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‘Go USA!’: How a winning home team could help convert Americans to cricket
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoAlan*, one of the eight million residents of Long Island, is a die-hard New York Yankees fan and an...
16 Books We Read This Week
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoBOOKSHELF ‘The Light of Battle’ Review: Eisenhower’s Road to Normandy As supreme allied commander, the American general had the monumental task of...
John Everett Benson, who chiseled John F. Kennedy’s grave, has died - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 13 hours agoThe art Benson practiced is mostly devoted to mortality, the brief span of a life, though it is designed for eternity or something close to it. Benson could spend a day carving a cross; a gravestone ...
Flag Day is Friday: Here's the symbolism and history behind the US flag
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNational Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. National Firefighters Memorial Day. President Dwight ...
'It was like finding gold for a girl who barely knew her dad': A Father's Day story
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days ago-Day and World War II. Frank R. Doubek died from an infection at age 46, four days after my third...
Mansion Built for CIA Director in San Marino Sells for $30M
The Real Deal· 6 days agoAn estate built for former CIA Director John McCone in San Marino has sold for $30 million, the...
WashingtonPost.com: Rock Idol Elvis Presley Dies at 42
Washington Post· 2 days agoElvis Presley, who revolutionized American popular music with his earthy singing style and became a hero to two generations of rock 'n' roll fans, died yesterday in Memphis, Tenn. He was 42.
Gunman hijacks bus in Atlanta, forces high-speed chase through three Georgia counties
New York Daily News· 6 days agoThe first 911 call came at about 4:30 p.m. as Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum and Mayor Andre...
Everett T. Keech, business entrepreneur, former government official, and onetime vice dean at Penn’s...
Philly.com· 5 days agoEverett T. Keech, 84, of Haverford, onetime vice dean of the graduate program of the Wharton School...
‘Don’t let it go to your head’: Descendants of US presidents bond at Truman museum
Kansas City Star via AOL· 5 days agoThe group, which earlier in the day visited The National WWI Museum and Memorial, also was due...
