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My Life as a Baseball Fanatic

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Sarah

Capturing old-time baseball with a 113-year-old camera I have been a baseball fanatic for a very long time. When I was a kid in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I saw game after...

The SUV crashed into a bus, killing five people
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The SUV crashed into a bus, killing five people

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Sarah

Vehicle driving the wrong way in Chicago causes high-speed crash, killing occupants, police say An SUV on a roadway leading to the White River Freeway in Chicago crashed into a bus that was parked...

The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II in Africa
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The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II in Africa

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Sarah

Cloud of colonialism hangs over Queen Elizabeth's legacy in Africa The United Nations has just designated the centenary of Queen Elizabeth’s death as the African continent’s year of celebrations marking her legacy. “For Africa,...

Berkeley Police Department Texts and Facebook Messages Show “Misguided Policies”
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Berkeley Police Department Texts and Facebook Messages Show “Misguided Policies”

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Sarah

Berkeley Police Department in turmoil over leaked texts about arrest quotas and departmental pay practices. At a Monday City Council meeting, Berkeley police chief Michael Meehan and his deputy chief were fired after city...

Joe Biden is a centrist Democrat
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Joe Biden is a centrist Democrat

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Sarah

Op-Ed: Independents may not like Biden, but they abhor Trump There was a time when I was excited to vote for Joe Biden. I liked him, I thought he was decent in an uncool...

Arizona Republicans Are Trying to Disenfranchise Voters
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Arizona Republicans Are Trying to Disenfranchise Voters

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Sarah

Voting Machine Problems in Arizona Fuel Right-wing Fraud Claims Tuesday February 24, 2016, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would mandate voter registration and eliminate “election-year” gating. The bill would impose...

Why I Left Mexico
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Why I Left Mexico

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Sarah

Letters to the Editor: A "short brown' Oaxacan was Mexico's greatest president. What say you, Nury Martinez? By Nury Martinez I have a strong dislike for Oaxacanos. They are arrogant, self-serving and greedy. This...

The Justice Department is working with law enforcement to fix the DACA program
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The Justice Department is working with law enforcement to fix the DACA program

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Sarah

Editorial: Ten years of limbo. DACA recipients need permanent relief now After 10 years of uncertainty, with little hope of a permanent solution, federal law enforcement agents from across the country, including in the...

Jose Huizar Pacheco, 51, found guilty on eight counts of bribery and conspiracy
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Jose Huizar Pacheco, 51, found guilty on eight counts of bribery and conspiracy

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Sarah

Jury finds L.A. skyscraper developer paid Jose Huizar more than $1 million in bribes while building downtown L.A. hotel LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury convicted a former developer of a $3.7...

Oil Companies Should Re-Examine How They Operate
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Oil Companies Should Re-Examine How They Operate

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Sarah

Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply by Paul Homewood Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply The recent surge...