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Babies Born Dependent On Opioids Need Touch, Not Tech

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Babies Born Dependent On Opioids Need Touch, Not Tech

A pediatrician is working to make sure every hospital in Kansas can give babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome the soft start they need, ideally right next to their mothers.

Honoring And Remembering Singer Aretha Franklin And Her Voice

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Walmart And Others Offer Workers Payday Loan Alternative

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Social Entrepreneurs: Taking On World Problems

Walmart And Others Offer Workers Payday Loan Alternative

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Walmart And Others Offer Workers Payday Loan Alternative

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New Haven Emergency Operations Director Responds To Dozens Of Overdoses

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Lazarus David Bowie

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Everything Is Going To Be Alright Giraffage

What Exactly Is K2, The Synthetic Cannabinoid?

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Black Midas Ilyas Ahmed

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The New SF Bay Blues Hurray for the Riff Raff

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What Allows Sex Abuse To Proliferate Within The Catholic Church

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Journalists Nationwide Push Back Against President Trump's Anti-Media Rhetoric

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Journalists Nationwide Push Back Against President Trump's Anti-Media Rhetoric

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Best Believe IAMNOBODI

How Archaeologists Play A Role In The Forest Service's Response To Wildfires

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How Archaeologists Play A Role In The Forest Service's Response To Wildfires

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Secretary Of State Pompeo Announces Creation Of Iran Action Group

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Secretary Of State Pompeo Announces Creation Of Iran Action Group

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Minnesota Orchestra Honors Nelson Mandela By Bringing Music To South Africa

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Minnesota Orchestra Honors Nelson Mandela By Bringing Music To South Africa

by Euan Kerr

Minnesota Orchestra Honors Nelson Mandela By Bringing Music To South Africa

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Beautiful People Curtis Harding

Rep. Cummings Demands Explanation For Stripping Ex-CIA Chief's Security Clearance

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Politics

Rep. Cummings Demands Explanation For Stripping Ex-CIA Chief's Security Clearance

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Rep. Cummings Demands Explanation For Stripping Ex-CIA Chief's Security Clearance

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National Security

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Weighs In On Trump Revoking Security Clearances

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National Security

Trump Signs Annual Defense Policy Bill, Lists Many Things He Doesn't Like About It

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Trump Signs Annual Defense Policy Bill, Lists Many Things He Doesn't Like About It

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Give It to Me Homeshake

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Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

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Music News

Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

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Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

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How Fans Of R&B Singer Aretha Franklin Are Reacting To Her Death

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Melatonin A Tribe Called Quest

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Religion

Pope Francis And U.S. Bishops Respond To Report On Sex Abuse In Pennsylvania

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Pope Francis And U.S. Bishops Respond To Report On Sex Abuse In Pennsylvania

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National

How Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Investigating Reports Of Sex Abuse By Priests

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You're a Wolf

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