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Photo-sharing app Instagram has attracted more than 100 million users by encouraging people to snap pictures with their smartphones, dress them up with filters and share them with friends. In the two years since Instagram launched, it's been a mobile-only network for an increasingly mobile society. Now that's about to change. Instagram announced Monday it will be adapting user photos and data into Web-based profiles for people to enjoy from laptops or desktops.
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Gas stations in the New York metro area are gradually coming back online, providing hope to motorists and also those who are still without power from last week's Superstorm Sandy.
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Monday that he was investigating reports of price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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The American Red Cross continues to see an outpouring of donations in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
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The tab for the 2012 election is breaking records, with $4.2 billion raised through Sunday on the races for the White House and Congress. When all the numbers roll in, some $6 billion could be spent on the election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Never before has so much money flowed into federal races. Much of it comes from the unlimited fundraising power of so-called independent groups, including super PACs. By comparison, around $3.8 billion -- an eye-popping amount on its own -- was raised for the 2008 election.
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Among the questions about how Mitt Romney would pay for his $5 trillion tax plan is whether he would curb the biggest tax break of all: the largely invisible tax savings workers get when their employer provides health insurance.
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One wants to strengthen the nation's existing safety net. The other wants to overhaul it. President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have vastly different views on how to help the 46.2 million Americans in poverty and the more than 30 million people who are near poor.
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Over $100 billion is owed in unpaid child support -- nearly half of that to taxpayers supporting children on public assistance.
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No matter who wins the presidency Tuesday, the United States will have a new Treasury Secretary. Tim Geithner, the last holdover from President Obama's original economic team, has indicated he's ready to go. If Obama wins, Geithner is expected to resign soon after, but Treasury officials are mum on the details.
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Iran's quest for a nuclear weapon has been the subject of much debate this election season, but the presidential candidates rarely discuss the most imminent danger Iran poses to the United States: cyberwarfare.
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China's ruling Communist Party is preparing to shuffle its top ranks, an opaque process that will affect the country's economy and stability for years to come.
FEATURES, COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS
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Friday night's concert telethon to benefit Sandy relief efforts was a success, having raised nearly $23 million, NBC reports.
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Engaged pair Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are expecting their first child in late spring.
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A dizzying number of smartphones is now available in the United States. Picking one is a big commitment, especially when you're signing up for a two-year wireless contract. We spent a week or so playing with new phones running these systems to see how they stack up. Our impressions:
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With the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" still flying off the shelves, women are discovering the power of sexual fantasy, some for the first time.
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After Sandy, a community rallies around a ruined farm.
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Lakota warrior Crazy Horse has long been a controversial figure, so perhaps it's apropos that his memorial follow suit. Work on the Crazy Horse Memorial began in 1948 and it's unclear when the sculpture will be complete.
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CNN's Eye On series takes you to a different country each month. In October we visit Namibia highlighting the country's best and brightest people, plus framing its pressing issues in a global context.
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Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, has been plagued by water hyacinth plants for over two decades. While its flowers can be beautiful its foliage can grow to cover large swaths of the waters in a dense green mat of leaves that choke the shoreline of fish. Fishermen often struggle each day for a meager catch, but an entrepreneurial weaver has found that the invasive plant can be a free source of material for the area's women who make handicrafts.
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