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Rachael Clark is a straight-A student graduating from the University of Maryland this year, getting married this summer, and making plans beyond that.

She is preparing to write book about adoption; to pursue a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy; to become a mom to at least four kids.

Not bad for a young woman who was tragically left in a dumpster, sealed in a dark garbage bag, on the day she was born in September 1989.

“Some days, it’s like it never happened,” Rachael told NBC's Today. “But some days, I really do struggle. I have such strong abandonment issues.”

Being tossed into a dumpster and left for dead with her umbilical cord and placenta still attached will do that - but Clark insists she is not bitter.

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Tommy Chong wants to legalize marijuana. Knock us over with a feather.

The comedian feels that pot hasn't been legalized is no laughing matter.

With the government standing to earn money off it, what's the holdup?

Chong tells The Philadelphia Daily News in an interview:

"Look at the situation we're in now. Sequesters. Cuts. Everything across the board. Now, the government is tapped into the biggest cash crop in the world."

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Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was generations ahead of his time, courting controversy, bequeathing to us the theory of evolution and shifting the zeitgeist of modern science.

His "survival of the fittest" and "law of the jungle" are phrases so commonplace today that even young children would have some idea of their meaning.

However, according to The Guardian, there are holes in Darwinian biology. A prime example: The “tree of life” he drew in his famous notebooks.

New research suggests this concept could actually be wrong.

The tree of life portrayed how species are interlinked, and what the whole exercise meant to show was that natural selection is the engine of evolution.

The latest experiments by geneticists show otherwise.

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Suzanna Simpson, a South Carolina woman, has been charged with shooting and killing her two young children and seriously wounding her husband.

She told authorities she wanted to kill herself too, but "just couldn't."

Simpson herself was found hurt in a wrecked pickup truck outside her family's home in Pickens County, S.C., around 6 a.m. Tuesday, deputies said.

She told concerned paramedics "OK, OK, I shot my whole family."

This sent officers rushing toward the house, authorities said.

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A young woman and her service dog melted hearts across the web when they showed up to her college graduation in matching caps and gowns.

The cute graduate, who received her diploma in a wheelchair accompanied by her pooch, became the talk of the University of Illinois - and Reddit:

The photo was taken at Saturday's convocation ceremony of the College of Applied Health Sciences, and is basically all that is right with the world.

"This is my service dog, Hero, after we graduated with our Master's degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign," she wrote in a caption.

Yes, after WE graduated. That's not just sweet, she swears he earned it!

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The man accused of keeping three women in captivity for a decade will plead not guilty, his lawyer said, while raising concerns that he can receive a fair trial.

Craig Weintraub, who's representing Ariel Castro, 52, on rape and kidnapping charges, said the "fantastic notoriety" of the case is a disadvantage.

Castro's defense is mulling whether to ask that the trial be moved out of Cleveland, where he allegedly held the three victims in his home.

"Then that begs the question: 'Well, where can he get a fair trial under the circumstances?' This is a case with sensationalistic, international coverage."

Castro, 52, was arrested May 6 shortly after Amanda Berry kicked out part of a locked door of his house and yelled to neighbor Charles Ramsey for help.

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FastPasses? Who needs 'em when you've got real, live, handicapped people!

Some rich N.Y.C. moms are reportedly hiring a motorized, scooter-bound guide to pose as a family member so their families can cut Disney World lines.

Almost more amazing than the fact that someone would pay for this?

A Florida tourism company actually offering it as part of its services.

Families who book trips through Dream Tours in Florida are offered "quality based, memorable, affordable vacations, to people with special needs."

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China is taking its penchant for piracy to new levels.

A ring of underground workshops producing millions of counterfeit, brand-name condoms was busted by police in the Asian nation this week.

Fake Durex, Contex, Jissbon and other brand-name prophylactics were apparently being produced - up to 4.69 million of them, officials say.

In a dimly lit room in southeast China's Fujian province, dozens of workers were on a production line, lubricating the condoms, when cops arrived.

The floor was piled high with the contraceptives, and according to police, and the stench of the cheap oil lubricants was described as nauseating.

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A bowler pulled a Plaxico Burress in Florida this week, shooting himself in the leg prior at the Jupiter Lanes Bowling Alley and scaring his fellow patrons half to death.

Officers confirm that the man's own gun discharged during his back swing with the ball.

A bullet struck this idiot in the leg and he was taken away in a stretcher once paramedics arrived.

The unnamed individual was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and authorities will not be pressing any charges.

The Facebook page of an Arizona bakery became a national story after the owners of Amy's Baking Company were featured on Gordon Ramsay's FOX show.

But the insane-seeming duo now says they had nothing to do with the EPIC rants that followed their Kitchen Nightmares appearance, which was ridiculed online.

Instead, they're playing the "hacking" card.

The couple’s behavior on the show was beyond bad - it was even too much for Ramsay, who walked out before renovations in the May 10 episode.

The Scottsdale, Ariz., establishment was accused of stealing tips from employees, selling desserts from elsewhere and being rude to customers.

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