DNA results bring more clarity to KHOU Anchor Len Cannon’s past

Source: KHOU.com

HOUSTON—Houston is my home, but where did my ancestors come from? The answer starts with a kit. I’m going to take a DNA sample, to find out where the DNA goes, what countries of origin. A simple swab inside both cheeks for 60 seconds, will unlock the key ...
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Andretti finding better teamwork without Danica

Source: Long Island Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andretti Autosport isn’t lamenting the loss of Danica Patrick to NASCAR. Michael Andretti’s drivers say they are working like teammates again. Though nobody on the team has publicly cited Pat ...
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When Sgt. Pepper Blew Our Minds.

Source: Elephant Journal

Sgt. Pepper was a musical landmark: >>The first big concept album. >>The first rock album to win the Album of the Year Grammy. >>The first liner notes with the lyrics to every song. >>The first album cover treated as a work of art. >>And ...
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Derby Day, By DJ Taylor

Source: The Independent

As every punter knows, even impeccable lineage and short odds can't guarantee success at the Epsom Derby. According to DJ Taylor's novel, it was ever thus. In a Victorian melodrama surrounding a clever betting sting, Taylor portrays a society in the ...
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Interior Department rejects tribal casino near Richmond

Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Federal officials have rejected plans by a tribe with Lake County connections to build a casino near Richmond. The U.S. Department of Interior said Friday that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians had no ...
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Britain's poshest protestor: Hector Christie - who gave up his Glyndebourne inheritance on a toss of a coin - was this week charged with vandalising GM wheat. So drives this gloriously eccentric eco-warrior?

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Hector Christie is such a rebel, he even rebels against the rebels There can’t have been many protesters at last winter’s anti-capitalist encampment in the City of London who had chosen the tents on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral o ...
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Andretti finding better teamwork without Danica

Source: WBTV 3 Charlotte NC

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes.More >> Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has si ...
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Politics at Play

Source: Artlog Blog

Min Song, installation view at Michael Jon Gallery, 2012. Chrosty Gast, Estero, 2012. Courtesy of Gallery Diet. Hannes Bend, Eclipse, 2012. Courtesy of Charest-Weinberg Gallery. Nick Gentry, installation view of Collective Memor ...
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Source: KATV

Partial results from Egypt's first genuinely competitive presidential elections showed the candidate of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood leading with a narrow edge in a five-way race.More >> Preliminary result ...
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