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Protesters get on light rail at the Mall of America transit hub. A large protest that started at the Mall of America quickly migrated Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where demonstrators blocked roads and caused significant traffic delays. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

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Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff, speaks at a news conference after meeting with Iron Rangers in Virginia, Minn., on Dec. 22, 2015. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) **FILE**

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul has struggled to organize, raise money and find a message to reach voters the way his father did. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

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Customers exit a Dollar General store in San Antonio on Sept. 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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With his message geared toward domestic issues of taxes, spending and income inequality, Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign is challenged by the need to start talking about issues beyond his economics comfort zone — and which puts him on the turf of Hillary Clinton, the country's former top diplomat. (Associated Press)

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In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. Shkreli resigned as the head of Turing Pharmaceuticals, one of the companies he runs, and another, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, said Monday, Dec. 21, in a printed statement that it terminated Shkreli last week.. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

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This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from "The Hateful Eight." (Andrew Cooper/The Weinstein Company via AP)

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Demand from craft beer brewers led to an 11 percent increase in U.S. hop production in 2015 compared to the previous year. (Associated Press/File)

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Chart to accompany Moore article of Dec. 21, 2015

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"May the Force be with you." Han Solo/Harrison Ford in Star Wars (1977)

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National Edition News cover for December 19, 2015 - Injury rate in training for combat twice as high for women: In basic combat training, women are injured at twice the rate of men. For example, among the fastest groups of men and women in a 2-mile run, the male injury rate is 10 percent and the female rate is 26 percent. Women have a rate of stress factors during training four times higher than men. (Associated Press)

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate gave sweeping approval to a year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and an array of business interests, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate gave sweeping approval to a year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and an array of business interests, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. President Obama will sign the measure, which includes many of the spending increases he fought for all year and is largely free of GOP attempts to block his moves on the environment, financial regulation, and consumer protection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. Shkreli has resigned as the head of one of the companies he now runs, Turing Pharmaceuticals, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In this Oct. 1, 2015 photo, a shopper walks past a store with a "Help Wanted" sign in the window, in New York. The Labor Department said Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 that jobless rates fell in 27 states, rose in 11, and were unchanged in 12 states. Employers added jobs in 35 states, while employment fell in 14. Montana’s job total was flat last month. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)