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Up Oshetna Creek Without a Paddle | Alaska State Troopers

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Trooper Dahl hopes to track down a family missing up the Oshetna River. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and …

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Got Dark Money? Launder It Like The Koch Brothers

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“California’s Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday will announce a settlement in its probe into an $11 million contribution made by a “dark money” nonprofit group in the 2012 elections, according to a source with knowledge of the case. The commission will disclose the deal at a press conference scheduled …

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Texas Voter ID Law Especially Harsh On Women

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“Texas’s new voter ID law got off to a rocky start this week as early voting began for state constitutional amendments. The law was previously blocked as discriminatory by the federal courts under the Voting Rights Act in 2012, until the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the VRA in …

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Why Do You Laugh? Cry? Blush?

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Scientific answers to why you laugh, cry, smile, blush, and get the butterflies? Featuring Amanda Lehan, Danielle Taddei, and Colter Harkins. Music: https://soundcloud.com/subphaze1 Watch: Why Do You Get The Hiccups? Goosebumps? Eye Twitches? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDDDcxeHGY Why Do You Get Brain Freeze? Pruney Fingers? The Chills? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFjc3MBioDk Info sources: Crying http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/mind-read/why_do_we_cry_when http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying …

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