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The state of New York is putting e-cigarettes into the same category as regular tobacco cigarettes, under new restrictions signed into law this week. Here, a man uses a vape device in London last summer, next to a No Smoking sign. Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has helped pitch the idea that the Republican tax overhaul plan would generate a "raise" for the average American family, though that is disputed. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Why You Shouldn't Count On The Promised $4,000 'Raise' From GOP Tax Plan

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Lines like this one at a health insurance enrollment fair at the Ambrose Community Center in Bay Point, Calif., in 2014 may be longer this winter. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Congress Works On Tax Overhaul, Trump Says 401(k) Breaks Won't Change

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Money May Not Shield Prosperous Blacks From Bigotry, Survey Says

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Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly paid $32 million to a colleague to settle sexual harassment allegations. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Hollywood Reporter hide caption

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Fresh Headache For Murdochs: Bill O'Reilly Got Raise After Secret Payout

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Las Vegas Works To Secure Tourism Industry After Music Festival Shooting

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Republicans Could Affect Americans' Retirement By Targeting 401(k) Plans

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Megyn Kelly (shown on the set of her new show, Megyn Kelly Today) says Bill O'Reilly is wrong and that she had personally complained to network heads about his behavior. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption

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The redesigned U.S. $100 bills that went into circulation in 2013 incorporate technology that features several visual illusions, all designed to foil counterfeiters. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder To Fake

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Trump Mulls Reappointing Janet Yellen To Another Term As Fed Chair

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A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street as Beijing is hit by polluted air and sandstorms on May 4. Andy Wong/AP hide caption

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China Shuts Down Tens Of Thousands Of Factories In Unprecedented Pollution Crackdown

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who was re-elected to a third term Sunday night in St. Louis, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2017. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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The Call-In: Workplace Sexual Harassment

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Senate Vote Could Lead To Drilling In Alaska's Wildlife Refuge

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Budget Resolution Passed In Senate Moves Tax Overhaul Forward

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Little Rock Officials Write A Break-Up Letter To Amazon

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U.S.-Canadian Relationship Is Tested By NAFTA Politics

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The Portland video store Movie Madness has drawn customers from all over the metro area for 27 years, but now its future depends on transforming into a nonprofit. Aaron Scott/OPB hide caption

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A Portland Video Store Goes Nonprofit To Save Itself

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