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The Rap Game, Bring It! & Married at First Sight Return January 2019
The Rap Game heads into its most intense season ever and it’s all-out music mayhem! The stakes are higher than ever before and with a battle every episode, this new crop of superstars must use everything in their arsenal to keep their place on the HIT List....and in the house! From executive producers, Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominee Queen Latifah and Grammy winner Jermaine Dupri, the fifth season of The Rap Game kicks off Thursday, January 10th at 10pm ET/PT.
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Here's why Hillary Clinton 4.0 is a terrible idea
On Sunday, two former advisers to Hillary Clinton made a bold claim in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Here it is:
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Sears should close for good, creditors say
It's time to pull the plug on Sears, according to its creditors.
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Chicago actor returns to stage months after being shot
When the curtain goes up Friday night at Theater Wit, a Chicago actor will make his triumphant return months after he was shot near a CTA Red Line stop.
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California wildfires kill 31 people, with more devastation to come
The most destructive wildfire in California history is nowhere near done with its catastrophic rampage.
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Why Kamala Harris is the new Democratic frontrunner
If there's one lesson Democrats should learn from the 2018 election, it's this: Their base wants to make history.
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What Donald Trump's fact-free claims about elections in Florida and Arizona tell us about 2020
President Donald Trump spent the weekend in Paris, but his Twitter feed is evidence that he kept a close eye on events stateside -- most notably the ongoing recounts in Florida and the still-uncalled Senate race in Arizona.
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3rd Annual Stilettos & Champagne
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Simplify Holiday Entertaining
Preparing side dishes can be time consuming. Save those precious minutes to enjoy the holidays by using refrigerated, never-frozen options like mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, baked apples and even macaroni and cheese that can be heated in the microwave and ready to serve in minutes.
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This Is How the Democrats Can Win in 2020
Although Andrew Gillum lost the governor's race in Florida and Stacey Abrams is behind but may yet force a runoffin another close contest in Georgia, the two candidates offered a blueprint for how progressive Democrats can win both statewide and national elections.
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Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus was set to retire soon. He was killed in the Thousand Oaks attack
Sgt. Ron Helus had been set to retire in the next year from the Ventura County, California Sheriff's Office when, responding late Wednesday to a call of a shooting, he walked into the Borderline Bar & Grill.
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Beto Election Night Watch Party
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Colorado elects nation's first openly gay governor, CNN projects ons to come in.
Colorado Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis will be his state's next governor, becoming the nation's first openly gay man elected to a governor's mansion, CNN has projected.
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6 takeaways from election night 2018
The 2018 election is playing out right in front of us. I am keeping a rolling list of takeaways as the night -- and morning -- wear on. Here they are:
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Amber Alert: A 13-year-old girl is abducted outside her North Carolina home
Police have issued an Amber Alert after a 13-year-old girl was abducted outside her home in Lumberton, North Carolina, on Monday morning.
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How to watch CNN's Election Day coverage anywhere
With hundreds of political seats up for grabs Tuesday, the stakes are incredibly high. That's why CNN will be covering the midterm elections nonstop from across the country -- on air, online and on your phone.
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Election 2018: Voters head to the polls to deliver their verdict on the midterms
It's Election Day in America, again. Two years after a shock election launched Donald Trump into the presidency, voters are again set to render a verdict on the direction they would like to take the country.
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Commissioner Ellis, Congresswoman Jackson Lee and Congressman Green Dedicate Civil Rights Mural: “Sacred Struggles/Vibrant Justice”
Eight Houston Black Leaders Honored in Art Precinct One Paints on Historic Church
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman Al Green and community leaders on Monday, Nov. 5 unveiled the “Sacred Struggles/Vibrant Justice Mural” that honors eight African-American who fought for civil rights in Houston.