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General Mills recalled a broad range of flour on May 31, 2016, because of a possible link to an E. coli outbreak associated with eating something homemade made with flour.

General Mills recalls 10 million pounds of flour

The recalled flour might be linked to a 20-state outbreak of E. coli

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A man, foreground, checks to make sure everyone made it safely out of a truck that flooded when the three men in the background drove around a closed road barrier along Nichols Sawmill Road and lost control of the vehicle in rising flood water on May

Texas floods deliver snakes, ants, debris to neighborhoods
One Texas river is forecast to crest at an all-time record high level.

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All 139 of Will Smith's NFL games were played in a Saints uniform.

Report: Ex-Saint Will Smith's blood alcohol content triple legal limit at time of death
Ex-Saint was three times above legal limit before he was fatally shot in April traffic incident.

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Kenneth Amyx is shown in this photo provided by the Collin County Sheriff. Police in suburban Dallas say Amyx has been charged with murder after posting a photo on social media showing his girlfriend's lifeless body.

Photo of slain woman stays 36 hours on Facebook
(NEWSER) – Family and friends say it took Facebook a day and a half to remove a photo of a murdered Texas woman, despite their pleas. "I asked them to remove it several times," the sister of Jennifer Streit-Spears' tells the Daily Dot.

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens to testimony during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on May 26, 2016.

USA TODAY VP Power Rankings: Kaine tops the list for Clinton's running mate
The former Virginia governor's strengths could trump the party's emphasis on diversity.

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Jordan Thiering cradles her abdomen in the nursery of her home in Brandon. Thiering successfully petitioned Rankin County Chancery Court May 17 for the right to keep her placenta after childbirth.

Pregnant Mississippi woman wins right to her placenta
She went to court so she could encapsulate something the hospital considers medical waste.

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Samantha Six, left, waits to speak with the Fort Collins City Council in October. Six is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the city's prohibition on women exposing their breasts in public.

Free the Nipple sues Colo. city over topless ban
Ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public challenged in federal court.

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epa05297267 Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (R) and Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (L) celebrate during overtime period of game four of the NBA Western Conference semifinals basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and t

LeBron: Klay Thompson and Steph Curry 'probably the two greatest shooters' ever
High praise coming from James, who is gearing up to take on the Warriors in the NBA Finals.

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FILE - In this May 8, 2009, file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson arrives for court in Joliet, Ill. On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, jurors in Chester, Ill., found Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor

Drew Peterson found guilty in prison murder-for-hire scheme
An Illinois jury found Drew Peterson guilty Tuesday of trying to hire a hitman to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars for killing his third wife.