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NHL saves its best for the New Year
Sports
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Hockey league doubles its popular Winter Classic with two games to celebrate its 100th year
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President Obama blocks Arctic oil drilling
World
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The ban protects hundreds of millions of acres across the Arctic and Atlantic oceans
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United Nations to monitor evacuation of Aleppo
World
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A new agreement between countries at the UN offers extra protection to people desperate to leave the devastated Syrian city
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All the human-made things in the world really add up
Science and Tech
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New study shows that the total weight of the technology that people have made is over seven times that of all the living things on Earth
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Dinosaur feathers found in amber
Planet
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Chinese paleontologist discovered the once-in-a-lifetime fossil in an amber market