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Wednesday's 'last shot' presidential debate: What to expect

The CNN face-off in Arizona could be the last on-air showdown of the long GOP nomination fight. A guide to debate #20

Could $100 million buy Newt Gingrich another chance?

Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is doubling down on Newt's floundering campaign, and might even pony up $100 million. Is that a losing bet?

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Wednesday's season finale of American Political Gladiators

CNN will host the 20th game-show-like debate of the GOP campaign season tonight. And with any luck, it'll be the last

America's Taser problem: 8 unfortunate Tasing incidents

A naked man gets stunned in Walmart, a Florida cop sends a handcuffed girl into a coma, and other strange, dark tales of the Taser

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Tens of thousands of Indians participate in a series of mass protests this summer, in an anti-corruption drive against the country's ruling Congress Party.

India's fed-up middle class

An anti-corruption crusade inspires millions of middle-class Indians to political action for the first time

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IQ test scores in the U.S. increased by an average of three points per decade during the 20th century.

Are Americans smarter than ever?

The nation's IQ scores have kept climbing over the past 100 years. Does that mean we're brighter than our forebears?

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South Sudanese fly the country's new flag and celebrate the recent secession.

The world's newest nation

The map of Africa changed last month when South Sudan split from Sudan. What are the country's prospects?

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The U.S. military's Afghan Koran burnings: 4 consequences

For a second straight day, riots rage in Afghanistan after Muslim holy books are inadvertently burned at a U.S.-run NATO base

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10 things you need to know today: February 22, 2012

Newt's $100 million man makes waves, two journalists are killed in Syria, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

The problem with political bloviating on China

U.S. presidential candidates love to harp on the world's most populous nation. But once they're in office, they quickly start singing a different tune

How badly will Iran's oil 'blackmail' hurt Europe?

Tehran cuts off oil shipments to the U.K. and France in retaliation for Western sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. Is this bad for the EU ... or Iran?

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