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North Carolina

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Justice department threatened to withhold education funding over its transgender legislation

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Ted Cruz 2

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Lost Indiana primary suspended his campaign

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Bison

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Obama declared the bison the national mammals

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U of Missouris Tim Wolfe

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President resigned, racism in school

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China and Taiwan meeting

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Taiwan says they are free, China says Taiwan is with them

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Keystone XL pipeline

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Canada pulled the request to build the pipeline

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Twister game

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Incorporated in the world toy hall of fame

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Hamilton

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Awarded the tony award for most awards

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Apple

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Worst selling of phones ever

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Dennis hastert

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Former speaker of the house resigned about ten years ago. Arrested for sexual assault

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Jared goff and Carson wentz

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Goff went number 1 and Carson number 2 for he draft

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Ted Cruz and John kasich

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Dropped out of the election

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Xbox 360

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Announced it will no longer produce it

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Prince

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Famous singer died at age 57 in his home

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Terry redlin

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Famous painter dies at age 74

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MN/ND drunk driving laws

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Supreme court is challenging Minnesota and North Dakota drunk driving laws

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Harriet Tubman

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Leader of the Underground Railroad is being put on the 20 dollar bill

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Jennifer aniston

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Voted most beautiful woman

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Chyna

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Famous WWE wrestler died at age 45

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Canada Doctor

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Assisted suicide will kill you if you’re going to die

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Saudi Arabia role in 911

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28 pages blacked out press is trying to get them to release them

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Kobe Bryant

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Retired from the NBA

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Golden state warriors

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Broke the Chicago Bulls record for 73 to 9 wins

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Stairway to heaven

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Being sued that they stole the song from a 90s band

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UND hockey
Won the division 1 hockey title for the 8th time
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American idol
Ended it 15 season run
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Merie haggard
Died at age 70 and came out and sang blue collar songs
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Donald trump
Went to town hall and answered a question about portion of the wrong thing to a hypothetical question
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Jamar Clark
Are young African-American that was shot in Minneapolis by police they didn't charge the police officer
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Villinova
One national title by knocking out a three-pointer to win
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Rolling Stones
They played in Cuba for free first time there
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Merrick garland
Nominee for the Supreme Court
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Trump rally in Chicago
Protesters Who were paid came and started fights
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Wounded warrior project
Top CEO resigned because they were spending money on other things besides the project
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Obama/Cuba
First time for president to go to Cuba since 1959
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Putin/Syria
Withdrawing most of his troops and is hoping peace can be made
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Maria sharapova
Famous tennis player failed drug test
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George Martin
5th member of the Beatles died at age 90
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Mitt Romney
Said Donald Trump should not be nominated for president
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Erin Andrews
Sued Marriott for 75 million and got 55 million
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Donald trump/kkk
Formal KKK member endorsed him now they want to destroy the KKK
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Nancy regan
Died at age 94 and was one of the most powerful First Ladies
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Peyton manning
Retried with Denver broncos and owns most of the major passing records
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EPA/coal fired plants
Supreme court put in regulations to make it hard for coal power plants to comply
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Happy birthday to you
Questioning who owns the rights for it putting it into public domain
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Chipotle
Recently closed business for mandatory training for all employees because of food poisoning
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Jason maszer
33-year-old who was killed in a domestic dispute
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Antonin Scalia
What's Supreme Court Justice died at age 79
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Mike yeo
Fired as MN wild head coach
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Women/military draft
Whether or not women are going to be included in the draft
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Year of the monkey
Chinese lunar calendar
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Super Bowl 50
24 to 10 Denver won Peyton's last game maybe
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Cold play
Sang at half time
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Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz
Hillary and Bernie tied for the Democrats and Ted Cruz one for the Republicans
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Clinton emails
22 of the emails on private email server were private
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Zika virus
It is from south Africa affects pregnant woman and make babies heads smaller
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Facebook and Instagram
No more selling guns on these sites
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Sarah palin/Donald trump
Pailin came out and endorsed trump, she is very popular to church, Trump lost Iowa
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EPA/flint Michigan
EPA was called because water in Flint Michigan has lead in it and could be deadly
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Glen Frey
He is the founder of the rock band the Fagles dies at age 67
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Obama gun executive orders
Obama signed executive orders of gun control
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North Korea hydrogen bomb
North Korea detonated a hydrogen bomb
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David Bowie
Rockstar died at age 69 from cancer
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Ted Cruz
Cruz has been raising in poles but may not be eligible for president
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Jaquan el chopo Guzman
Caught in Mexico
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Making of a murderer
Became a network sensation a guy and his kid killed women and supposedly the cops were crazy
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NDSU
Bison have won the FCS 5 times in a row
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Wisconsin sportsmanship rules
Fans going to games can't shout or chant certain things
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William bill del monte
Died last week at age 106 last known survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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St Luis Rams
Moved to LA
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Lincoln memorial
Somebody donated 18 million to renovate it
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Apple vs FBI
FBI asks that Apple break into the software of the terrorists phones but Apple said they can't
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Harper lee
Died at age 89 famous author of to kill a Mockingjay
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SD bathroom laws
If you are transgender use the bathroom of your birth
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Jeb bush
Dropped out of President race in SC
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Guantanamo bay
Prez wants to close it before he leaves
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NJ governor Chris Christie
Dropped out of election and is now supporting Donald trump
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Spot light
Won academy award for best picture

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