Memorial Day weekend

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    The dreams of a 60-year-old beauty contestant come to an abrupt end in Argentina

    A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the competition had been cheered as a triumph over ageism in a youth-obsessed world, fell short of the Miss Argentina crown. During the contest she thanked everyone who celebrated her success in the Miss Buenos Aires competition last month.

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  • USThe New York Times

    A 100-Ton Locomotive With No One in the Cab

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — One evening last June, as Esther Iradukunda set the table for dinner at her home in Buffalo, she heard a high-pitched cry through the kitchen window. She rushed outside and followed the screams to the train tracks that ran about 100 feet away from her house. She found her young brother Aron lying on the tracks, run over when he chased a ball between the cars of a train that had suddenly begun to move. Now it was stopped again, but one of the boy’s legs was lodged underneath, the

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  • CelebrityThe Hollywood Reporter

    Richard Dreyfuss Slammed for Alleged Sexist and Homophobic Comments at ‘Jaws’ Screening

    A Massachusetts theater is apologizing to its patrons who came to attend a screening of Jaws with star Richard Dreyfuss but instead were subjected to alleged sexist and homophobic comments from the actor over Memorial Day weekend. Attendees who headed Saturday to The Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts, for what was billed as “An Evening …

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

    In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. The project in the Bombay suburb of the capital, Freetown, started in the past year when a group of people tried to help a colleague’s younger brother off the drug called kush. “The only time I left the room was when I went to the bathroom,” Christian Johnson, 21, recalled.

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  • CelebrityFox News

    Rock Hudson’s wife secretly recorded gay confession for private investigator, book claims

    Rock Hudson, a closeted Hollywood star and '50s heartthrob, died in 1985 at age 59 from AIDS-related complications. His ex-wife Phyllis Gates died in 2006.

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  • LifestyleTom's Guide

    I tried charging an EV at home and it was a shock I wasn't expecting

    I finally got to charge my first EV at home, but I was shocked by how it turned out. Here's what every new and first time EV driver needs to know about charging at home.

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  • CelebrityTheBlast

    Fans Dissect Grayson Murray's Final Putt And Notice Something Off

    After learning of his death, Grayson Murray's final putt went viral, and fans noticed something they hadn't noticed before.

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