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| America's military in April | | | More than 1.3 million people serve in the five branches of the U.S. armed forces. Add in civilian employees from the U.S. Department of Defense, and you get the world's largest employer: 3.2 million employees, according to the World Economic Forum. Take a look at some of the things the military been doing in the past month. |
| Racing swamp buggies at the 'Mile O' Mud' | | The culture of swamp buggy racing is as unique and distinctive as its name. Created in Naples, Florida, the tradition of building these mechanical monsters and racing them in the swampy Everglades has been going on since the late 1940s.
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| How Germany approaches guns | | | It's been more than seven years since a 17-year-old dressed in military gear killed 15 people in a shooting spree in Winnenden, Germany, a picturesque little town just outside of Stuttgart. |
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