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Most flights don’t want you joining the Mile-High Club. This company encourages it | CNN
A California-based hot-air balloon company is offering mile-high flights – with amorous Mile-High Club privileges – over the Temecula countryside.
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Exclusive: Secret Service airing recruitment ad from Hollywood director Michael Bay during Super Bowl | CNN Politics
The United States Secret Service has tapped blockbuster movie director Michael Bay to create a recruiting advertisement that is expected to be unveiled in the stadium on Super Bowl Sunday, according to multiple NFL and Secret Service sources.
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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts | CNN
Ecuadorian voters are preparing to cast their ballots for a new president for the second time in 18 months amid an unprecedented security crisis in the country.
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Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza | CNN
Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok.
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season | CNN
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to be the NFL’s greatest ever dynasty. They want you to know they’re not bad guys | CNN
Trailing by one point with 12 minutes to go in the AFC Championship game, the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a historic three straight Super Bowl championships was being put to a stern test.
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5 things to watch in Super Bowl LIX | CNN
It’s finally time for Super Bowl LIX.
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Analysis: A rare diplomatic spat highlights growing pressures in the Pacific as US, China vie for influence | CNN
"Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public," writes Helen Regan | Analysis
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Irish boxer John Cooney dies aged 28 after sustaining brain injury in title fight | CNN
Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ordered by acting director to stop fighting financial abuse | CNN Business
The newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent an email Saturday night ordering all employees at the consumer watchdog to stop virtually all work – including fighting financial abuse. In practice, this means that the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog has effectively been pulled off the street, prevented from providing oversight over big banks, payday lenders and other financial institutions that could be hurting consumers.
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