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Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

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The Super Bowl is inbound, and NFL fans will watch as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots in Santa Clara. As one of the rare organizations still using them, the NFL's choice adds a ...

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