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One Show Changed Everything When It Debuted in 2000. I Never Watched—Until It Quietly Changed My Life. Hillary Frey

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Hulu's New Hit Already Kicked Off a Fashion Trend. I'm Telling You: You Can't Pull It Off. -- Scaachi Koul

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The U.S. Had a Crazy Strategy to Beat Canada for Men's Hockey Gold. I Can't Believe It Worked. -- Alex Kirshner -- Canada had the U.S. outgunned, so the Americans went to Milan with a bunch of machetes.

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It's a Classic American Kids' Pastime. Why Are Parents Getting Tasered, Punched, and Arrested Over It? -- Nick Ripatrazone -- As a basketball dad, I know what I'm talking about.

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Trump Wants Veterans to Lose Benefits As Soon As Their PTSD Symptoms Are Treated. There's One Problem With That. Steve Kennedy - The consequences of this shift are not abstract.

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One State Makes Voters Decide One of the Most Horrific Aspects of Executions. It Should Stop. -- Austin Sarat

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