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Germany: police arrest man over stolen John Lennon objects
BERLIN - German police say they have arrested a man suspected of handling stolen objects from the estate of John Lennon, including diaries. Berlin police said the 58-year-old suspect, whom they didn&#...
Nov 20, 2017
Teen idol David Cassidy remains in Florida hospital
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Television and music star David Cassidy remains in a Florida hospital where he is dealing with multiple organ failure. Publicist JoAnn Geffen said Sunday in an email that there...
Nov 20, 2017
Senator Al Franken cut from PBS David Letterman tribute
LOS ANGELES - PBS and WETA say Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Franken will not appear substantially in David Letterman’s Mark Twain Prize special airing Monday night. Representatives said Sunday that...
Nov 20, 2017
The Weird, but true, History of Presidential Turkey Pardons
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Turkey Pardons The annual practice of pardoning a turkey at Thanksgiving has become something of a tradition at the White House, but do you know how it got...
Nov 20, 2017
The Most Expensive Painting and Billy the Kid
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [November 12-18, 2017] A man forgets where he parked for twenty years, a surfer punches a shark and a Leonardo da Vinci painting sells for an ast...
Nov 20, 2017
Trans teen's war with his body started when he was just 10
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Theo Ramos learned how to cut himself when he was in fifth grade, when his body seemed to revolt. Exploring online was easy, with hashtags like #scars, #hurt and #brokeninside. Nothi...
Nov 20, 2017
Bush administration alums rising in Trump's orbit
WASHINGTON - For all the lingering tensions between President Donald Trump and former President George W. Bush, Trump’s White House shares one thing in common with his Republican predecessorR...
Nov 20, 2017
Trump: NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders' Marshawn Lynch
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says the NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch sat during most of the U.S. anthem and stood for the Mexican anthem before SundayR...
Nov 20, 2017
Ontario post-secondary school launches Mohawk language learning app
A southwestern Ontario post-secondary school has launched an app to help people learn the endangered language of Mohawk. Six Nations Polytechnic says the app, available for Apple and Android devices, ...
Nov 20, 2017
'This is crazy': Former AP reporter remembers Manson trial
LOS ANGELES - The first time I saw Charles Manson being led into a courtroom in 1969 at the old Los Angeles Hall of Justice, I was shocked - not because of the mythology that preceded him, but because...
Nov 20, 2017