Masses flock to Chinatown

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Super odd Super ads

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Lunch we can't believe in

Michelle Obama's fight against child obesity enlists an old law to improve school meals like this one.

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'Evil' cop-killer sentenced to death

'Evil' cop-killer sentenced to death

Alberto Alvarez, who fired a final shot into fallen's officer Richard May's head, will be executed by lethal injection.

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Blue Cross' rate hike questioned

Blue Cross' rate hike questioned

HHS Sec'y Sebelius asks state's biggest for-profit insurer to justify plans to hike premiums by as much as 39%.

Man fatally shot during Super Bowl party

Antioch man, 28, appears to have shot himself in the head at party after there was a disagreement over a bet.


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    Italy moves to the beat

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