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HOK and USL to Launch Stadium Development Initiative
Atlanta–based HOK has announced a multi-year partnership with the United Soccer League (USL).
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New Evidence May Solve Mystery of America’s Huge Ancient City
Mississippi floods shaped the rise and fall of the prehistoric metropolis known as Cahokia.
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Detroit: 25,000 households face water shutoff this month
Detroit will begin to serve water shut-off notices on some 25,000 households tomorrow as it prepares to privatise its water department.
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US approves ferry service between Cuba and Florida
Passenger ferries could be set to run between Florida and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years after the US government approved new services.
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80 percent of police force resigns after Missouri town elects first African-American mayor
Following the election of the town’s first African-American mayor, five of the six officers on a small Missouri town police force resigned en masse, reports KFVS.
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Heroin is a white-people problem
Bad medicine, economic rot and the enterprising Mexican town that turned the Heartland on to black tar. The new American junkie is white, suburban or rural, and got hooked on Xalisco's product and personalized service.
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After 33 years, the U.S. dropped its claim that Cuba sponsors terrorism. Here’s what it means.
A bureaucratic changing of status means a great deal for U.S.-Cuba relations.
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An NYC sunrise
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Obama, Castro to Share Stage at Summit as Detente Takes Hold
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will share the same stage on Friday in an encounter rich with symbolism as their countries set aside decades of mistrust and attempt to to restore diplomatic relations.
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U.S. Legalization of Marijuana Has Hit Mexican Cartels' Cross-Border Trade
The cartels are still smuggling harder drugs but advocates point out the success of legalization in cutting illegal trade. In the midst of this seething mountain capital, Mexico’s security ministry houses a bizarre museum — a collection of what the army seizes from drug traffickers. The Museo de Enervantes, often referred to as the Narco Museum, has drug samples themselves (including the rare black cocaine), diamond-studded guns, gold-coated cell phones...
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The top story in Mexico is about a feisty journalist who exposed the first lady’s secret mansion, and lost her job
Supporters of ousted Mexican reporter Carmen Aristegui start a petition and legal moves to get her back on the air.
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Passport to Cuba
Cuba is a small country, yet it is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea. In square miles, including the many keys and islets that dot its coastline, it is just a bit larger than Tennessee. Put another way, it could hold Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey with a little room to spare...
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America's Dying Malls Are Getting a Second Chance as Hospitals, Churches, and Parks
One-third of enclosed shopping centers are failing, so developers are getting a bit more creative.
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Lost City Discovered in the Honduran Rain Forest
In search for legendary “City of the Monkey God,” explorers find the untouched ruins of a vanished culture.
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Building the First Slavery Museum in America
Louisiana’s River Road runs northwest from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, its two lanes snaking some 100 miles along the Mississippi and through a contradictory stretch of America. Flat and fertile, with oaks webbed in Spanish moss, the landscape stands in defiance of the numerous oil refineries and petrochemical plants that threaten its natural splendor. In the rust-scabbed towns of clapboard homes, you are reminded that Louisiana is the eighth-poorest state...
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RadioShack could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next month
Even RadioShack admits it's had a "prolonged downturn in our business."
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America's 100 best beer bars, 2015
The top taverns in all of U.S. craft beer.
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Feds find border drones don’t actually make border more secure
DHS OIG: "There is no reason to invest additional taxpayer funds at this time."
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Monarch butterflies could be declared an endangered species. Here's what that means.
Monarch butterflies are vanishing. Over the last 20 years, fewer and fewer of them have been making the long journey down to Mexico to survive the winter. By one count, their numbers have shrunk as much as 90 percent.
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5 Things You Must Absolutely Know About Tequila
Five things that you absolutely must know in order to help you develop a healthy relationship with what is, in reality, a beverage from the gods. Tequila!
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