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Uranium Contamination From Mining Haunts Navajo Country

Jul. 26, 2009
Decades of uranium mining lead to a government and tribal assessment of contaminated structures on a Navajo reservation.
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo