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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· 7 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· 21 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· 14 hours agoKutcher is the latest Hollywood star to shill for the increasingly desperate AI industry. Speaking...
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...
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...
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...