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400 years later, Shakespeare’s voice echoes in sports
Some competitions from Elizabethan England still around today
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Harriet Tubman is perfect for the $20 bill, but which Tubman?
They could choose brave old lady or tough, determined woman?
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Nebraska researchers test new firefighting tool – drones
Aircraft could be used to start controlled burns in hard-to-reach places
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Trump tells supporters he’s not toning it down
Audience members applaud a speaker before the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Bridgeport, Conn., on Saturday.Michael Dwyer/Associated Press “You know, being presidential’s easy…
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NEW DELHI – A university professor on his way to work in Bangladesh was hacked to death Saturday in an attack similar to other killings by suspected Muslim militants, police…
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Search goes on for suspect who shot 8 relatives in the head
Some possibly killed while sleeping
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Obama counsels Black Lives Matter activists while in London
‘You can’t just keep on yelling.’
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After 500 years, German beer law hard to swallow
German Franz Brugger enjoys a fresh brewed beer in the Griessbraeu brewery in Murnau, Germany. Germany is celebrating 500 years of law that restricts the ingredients of German beer to…
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CAIRO – Egyptian security forces have rounded up dozens of activists, journalists and lawyers ahead of demonstrations called for April 25 against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s policies, including the transfer of…
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Paw-thletes compete in Kitten Summer Games
A cat takes part in the long jump event in Hallmark Olympic Stadium where the Hallmark Channel was filming for its Kitten Summer Games special. The TV special, which airs…
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Are we losing our sense of direction because of Google Maps?
Eventually, the center has resorted to installing a large sign at the front of their driveway instructing travelers that their electronic devices are wrong about Mount Rushmore’s location. Despite this,…
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Olson MINNEAPOLIS – There were no obvious signs of trauma on Prince’s body when he was found unresponsive at his home in suburban Minneapolis, and suicide isn’t suspected in the…
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‘Real different’ Trump coming, aide promises
Says candidate will show more depth after winning nomination
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Solar plane slowly soaring from Hawaii to California
Solar Impulse 2 pilot Bertrant Piccard of Switzerland says the idea of flying around the world in a solar-powered plane stressed him out when he first discussed the idea several…
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Republican Party leaders turned aside an effort Thursday to change the rules at their national convention to make it harder for the GOP to choose a fresh…
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Obama says political progress needed before more Iraq aid
President also says cease-fire in Syria on brink of collapse
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Judge: VW owners can pick buybacks, fixes in emissions deal
Ruling concerns about 482,000 Volkswagens
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Cubans fleeing in high numbers despite new diplomatic ties
U.S. officials say the U.S. policy of returning to Cuba refugees found at sea leads many of them to shoot or stab themselves in hopes they will be taken to…
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Obama seeks to ease Saudi officials’ concerns
President attending meeting on regional stability
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DETROIT – Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to spend just over $1 billion to compensate owners of about 600,000 diesel-powered cars…
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Treasury official says Harriet Tubman will go on $20 bill
A Treasury official said Wednesday that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper…
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3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis
Ellis Stafford, left, and Jeff Seipenko, special agent for the Michigan Attorney General’s office, sit in court with warrants in their hands on Wednesday at the Floyd J. McCree Courts…
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Life expectancy dipped a bit for white women in U.S.
Women run in a San Diego park. Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report.Gregory Bull/Associated Press file White women lost about five…
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How politics, hip-hop put Tubman on the $20
A Treasury official said Wednesday that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100…
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Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban’s strength
U.S. and Afghan officials condemned a suicide attack claimed by Taliban forces that killed dozens in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.Rahmat Gul/Associated Press The coordinated attack in central Kabul appeared to…