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Major League Baseball 2013: bobbleheads and fireworks galore for fans
Fans in the know are as likely to buy Major League Baseball tickets based on scheduled giveaways and promotions as on the opponent. Here then is a list to help introduce you to this aspect of game attendance.
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March Madness 2013: wilder than usual?
A 75th anniversary, by definition, should be something special. That's what college basketball fans are expecting as the National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's tournament (aka 'March Madness') shifts into high gear this week.
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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago
Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
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NFL playoff thrill-a-thon: Flacco’s fling, Kaepernick’s runs; Falcons' escape. A Week 19 quiz
A wild weekend of NFL playoff action results in a pair of brothers coaching for conference championships. To test your knowledge of NFL playoff developments, take this 12-question quiz.
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Patriots have their December game faces on. A Week 14 NFL quiz
Both the Falcons and Texans have stumbled, of late. To test your knowledge of NFL Week 14 developments, take our quiz.
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Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide.
Officials in Greece, N.Y., set up a system for prayers before town meetings. The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether the practice violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state.
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Can Democrats find moderate candidates in time for midterms?
Democrats may struggle to recruit moderate and conservative-leaning candidates for the 2014 midterm elections in states with the most competitive Senate races.
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New Orleans parade shooting: Arrests show city's reworked approach to policing
The arrests of two brothers after a Mother’s Day parade shooting appear to be an example of the dramatic shift in gang-war policing that New Orleans has made under Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
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Cover Story Telecommuting: Steady growth in work-at-home culture, Yahoo or not
Telecommuting is a rapidly growing work-life style. Yahoo's recent ban of remote work sent a wave of concern through white-collar legions who consider themselves fortunate – and more productive – working in pajamas at home or holed up in a Starbucks cafe.
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Chris Kelly: Overdose suspected in rapper's death (+video)
Chris Kelly overdose? The mom of Chris Kelly says he took cocaine and heroine the night before he died. Police suspect a drug overdose.
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Why no sign of 'sequester' cuts in perky April jobs report?
Economic doom and gloom were supposed to follow the 'sequester' cuts in federal spending, but there's no evidence in the April jobs report that the labor market has been hurt. Just wait, warn some economists.
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Mountain Dew ad pulled: Too misogynist and racist?
Mountain Dew ad pulled: Pepsi Co. pulled a Mountain Dew ad after it was criticized as being racist and too insensitive to violence against women. It shows a battered white woman being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men.
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Chris Kelly: Kris Kross rapper Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly dies at 34 (+video)
Chris Kelly dies: Dumonder Dawson, an investigator for the medical examiner's office, said Kelly died on Wednesday evening. He declined to discuss the cause of the rapper's death.
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Chris Kelly dies: Leaves legacy as 1990s kid rapper (+video)
Chris Kelly dies: Half of the rap group Kris Kross, Chris Kelly and Chris Smith's biggest hit was "Jump," part of a 1992 album. They were know for their rap delivery as well as a gimmick of wearing their clothing backward.
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Lawyers who defend terror suspects have thankless task. Why do they do it?
The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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The New Economy Case-Shiller: Home prices in 20 cities rise at fastest rate since 2006
Home prices increased by 9.3 percent, their largest annual margin in nearly seven years. But experts warn that a backlog in some markets could keep home prices low for the foreseeable future.
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Digital Life: Should you trust AT&T to secure your house?
For 30 bucks a month, plus a sizable installation and equipment fee, AT&T's Digital can help turn your house in a sentient being.
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2013 NFL draft: Bring on the beef
The 2013 NFL draft started with beefy lineman Eric Fisher. Then came beefy lineman Luke Joeckel, also an offensive tackle. The quarterbacks didn't show up in the 2013 NFL draft till the No. 16 draft pick, Florida State's EJ Manuel.
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New robots crawl like sea turtles
Researchers have designed a new type of robot modeled on sea turtles known as FlipperBot. This is the first robot to use flippers against pliable surfaces and has moved the work toward amphibious robots forward.
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Change Agent Civic Accelerator boosts young businesses who want to do good
The program funds five for-profit and five nonprofit startups, then throws them together to teach each other the best ways to get a social venture to succeed.
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False tweet sinks stock market. Is anyone checking this stuff? (+video)
Stock markets tanked briefly (and then recovered) after the AP Twitter account was hacked and falsely announced a White House bombing. An array of new firms verify social media information to make sure clients aren't fooled.
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Reese Witherspoon arrested for disorderly conduct (+video)
Reese Witherspoon arrested: Reese Witherspoon apologized for her behavior after her arrest for disorderly conduct. Witherspoon's husband was arrested for drunk driving.
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Ricin suspect's lawyer says feds have little evidence
The lawyer for Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator, says the government cannot prove he had ricin in his possession.
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Why did West, Texas, build homes and a school next to a 'time bomb'?
The town of West, Texas, and the West Fertilizer Company grew and prospered together. But profit motives, a sense of civic trust and Catch-22 zoning laws failed to recognize the danger brought to light when the plant exploded this week with the force of a small nuclear bomb.
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'Run for Boston' helps runners everywhere cope with marathon horror (+video)
Runners across the US – and the world – have responded to the Boston Marathon bombings with a determination to 'keep on running' to show solidarity with Boston and the victims.
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Boston Marathon attack: Circle of possible bombers narrows, experts say (+video)
Experts who follow radical groups inside the US look at emerging details about the Boston Marathon attack and see the work of a domestic operative – either American jihadi or antigovernment extremist.
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Obama and 'terrorism': why he hesitated to use that word
On Tuesday, President Obama referred to the bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon as 'terrorism,' after declining to do so right after the incident. His hesitation was classic 'Obama caution.'
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Boston Marathon bombing: Feds raid apartment, police seek rental van (+video)
Federal authorities late Monday removed several bags from an apartment in a nearby suburb. Police investigating the Boston Marathon bombing have also issued an alert for a rental van and for a hooded man who left the area before the blasts.
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Ben Carson cancels at Johns Hopkins: the perils of commencement speakers (+video)
Dr. Ben Carson had been scheduled to be the speaker at the diploma ceremonies for two Johns Hopkins schools, but comments he made about gay marriage brought complaints from students.
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Georgia firefighters rescued; gunman dead
A Georgia man who held four firefighters hostage on Wednesday died during the rescue effort. One of the firefighters was injured. The man took the hostages in an attempt to have his utility services restored. His home was in foreclosure.
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