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Definition: A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
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South Korean worker cleared of 70-cent snack theft
Say goodbye to new pennies, a coin that outlived its purpose after 232 years
We all have pennies and rarely use them, right? Plus, they cost the U.S. Mint more than three cents each to make, and most wind up stored indefinitely in jars, pails, piggy banks, Big Gulp cups and drawers or forgotten in sofa cushions, vehicle ...
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'Get off the road' - Drivers warn of hazards during snow storm
At a rest stop in Indiana, several truck drivers stopped because it was difficult to see the road during a nighttime winter snowstorm over the weekend. Darren Duncan was headed to Minnesota when he stopped to wait for the weather to improve. "Couldn'...
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When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
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