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#TheBrief: Why America Could Change How It Puts People to Death

3 Inmates in Oklahoma are challenging the use of certain drugs in execution...

3 Inmates in Oklahoma are challenging the use of certain drugs in executions

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Members of the GIPN and RAID, French police special forces, walk in Corcy, northern France, on January 8, 2015 as they carry out searches as part of an investigation into a deadly attack the day before by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. A huge manhunt for two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people in an Islamist attack at a satirical French weekly zeroed in on a northern town on January 8 after the discovery of one of the getaway cars. As thousands of police tightened their net, the country marked a rare national day of mourning for January 7's bloodbath at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS LO PRESTIFRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images

The Brief: Rise of Islamophobia in Western Europe

Catch up on this week's top story with #TheBrief

Catch up on this week's top story with #TheBrief

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#TheBrief: Meet the Freshman Class in Congress

The House will welcome 58 mostly Republican freshmen

The House will welcome 58 mostly Republican freshmen

Oil rig pump at sunset

#TheBrief: Why Gas Prices Are Falling

The reason you're paying less at the pump

The reason you're paying less at the pump

Inflated airbag in car

#TheBrief: The Air Bag Recall That's Affecting Millions of Cars

Exploding air bags made by Takata Corporation

Exploding air bags made by Takata Corporation

#TheBrief: How Ebola and Fungus May Speed Up the Chocolate Shortage

China's growing demand for chocolate may also be contributing

China's growing demand for chocolate may also be contributing

Protesters hold a rally to support net neutrality on May 15, 2014 at the FCC in Washington, DC.

#TheBrief: The Battle for Control of the Internet

Explaining what 'net neutrality' really means to you — and the future of th...

Explaining what 'net neutrality' really means to you — and the future of the Internet