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NASA Releases Data and Images for the Entire Sky

Effort culminates nearly 14 years of mapping the universe

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FBI Releases File on Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. CEO passed away on October 5, 2011

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FEC Updates Campaign Finance Database for 2012 Election

Financial reports and data are now available for the current election cycle

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DOJ Posts Attorney General Report On Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

Attorney General affirms DOJ commitment that “each and every case we prosecute should send a powerful signal that human trafficking will not be tolerated in the United States.”

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