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From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all

kkirkham — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:50 +0000

Voters in the nation's second-largest city will elect a new mayor Tuesday in a race that will make history and offer a possible indicator on public sentiment toward unions representing municipal employees during a budget crisis.

Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn't

kkirkham — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:42:18 +0000

Editor's note: This is part of CNN's "Life's Work" series, which features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of health and medicine.

White House aims to spend 10% of its time on controversies

abrents — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:39:51 +0000

With the White House slashing its way through the recent brush of controversy, The president is putting out the message that he's focused on the economy as the administration enters another week of hearings on Capitol Hill.

Class of 2013 grads average $35,200 in total debt

kkirkham — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:39:13 +0000

The class of 2013 is in for a rude awakening this graduation season.

Boeing is the new hedge fund favorite

kkirkham — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:47 +0000

Hedge fund managers are boarding Boeing.

The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

rhackbarth — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:31:33 +0000

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich. They eventually walked away with stock worth around $150 million at today's share price.

90 year old graduates with fourth degree

abrents — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:58:05 +0000

Getting a four year college degree wasn't nearly enough for one California man and neither was graduate school.

In fact, this man now has a variety of college degrees.

Dispatcher: 50 injured after car plows into parade-goers in Virginia

abrents — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:23 +0000

As many as 50 people were injured Saturday afternoon after a car plowed into parade-goers in Damascus, Virginia, a police dispatcher told CNN.

Got THE ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing?

abrents — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:41:30 +0000

Two dollars and a dream.

That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot.

French president signs same-sex marriage bill into law

rhackbarth — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:19:13 +0000

French President Francois Hollande signed into law Saturday a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt.