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Bison attacks woman who was trying to take selfie with it in Yellowstone Park

Visitors to Yellowstone Park seem to be having trouble taking in the message that it’s not a good idea to get too close to the wild bison that roam the wilderness.

The latest person to find out the hard way is a 43-year-old Mississippi woman who tried to take a selfie with one of the hairy beasts near a trail on Tuesday.

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Teen sex rate lowest since the 1980s, contraceptive use remains high

The number of teenagers having sex is the lowest in the last 25 years and the use of condoms among teens is slightly higher than in the last 11 years, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

However, it appears teens have not increased their use of highly effective contraceptive methods such as intrauterine devices and they continue to use withdrawal, which is one of the least effective ways to prevent pregnancy.

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Taylor Swift apologizes to Nicki Minaj for Twitter to-do

It started with a tweet, and it ended with one.

We can all breathe easier now that the great battle that was Taylor Swift vs. Nicki Minaj is over.

On Thursday, pop star Swift tweeted a “my bad” after mistakenly believing that a Minaj tweet was all about her.

“I thought I was being called out,” Swift tweeted. “I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I’m sorry, Nicki.”

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Singer Chris Brown frustrated, confused as forced stay in Philippines drags on

U.S. singer Chris Brown was still waiting in the Philippines on Thursday after authorities blocked him from leaving the country a day earlier over a contract dispute.

And the whole situation appears to have left him pretty confused.

“We are monitoring him and we know he is still in the country,” Elaine Tan, a spokeswoman for the Philippine Bureau of Immigration, told CNN on Thursday afternoon.

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Should service members at military recruiting centers be armed?

The investigation into the brazen attack on two Chattanooga, Tennessee, military facilities has left many questions unanswered.

But one of the most troubling for that community, for civilians, and for military officials remains: How?

How could five servicemen — several of whom had risked their lives in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan — be gunned down on their home turf?

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