Free Community College No Time Soon; The Skinny on ‘Biggest Loser’ Weight Loss

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title: Free Community College No Time Soon

text: Don’t hold your breath waiting for free community college. Even the president admits that his idea, which he unveiled in a video posted to Facebook Thursday night, is simply an effort to “to start a conversation,” ABC News reported.

Well, conversations may not require congressional approval but a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner reacted to the community college proposal with plenty of skepticism.

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title: The Skinny on ‘Biggest Loser’ Weight Loss

text: Scott Mitchell is back to his football-playing weight, even though the former NFLer, 47, retired 14 years ago. He had since ballooned to 366 pounds, which was before “The Biggest Loser” producers got a hold of him, The Associated Press reported.

The 6-foot-6 former quarterback is now a svelte 242 and looking forward to his special makeover episode, he revealed on the NBC show Thursday night, according to AP.

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title: #JeSuisCharlie the Latest Protest Slogan

text: The slogan "Je Suis Charlie" (“I am Charlie”) has caught fire on social after gunmen killed 12 people Wednesday at a Paris newspaper office.

Messages of condolence, outrage and defiance over the terrorist attack on the office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo spread quickly around the world Wednesday, with thousands of people taking to the streets to protest the killings, according to The Associated Press.

Journalists led a march into Place de la Republique in Paris near the site of the noontime attack but most in the crowd weren't from the media world, expressing solidarity and support of freedom of speech, the AP reported.

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