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Ecuador’s Prisons Plan to Retake Control of Nearly All of Its 28 Prisons
Ecuador authorities vow to regain control of prisons amid wave of violence In this undated file photo, a jail is shown. Authorities in Ecuador say they plan to retake control of nearly all of...
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The National Basketball Association is the Most Popular Sports in America
A Poll Reversal The results were almost perfect. The public, on a question of whether or not to trust the National Basketball Association, gave the league an 89 percent approval rating, the best rating...
technology
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter ordered execution of man convicted of killing infant daughter
Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughter This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to...
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Bardo: A Modern Horror Film
A critic takes a second look at Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'Bardo' — and is thankful he did. The film opens at Sundance in the week of January 20, 2016, and comes to theaters on...
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The Fyre Festival that was never made
‘It was an absolute Fyre Festival.’ Before Miami contestants were enlisted to save the world, another group signed up in Montreal. But where were the cameras? When we first asked for help for our...
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Lord’s Tavern in the East Village
How the Dame Owners Decorated Their New Restaurant, Lord’s Tavern Since our first post about the new restaurant in the East Village (and, ahem, the last post before that one), we thought we’d take...
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Ecuadorian newspaper expelled for reporting on corruption study
WATCH: ‘4 Days to Save the world’ was a reality show with big ambitions. See a preview of the Star’s investigation An investigative reporter for the world’s largest news organization has been expelled from...
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Usain Bolt Wins Olympic Gold in 400m Men’s Race
Freestyle football great makes history with ninth world title on his home ground Jamaican-born world record holder and five-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, is now in his ninth career Olympic Games and he has...
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Newspapers Close in the Recession
The Times' downtown L.A. printing facility will shut down in 2024 "as a result of the city's declining tax base and declining population." It's a statement of fact, not theory. The Times is expected...
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Huntington Beach City Attorney Mike Barnett’s boss told him to shove it
City attorney with right-wing agenda fights for survival in increasingly blue Huntington Beach By Steve Rubenstein 28 December 2008 During his first week on the job, Huntington Beach city attorney Mike Barnett found himself...