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Daughter remembers first man killed in D-Day combat
BBC News· 2 days agoThe first soldier who was killed in combat on D-Day, 80 years ago, was a 28-year-old former weights and measures inspector, his daughter, who was born...
The rise and fall of Indiana’s casino king. How Rod Ratcliff built a Statehouse money machine.
The Indianapolis Star· 2 days agoRod Ratcliff didn’t come from money. Over the course of three decades, the one-time seed dealer from...
The Canon Cat – the computer that tried to banish mice
The Register· 6 days agoThe Old VCR blog – it's short for Old Vintage...Raskin, and there's a theory that he named it...
‘An excessive amount of slaughter’: What The Longest Day got right – and wrong – about D-Day
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFor producer Darryl F. Zanuck, The Longest Day was a matter of victory or defeat. “Either I will go...
What Happens In Vegas star thinks AI could make a great movie
The A.V. Club· 10 hours agoKutcher is the latest Hollywood star to shill for the increasingly desperate AI industry. Speaking...
New heroes of spaceflight: Not the astronauts but the software nerds
Washington Post· 5 days agoThe robotic spacecraft was spinning wildly. The first mission of Trevor Bennett’s spunky space...
USS Nevada had key role in liberating France, toppling Nazis
Elko Daily Free Press· 2 days agoOn a cloudy, windy early morning 80 years ago, the largest amphibious invasion in military history...
Half-Court Press: How Creighton, Nebraska will look different in 2024, NBA draft notebook
Omaha World-Herald· 2 days agoIn the latest episode of Half-Court Press, Wilson Moore and Jon Walker discuss Creighton and...
Trump’s Payoff to Stormy Was the Best $130,000 He Ever Spent | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 3 days agoCould Teflon Don lose his grip on a third of the country because 12 twelve ordinary Americans did...
Mississippi Thunder Speedway: Cade Dillard's journey comes full circle in 'Big Deal' victory
La Crosse Tribune· 5 days agoJust over nine years ago, Cade Dillard of Robeline, Louisiana spent the last $40 he had to pay for...