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Newsweek published this story under the headline "All Shook Up" on August 29, 1977. To commemorate 40 years this week since the "King of Rock and Roll" died, Newsweek is republishing the story. Inside his Memphis mansion, Graceland, the king of rock 'n' roll lay silent in a copper coffin. |
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Two radio stations in U.S.-controlled Guam accidentally broadcast an emergency warning to listeners Tuesday, causing fear among some residents at a time when nuclear-armed North Korea has threatened to strike the tiny Pacific island territory. Shortly after midnight in Guam, local radio stations.... |
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Latest on the fallen tree on Portuguese island of Madeira (all times local): 8:00 p.m. Portuguese authorities have raised the death toll from a massive tree that fell during a popular religious festival on the island of Madeira to 13 people. |
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5:03pm on 15 Aug 2017 Okay, time for me to call it a day. What happened? various government ministers accused the opposition of treachery for colluding with the New Zealand Labour Party to attempt to bring down the Australian government; Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she might not be able to.... |
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A stoush between the Catholic Church and a troubled Auckland Maori boarding school has ended up in court. Hato Petera College in Northcote was housing some 30 students in its hostel from the Auckland University of Technology despite the boarding facilities being closed to college students late last year. |
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INDIANAPOLIS — Kipp Glenn grew tired of standing for eight-hour shifts, assembling steel furnace doors. His knees ached from 25 years on the concrete factory floor. So even after President Trump made his job at Carrier a symbol of American prosperity and vowed to save it, the Indiana native took a buyout. |
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A protester in Durham, North Carolina, climbed a ladder to place a rope around a Confederate soldier memorial statue on Monday before a crowd rallying against racism toppled it. (Associated Press)
A group comprised mostly of black activists dedicated to preserving American history is calling for.... |
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Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2017. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date:
In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War. |
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On July 22, the Philippine Congress extended the martial law , which was first enacted in May, on the southern island of Mindanao for an additional five months. The army continues to battle militants inspired by the Islamic State (also called ISIS) in the regional city of Marawi, and the.... |
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KEN Vass, who has died aged 81, was a journalist and television executive who became head of Scottish Television’s Scotsport programme and the producer of Weir’s Way, the popular series that followed the climber and writer Tom Weir on his travels through Scotland . |
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When sports personality Marty Morrissey received a phone call inviting him to address the throngs of people attending the annual novena at Knock Shrine in Co Mayo , he thought it was a practical joke.
“I was honoured and delighted to be asked, not least as I’m no Holy Joe. |
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