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Life-size Lego model of ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing fighter lands in Times Square

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Colbert on atheists and the Pope

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Jon Stewart rips Obama for going after whistle-blowers instead of bankers

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One in 10 U.S. kids have alcoholic parent – study

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – More than one in 10 U.S. children live with an alcoholic parent and are at increased risk of developing a host of health problems of their own, according to a new government study released on Thursday. Researchers at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)…

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Number of Americans using marijuana up 6.4% over past two years

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WASHINGTON — More than half of Americans aged 12 and up drink alcohol, a quarter binge-drank in the past month, and one in 14 teens has used marijuana, a US government agency says in a report on substance abuse. Around 52 percent of 137,436 Americans interviewed in 2008 and 2009…

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