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Bernie Sanders Buys $575,000 Summer Home, Prompting Controversy

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Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016 Senator Sanders' purchase of a $575,000 beachfront summer home generated some controversy, but m ...
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Is the Supreme Court Deciding Whether to Nullify the 2016 Election?

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Kim LaCapria
Feb. 24, 2017 A petition challenging the 2016 U.S. presidential election results has long since died on the vi ...
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Was Sargento Brand Cheese Recalled in August or September 2017?

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Kim LaCapria
May 12, 2017 Sargento is the latest victim of a "zombie recall" form of fake news, when an outdated consumer ...
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Is 'TV Frog' a Legitimate Alternative to Cable?

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Kim LaCapria
May 5, 2017 The product appears to be real, but it isn't, as described, a substitute for cable television.
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Did a U.S. Federal Court Rule That Women are Free to Display Their Breasts in Public?

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Kim LaCapria
April 19, 2017 Reports that women in the U.S. can now go topless anywhere without fear of legal reprisal are no ...
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Homeless Woman Holds Frozen Baby on Bench

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Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2017 A homeless woman was found holding a dead baby at a Portland, Oregon bus stop, but this photogra ...
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Russian Reality Show 'Game2: Winter' Allows Rape, Murder?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 16, 2016 Misleading headlines falsely stated that a Russian reality television show allows violent crimes ...
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Paul Ryan Said Free Lunches Give Children 'Empty Souls'?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 9, 2016 In December 2016, a purported quote that the House Speaker made in 2014 about public assistance ...
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Did the White House Press Secretary Say That WWII Vets Upset About Japan Visit Should 'Get Over It'?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2016 Comments made by Josh Earnest about diplomatic relations with Japan around the 2016 anniversary ...
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United Airlines to Begin Charging for Use of Overhead Storage?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2016 A number of articles inaccurately reported that United Airlines would begin charging passengers ...
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Trump Staffer Convicted of Felony Election Fraud

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016 Brandon Hall was convicted on several counts of election fraud related to a 2012 signature gathe ...
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Obama Sets Record With 572 Pages of New Regulations in One Day?

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Bethania Palma
Nov. 18, 2016 The number of pages added to the Federal Register is not indicative of new regulations being added.
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Texas No Longer Issuing Birth Certificates to Babies Born to Undocumented Immigrants?

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Kim LaCapria
Nov. 16, 2016 A since-settled controversy over undocumented immigrants and birth certificates in Texas was sha ...
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Pepsi CEO Tells Trump Supporters to Take Their Business Elsewhere

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Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016 Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi never told supporters of Donald Trump to "take their business elsewhere," ...
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Trump Win Prompts Ford to Move Manufacturing from Mexico to Ohio

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Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016 Ford did not move manufacturing to Ohio from Mexico because Donald Trump was elected president i ...
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Loretta Lynch Pleads Fifth Over Iran Payment

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2016 Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not invoke her Fifth Amendment protections to avoid giving in ...
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Donald Trump Didn't Say Vets with PTSD Are 'Weak'

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 4, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump did not say veterans suffering from PTSD are "weak," "un ...
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Michigan Farmers Forced to Destroy Edible Cherries to Prop Up Imports?

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Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016 A viral Facebook post about surplus U.S. cherry crops destroyed to "make room for imports" appea ...
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Half-Eaten Shark Washes Up in Daytona

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Kim LaCapria
Sept. 6, 2016 Forced perspective made a photograph of a "half-eaten shark" appear more mysterious than it was ...
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Chinese 'Synthetic' Cabbages

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Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016 A video of a man making wax display vegetables has been used out of context to suggest China is ...
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