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North Korea hydrogen bomb

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They tested a hydrogen bomb that made the world upset

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David Bowie

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Rockstar died at age 69

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Ted Cruz

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Trump said Cruz should not be able to run cause he was not born in America

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Joaquin “ElChapo” Guzman

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Was caught in Mexico

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“Making of a Murder”

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Became a Netflix sensation

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NDSU Five-Beat

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The bison have won the FCS championships 5 in a row

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Wisconsin sportsmanship rules

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You can’t chant air ball or stuff like that

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William “bill” Del Monte

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Died at age 106 was the last survivor of the San Fransisco earthquake

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St.Louis Rams/La

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Rams moved to La

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Sarah Palin/Donald Trump

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Sarah enforced Trump of presidency

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EPA/Flint, Michigan

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Being called for water crisis- there is lead in the water

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Glen Frey

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Died at age 67 was the co-founder of the band Eagles

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz

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Hillary and Bernie tied for democrats and Ted won for republicans

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Hillary Clinton emails

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22 top secret emails were released

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Zika virus

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Is a virus in Souh America and has birth defects which causes the babies heads smaller

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Facebook and Instagram

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No more selling guns on these sites

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Women/military draft

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Discussion whether or not women should sign up for selective service

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Year of the monkey

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Chinese lunar calendar

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Super Bowl 50

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Denver won 24-10, Peyton Manning might retire

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Cold Play

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Sang at half time at Super Bowl 50

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EPA/coal fire plants

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Recently put a lot of regulations

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Happy birthday to you

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Anybody can record the song, don’t know who owns it

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Chipotle

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Many people got sick and closed it so all workers had to go to training

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Jason Moszer

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Cop was killed in a shooting in Fargo

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Antonia Scalia
A Supreme Court justice died at age 79
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Mike Yeo
Fired as the Minnesota coach
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Lincoln Memorial
A wealthy person is going to donate 18 1/2 million dollars to fix the memorial
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Apple vs FBI
The FBI is requesting that the apple breaks into their phones and Apple says they don't know how
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Harper Lee
The author of How to Kill a Mockingbird died at age 89
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SD bathroom law
Governor of South Dakota says that people that are transgender have to go into the bathroom that what gender they were born into
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Jen Bush
Decided to drop out of the campaign in South Carolina
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Guantanamo Bay
2008 President Obama wanted to close Guantanamo Bay
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NJ Governor Chris Christle
Dropped out from running for president but now supports Trump
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"Spotlight"
Won the academy award for best picture
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Merrick Garland
Nominee for Supreme Court from president Obama
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Trump rally/Chicago
Protestors were payed to protest in his rally, cancelled for safety reasons
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Wounded Warrior Project
Top CEO had to resign because of rumors on how they spent donations
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Obama/Cuba
First time in 100 years our president went to Cuba
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Putin/Syria
Announced he is withdrawing some of his troops and hopefully make an agreement
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Maria Sharapova
Famous tennis player failed a drug test
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George Martin
5th member of the Beatles died at age 90
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Rolling Stones/Cuba
Free concert in Cuba first time they played in Cuba
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Donald Trump/Abortion
Trump was asked a question about abortion, he said yes to a hypothetical question about if it was illegal
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Jamar Clark
Young African American was shot and killed by cops in Minneapolis
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Villanova
Won the national basketball men's title against North Carolina
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UND hockey
UND fighting Hawks won the division 1 hockey title for the 8th time
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Golden State Warriors
Defeating record for best season with73 wins and 9 losses
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American Idol
Ended its 15 season run
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Merie Haggard
Country music icon died at age 70
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Canada/Doctor-assisted suicide
If someone doesn't want to live anymore they can go to a doctor and they will legally end their life for them
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Saudi Arabia/role in 9/11
The police is trying to release the other 20 people
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Kobe Bryant
Retired from the NBA, he dropped 60 points in his last game
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Golden State Warriors (73wins)
NBA record finished 78-9 broke the Chicago Bulls record
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"Stairway to Heaven"
Iconic song led by Zeppelin, sued for stealing a song from a band in the 1960's
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Xbox 360
Announced that they will no longer produce the game council or sold
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Prince
Famous singer from MN died at age 57
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Terry Redlin
Famous painter from SD died at age 74
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MN/ND drunk driving laws
Challenging the law to get a warrant to give a chemical test for drunk driving
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Harriet Tubman
Orchestrater for the Underground Railroad and people want her to be on the $20 bill
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Jennifer Aniston
Announced the most beautiful person of the year
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Chyna
Famous WWE died at age 45
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Apple sales
Sales have dropped 13% in the past year
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Dennis Hastert
Famous speaker of the house resigned about 10 years ago was arrested for sexual assault
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Jared Goff and Crason Wentz
Jared went #1 and Carson went #2 in NFL draft
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"Hamilton"
Awarded the Tony award for most awards
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Twister game
Incorporated in the world toy hall of fame
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Keystone XL pipeline
Canada pulled the request to build the pipeline
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China and Taiwan meeting
Taiwan says they are free, China says Taiwan is with them
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U of Missouri's Tim Wolfe
President resigned
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North Carolina
Justice department threatened to withdrawal education funding over its transgender legislation
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Bison
Obama declared the bison the national mammal
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Ted Cruz 2
Lost Indiana primary suspended his campaign

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