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Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use Among Marijuana Growers

Using chemicals to control bugs or mold is common among commercial cannabis growers. But with no federal oversight, experts are concerned growers may be using dangerous pesticides. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use Among Marijuana Growers

Regulators in the 23 states where medical or recreational marijuana is allowed are having a tough time making sure pot buyers don't ingest harmful pesticides.

Latin America

Deadline Nears For Haitians Facing Deportation By Dominican Republic

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Latin America

Haiti's Government Unsure How Many Haitians Will Leave Dominican Republic

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Haiti's Government Unsure How Many Haitians Will Leave Dominican Republic

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Race

Dolezal Controvery Sparks Questions About Modern Civil Rights Movement

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Dolezal Controvery Sparks Questions About Modern Civil Rights Movement

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Body In Rainfall Wild Nothing

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A Candle's Fire Beirut

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Business

Gap To Close 175 Stores, Cut 250 Corporate Jobs

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Gap To Close 175 Stores, Cut 250 Corporate Jobs

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In 1846, 'The Jolly Flatboatmen' Did A Different Sort Of River Dance

George Caleb Bingham's The Jolly Flatboatmen (1846) became wildly popular after an East Coast art union bought it and started disseminating it as a print. National Gallery of Art hide caption

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In 1846, 'The Jolly Flatboatmen' Did A Different Sort Of River Dance

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In 1846, 'The Jolly Flatboatmen' Did A Different Sort Of River Dance

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Little Princess Footsteps/Sarah Armstrong's Tune Red Mountain White Trash

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University Of Cambridge To Hire Lego Professor

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Europe

Migrants Set On Getting To Europe Try Crossing Between Turkey And Bulgaria

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Migrants Set On Getting To Europe Try Crossing Between Turkey And Bulgaria

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World

Former Foreign Ministers Suggest Ways For How U.N. Can Improve

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Former Foreign Ministers Suggest Ways For How U.N. Can Improve

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Music News

Neil Young Tells Trump To Quit 'Rockin' In The Free World'

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Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young

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Everything In It's Right Place Christopher O'Riley

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Smells Like Teen Spirit The Bad Plus

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National

Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use Among Marijuana Growers

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Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use Among Marijuana Growers

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Hang Hang Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer with Sam Bush & Mike Marshall

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Sports

Golden State Warriors Beat Cleveland To Win NBA Championship

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Golden State Warriors Beat Cleveland To Win NBA Championship

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Awards For Athletes Should Honor Unsung Heroes

American tennis champion Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (1943 - 1993) was the first black player to win a major men's tennis tournament in 1985. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

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Sweetness And Light

Awards For Athletes Should Honor Unsung Heroes

by Frank Deford

Awards For Athletes Should Honor Unsung Heroes

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North Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge et. al.

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Panhandle Rag Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas et. al.

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FBI Probes How And Why Houston Astros Database Was Breached

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National

Scammers Turn To Caller ID 'Spoofing' To Pose As Police

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Scammers Turn To Caller ID 'Spoofing' To Pose As Police

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A Vision For Teacher Training At MIT: West Point Meets Bell Labs

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A Vision For Teacher Training At MIT: West Point Meets Bell Labs

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A Vision For Teacher Training At MIT: West Point Meets Bell Labs

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Vagabond Beirut

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Bossa Dorado Gaucho

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'3 ½ Minutes' Chronicles Florida Murder Over Loud Rap Music

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Race

'3 ½ Minutes' Chronicles Florida Murder Over Loud Rap Music

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'3 ½ Minutes' Chronicles Florida Murder Over Loud Rap Music

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Skimming The Fractured Surface Kaki King

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Europe

French Postal Service Delivers Letter 138 Years Late

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Europe

Russia To Beef Up Its Nuclear Arsenal

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Baramaen E. Koestyara

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I Like to Score Moby

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Africa

To Escape Poachers, Rhinos Are Airlifted To Safer Areas

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Afro-Tonic Tauk

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Sojourner (Confined) Greg Rapaport

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If I Knew Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer with Sam Bush & Mike Marshall

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Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is interviewed for TV in September 2014. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'

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Paul Ryan: Trade Deal Will Help U.S. 'Set The Standards For The Global Economy'

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