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Politics

Clinton Would Raise Taxes On The Wealthy. Here's What You Need To Know

The Democrat's latest proposal would raise rates on the very (very) richest Americans and raise revenue, but it would further complicate the tax system and could be a minor drag on the economy.

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Willie Mays Remembers Mentor Monte Irvin

Irvin, who died on Monday at 96, was one of the first black players in Major League Baseball. He showed Mays the ropes when Mays entered the league. Irvin, Mays said, was "like my father."

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Iran Tells Kerry It Is Dismantling, Destroying A Key Nuclear Component

It would be a big step toward reducing Iran's nuclear program and triggering sanctions relief. Relations forged in nuclear talks may have helped get U.S. sailors released after Iran detained them.

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Commentary

Going Away Without 'Ghosting': A Better Way To Say 'I'm Not Into You' FA

The simple answer? Honesty. Commentator Sarah Hepola says that once she learned how to turn down dates with men she wasn't interested in, it became much easier to say yes to the ones she liked.

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A Jan. 2 sonar image, released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Wednesday, shows a shipwreck on the ocean floor off the coast of Australia. The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago came across the wreckage deep in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australian, officials said. ATSB/AP hide caption

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Extended Search For Missing Jet Finds ... A 19th-Century Shipwreck

There's no sign yet of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which is believed to have crashed far off the coast of Australia in 2014. But sonar did locate another lost vessel: likely an iron or steel ship.

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2016 Pritzker Prize Goes To Chilean Architect Alejandro Aravena

Aravena, 48, is known for his socially conscious, sustainable design, often executed at staggering speed and on minuscule budgets.