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20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports
Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:
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5 memoirs to add to your 2013 reading list
A new crop of memoirs takes readers to the worlds authors once knew.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/8/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/1/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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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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Bestselling books the week of 2/28/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in bookstores across America?
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Africa Monitor Sugar Man: Did the Oscar-winning documentary mislead viewers?
The film tells the story of an unknown American musician who struck it big in apartheid South Africa – but critics says it omitted crucial facts about the life of Sixto Rodriguez.
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Blizzard buries Kansas snowfall records
The blizzard winding down in the Midwest blasted through Kansas's snowfall accumulation records.
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Blizzard warnings: Cars stranded, power out in central US
Earlier, blizzard warnings extended from the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles into south-central Kansas. The blizzard warnings have been dropped for the far western panhandles.
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Police search for suspect in Las Vegas shooting
Las Vegas police are searching for Ammar Harris, a 26-year-old man they suspect in last week's shooting and car crash on the Las Vegas Strip, in which three people were killed. On Saturday, police found a black SUV they believe Harris used as a getaway car.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America.
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Reader recommendation: What Work Is
Monitor readers share their favorite picks.
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Change Agent In Detroit, a nonprofit fights urban blight
The nonprofit Detroit Blight Authority is helping to pay to tear down abandoned buildings and clear away debris to make the city cleaner and safer.
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Cover Story Future hangs on misunderstood majority of gun owners
Gun control seen through the eyes of the misunderstood majority of gun owners is more nuanced and complex than the absolutism of America's big gun lobbies. The Obama administration is courting this breed of centrist, gun-friendly Americans on the fence about gun control.
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Detroit mayor points to 'signs of hope and possibilities'
In his State of the City address on Wednesday, Detroit's mayor focused on positive moves the city is making to improve its finances. Mayor Dave Bing said, 'It is time to transform the image of Detroit'. He suggested the state might do more to help the struggling city.
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Why Lady Gaga postponed her next four concerts (+video)
Lady Gaga tweeted her fans with disappointing news: The next four concerts in her "Born This Way Ball" tour will be rescheduled for an unknown future date.
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Two Great Lakes hit record low levels: Climate crisis or natural cycle?
Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are at their lowest levels since record keeping began a century ago, but experts say it's too soon to tell exactly what combination of issues is causing the drop.
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Lawmakers to get drone documents ahead of Brennan hearing
President Obama has instructed the Justice Department to hand over classified documents explaining the administration's rationale relating to drone strikes on American citizens abroad. The documents will be released ahead of a Thursday confirmation hearing for John Brennan, Obama's nominee for CIA director.
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Rosa Parks honored with new stamp
Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old today. The Postal Service is honoring her with a new stamp, released today.
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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed
Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
A new scholarly biography examines the life Rosa Parks – the icon America embraced yet never really knew.
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Detroit bankruptcy: City 'teetering on the edge' of financial crisis
Detroit bankruptcy: Detroit is edging closer to a financial precipice, but unlike its automakers, its chances of getting a federal bailout are almost nonexistent.
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Ground beef recall linked to illness in five states
Ground beef recalled last week may be responsible for symptoms experienced by 16 people in Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin who ate the recalled ground beef.
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Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick released after weekend prison stay
Kilpatrick left the Michigan Corrections Department facility in Detroit Monday morning. He had been locked up there since Friday afternoon.
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In Gear First 2014 Corvette Stringray is sold. Price: $1.1 million (+video)
Corvette Stringray goes for more than 20 times expected cost at an Arizona auction. NASCAR team owner Hendrick picks up 2014 Corvette Stringray with very first vehicle ID number.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and freedom for all races
A Christian Science perspective.
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Horizons Pedaling to the top: How bicycles stormed the Detroit auto show
More people are biking in cities across the US, a trend that the Detroit auto show incorporated into their 2013 show.
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Energy Voices Detroit auto show: the future of energy-efficient cars and trucks (+video)
Detroit auto show may be all about head-turning cars, but some automakers at the 2013 Detroit auto show highlighted new advances in automotive energy efficiency. Fuel-efficient fleet vehicles were one focus of the Detroit auto show.
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The New Economy Home, car sales getting back their groove
Notes of optimism at Detroit auto show and stronger home sales and housing starts suggest recovery is gaining strength. But a return to normal will have to wait until 2014.
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With latest Corvette, GM resurrects the Stingray name
GM has finally taken the wraps off the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette, called the Stingray.
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