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1. U.S., Iran Meet About Iraq as 275 Troops Deploy
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President Obama said on Monday that he had deployed up to 275 U.S. military personnel into Iraq to protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, an announcement that came after American and Iranian diplomats met in Geneva to discuss ways to de-escalate the ongoing crisis

2. Meet John Brooks: The Player Who Sealed the U.S. Win Over Ghana
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Fans have embraced the little-known player as "the greatest American since Abraham Lincoln"—at least, if Wikipedia is to be believed—after his late-in-the-game header pushed the U.S. to a 2-1 win over Ghana in their opening match in the 2014 World Cup

3. Sitting Can Boost Your Risk of Certain Cancers
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A study finds that people who spend more hours of the day sitting have up to a 66 percent higher risk of developing certain cancers than those who aren't as sedentary

4. Lerner's Lost Emails: Republicans Press Obama Administration on Tea Party Scrutiny
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Republicans are infuriated that IRS official Lois Lerner's hard-drive crash managed to obliterate records of her electronic communications and say it's an impediment to their investigation of Lerner's role in the scrutiny of right-wing political organizations by the IRS

5. Nebraska Town Braces for Massive Cleanup After Twin Tornadoes
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Residents of Pilger are sifting through razed homes and businesses after two massive tornadoes formed into one and tore through their tiny northeast town on Monday, killing a 5-year-old and injuring at least 19 others while damaging more than half of the community's structures

6. GM Recalls 3 Million More Cars for Ignition Problems
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The car giant has recalled some 3.2 million more vehicles that could experience an engine stall, loss of power-assisted steering and brakes or air bags that might not inflate in a crash, bringing the total number of vehicles pulled back by the company this year to over 20 million

7. These Are the Future's Most Walkable U.S. Cities
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A new study by researchers at George Washington University and the advocacy group Smart Growth America say big cities that are known more now for suburban sprawl and traffic jams have new development projects that will shoot them up into the most "walkable urban places"

8. Study: U.S. Health Care Most Expensive, Worst Performing
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The U.S. ranks worst among 11 wealthy nations in terms of "efficiency, equity and outcomes" despite having the world's most expensive health care system

9. Zendaya, 17, Tapped for Aaliyah in Lifetime's Biopic
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Age ain't nothing but a number—the Disney Channel star was clearly that somebody for this one-in-a-million role

10. China's Military to Allow Shorter, Wider Recruits
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The People's Liberation Army has eased restrictions on height, weight and eyesight, removed exclusions that banned people with certain mental illnesses and has promised greater entertainment to soldiers, all in an effort to enlist more highly educated recruits

11. Two Bowe Bergdahl Movies Are Already Being Planned
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One movie about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, returned to the U.S. after nearly five years in a Taliban prison, is to be produced by the duo that gave us Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker and the other is based on a biographical article by late journalist Michael Hastings

12. 'Duke Porn Star': I Lost My Financial Aid
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Miriam Weeks, a rising sophomore at Duke University and adult film star who goes by 'Belle Knox,' writes for TIME about changing the conversation from her decision to perform in porn to pay tuition and toward paying more attention to how artificially inflated demand for college pushes tuitions sky high

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