Soda

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Just like the Super Bowl, the Beefy Butternut Squash Chili takes a couple of fall favorites and pairs them in a winter classic. John Lee/Courtesy of Rebel One hide caption

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A Surprise Play: Beefy Butternut Squash Chili

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