By JESSICA LYNN DEPAULA
POLITICS:
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Chris Christie (R-NJ) is re-elected governor of New Jersey, adding to speculation that Christie will likely consider running as the Republican candidate for President in 2016
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Bill de Blasio is elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City since 1989
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Various cities and states approved different variations on legalizing recreational marijuana. In Colorado, voters approved a 25% tax on newly legalized recreational marijuana to fund school construction
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In contrast, 5 out of eleven rural Coloradans voted to approve a proposal that would declare secession from the United States
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Boston voters elect democratic Martin Walsh as the city’s first new mayor in 20 years
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New Jersey voters agreed upon a $1 minimum wage raise, to $8.25; cost-of-living expenses will also be automatically raised
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Takoma Park, Maryland, which lowered the voting age from 16 to 18 this past May, saw scored of teens waiting in line to vote on election day
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The Waterfront Protection Ordinance, a proposal which would have banned oil industries to build enviornmentally dangerous tar sand exports, was defeated in South Portland, Maine.
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The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill approving same-sex marriage
NATIONAL
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President Obama apologizes to Americans who are losing their current health insurance plans due to Obamacare
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announces that the Obama administration will now require all health insurers cover mental health care
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A pair of Wisconsin women file suit against Gardasil, claiming that the company’s cervical cancer vaccine has led to serious reproductory ailments
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Connie McAllister, a now-25-year-old woman who disappeared as a high school student in 2004, is found alive with a husband and three children in Mexico; McAllister is attempting to return home to her parents with her family
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A retired Lower Township, New Jersey, couple are rescued from an inexplicable house explosion by heroic neighbors
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A 3-year-old little girl walked over a mile to her grandmother’s house in Mascotte, Florida, after assumedly witnessing her father murder her mother
INTERNATIONAL
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The United States and other world powers, including Israel, Russia and China, hope to resolve disagreements with Iran’s nuclear program with a 2-day convention in Geneva by having open conversations with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
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Catogory-5 super-typhoon Haiyan wreaks havoc on the Phillippines; the typhoon caused mudslides, flooding and a 30-foot water wall. A current death toll at this publication confirmed 3 dead
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Several medical experts warn that a severe outbreak of polio in Syria could possibly spread to Europe
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The World Meteorological Organization announces that greenhouse gas emissions continued an “upward and accelerating trend” by reaching record highs in 2012
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A 2,000 pound European satellite is expected to come crashing down to Earth over the next few days, the European Space Agency says
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Following the death of their previous leader to a U.S. drone strike, Maulana Fazlullah, a Pakistani man possibly linked to the assasination attempt of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, was named the new Taliban leader
