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The Sports Report Olympics edition: Why isn't there a mercy rule in rugby?
Los Angeles Times· 4 hours agoWelcome to our second Olympic newsletter as we wonder why there is no mercy rule in rugby-sevens. The first day of competition, better known as day -2, at the Paris/Stamford Olympics has come ...
Mad Props: Turin National Cinema Museum displays iconic objects that make Hollywood movie magic
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoFrom props to icons, a new exhibition at Turin's National Cinema Museum is celebrating the crucial...
The 29 Best Mystery, Thriller and True Crime Books of 2024…so Far
Parade· 17 hours agoFrom Don Winslow to Tana French (and Princess Di!), we’ve got them all. Here are the 29 best...
Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate author 125 years after his birth
Stroud News and Journal· 4 days agoHemingway Days started in 1981 with a short-story competition and a look-alike contest. As a novelist, short-story writer and journalist, Hemingway’s spot in the pantheon of American literature ...
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
The Chronicle-Journal· 3 days agoAbdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of Love ...
7 Impressive Facts About Marlene Dietrich
Mentalfloss· 22 hours agoAmerican film debuts don’t get much more memorable than Marlene Dietrich’s. After appearing in several German silent films in the late 1920s, Dietrich...
The enigmatic and scandalous life of 1970s heartthrob Peter Wyngarde
Yahoo Celebrity UK· 6 days agoWyngarde claimed not to know his real age, and always insisted he was born in Marseille, yet his...
What the death of local news actually means
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoWhen I realized there was more to life than just the Angels and Dodgers, I’d jump a fence every Sunday morning to buy copies of the Orange County...
Eluned Morgan likely to be Wales' first female FM
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoOn top of that, enough of his colleagues are believed to have been ready to nominate him to secure his place on the ballot paper. A source close to Mr...
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
AOL· 3 days agoAbdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of Love ...