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    The Week In Review

    Slideshow • ISSUE 47•06 • Feb 7, 2011
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    • Department Of Health And Human Services Recommends Standing At Least Once A Day

      WASHINGTON—As part of an ongoing campaign to promote physical fitness and well- being, the Department of Health and Human Services is urging all Americans to set aside time at least once a day to stand.
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    • Jack LaLanne Pops Back Up After Cool Down

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    • Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy Asteroid Headed For Earth

      WASHINGTON—In a strong rebuke of President Obama and his domestic agenda, all 242 House Republicans voted Wednesday to repeal the Asteroid Destruction and American Preservation Act, which was signed into law last year to destroy the immense asteroid currently hurtling toward Earth.
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    • Breaking: Anti-Gay Congressman Caught In Affair With Horse

      Congressman Ronald North, who said gay marriages would lead to man-horse unions, is caught in a relationship with a mare.  Full coverage tonight at 10/9c on IFC.
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    • Police Bust Giraffe-Fighting Ring

      ST. LOUIS—Local law enforcement officials announced Monday they had broken up a major giraffe-fighting ring, arresting two alleged organizers and 12 spectators found at the scene, in addition to confiscating $45,000 in cash and 10 badly abused giraffes.
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    • Puppy Bowl Marred By Tragic Spinal Injury

      SILVER SPRING, MD—Puppy Bowl VII, puppy football's biggest annual event, came to a complete standstill Sunday when Alvin, a 3-month-old schnauzer mix, suffered a freak spinal injury while chasing down a loose squeaky football. The injury, which occu...
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    • Bard College Named Nation's No. 1 Dinner Party School

      ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY—The Princeton Review announced this week that Bard College has topped its annual ranking of the nation's biggest dinner party schools.
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    • Aging Airliner Flies Out To Sea To Die

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    • Ben Roethlisberger One Win Away From Being Good Person

      After being accused of sexual assault twice in three years, Ben Roethlisberger can fully redeem himself by winning Super Bowl XLV.
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    • We're On To You: We Don't Know What Your Angle Is Yet, But Rest Assured, We're Going To Find Out

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