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The Brief Saturday, February 21st 2015

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1. East Coast Freeze Paves Way for More Storms and Snow
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Bitter cold gripped the eastern United States from Michigan to Florida, causing at least 24 fatalities ahead of a weekend forecast to bring more winter storms to regions still digging out of the snow

2. Exclusive: 'Why I'm Volunteering to Die on Mars'
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One of the Mars One finalists reveals for TIME what it's like to face leaving Earth forever and why she's ready to give her life for the trip

3. Stocks Close at Record Highs as Greece Gets a Bailout Extension
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Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500-stock index climbed to new highs in afternoon trading on news of the Greek deal

4. Everything to Know This Year's Oscar Controversies
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Almost every nominated picture has stirred up controversy and protests at one point or another during the awards season. Here's a guide to the outrage

5. Obama Says Republicans 'Bamboozle Folks' on Income Inequality
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President Barack Obama took a skeptical approach to the Republican Party's recent focus on on income inequality and the middle class, saying the GOP's "rhetoric has not matched the reality"

6. Mayweather Says He and Pacquiao to Fight May 2
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The long anticipated bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will almost surely break every financial record ever, and make both boxers richer than ever

7. New Fronts Open in the Marijuana Wars
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Lawmakers introduced bills in Congress that would legalize and tax marijuana on a federal level and two federal lawsuits to end the sale of recreational marijuana in Colorado

8. Jason Biggs Won't Return to <i>Orange Is the New Black</i>
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On the upcoming season of Netflix's hit women's prison series Orange Is the New Black, somebody has been granted an early release. Jason Biggs, who plays one of the few men on the show, won't be back

9. How Malcolm X's Legacy Has Evolved
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It's amazing what 50 years can do for a legacy, and 50 years after Malcolm X's assassination on Feb. 21, 1965, the transfiguration continues. But one thing hasn't changed: his is seen as a story of rebirth

10. 800,000 HealthCare.gov Customers Given Wrong Tax Info
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About 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers got the wrong tax information from the government, the Obama administration said Friday, and officials are asking those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns

11. Colorado Bombing May Not Have Been Aimed at NAACP
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A Colorado man was set to be charged in connection with a bombing outside an NAACP office in January—an attack the man says wasn't aimed at the NAACP at all

12. British Anti-Terror Cops Hunt 3 Teen Girls Feared Bound for Syria
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The girls, all good friends aged 15 to 17, boarded a Turkish Airlines flight at London's Gatwick Airport. Thousands of wannabe ISIS rebels have crossed into Syria through Turkey

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