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August's Full 'Sturgeon' Moon Offers Special 2-Night Performance This Weekend

In a rare skywatching treat, you can see August's full Sturgeon Moon rise soon after sunset on both Saturday and Sunday

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NY Mets Will Celebrate 60th Anniversary Of Beatles' Landmark Shea Stadium Concert With Special Night

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani

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Shohei Ohtani Gets 1,000th Career Hit With Go-Ahead Homer, And Strikes Out 8

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Mural he painted on silos in Fort Dodge, Iowa

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Australian Artist Creating Massive Mural In A Small North Dakota Town

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Rusty the surfing minpin catches a wave in the second heat of small dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, Calif. (2024)

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World Dog Surfing Championships Underway

Judges scrutinize how long dogs remain on boards, how long they can hold their balance and whether they perform any tricks like turn around while riding waves.

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Crews clean up a truckload of hot dogs that spilled out of a tractor-trailer along Interstate 83 in Shrewsbury, Pa.

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Semi Wreck Scatters Hot Dogs All Over Interstate, For First-Responders: 'A Job They Did Not Relish'

“I can tell you personally, hot dogs are very slippery,” the fire chief said. “I did not know that.”

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In the early days, it was a bit of a process trying to convince independent movie theaters to program Cat Video Fest.

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Now Showing At 500 Movie Theaters: 73-Minutes Of Cat Videos... For A Good Cause

A portion of ticket proceeds benefit cat-focused charities, shelters and animal welfare organization.

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Actor Sean Bean as Sheriff of Nottingham on the set of the Robin Hood ten-episode season

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New Robin Hood Series Coming, But It's Being Shot In Serbia, Not England - And 'Class Conflict' Is Even Apparent In Our Time

Said to be even more relatable these days: "It’s a story about class and the absolute tyranny of class, people who believe that they can have everything and control everything and can own everything and everybody else could just, you know, get lost.”

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It's A Hit Game, But What's Driving It? Millions Are Growing Virtual Gardens In Viral Roblox Game Created By A Teenager

Grow a Garden, created by a 16-year-old in a few days, has shattered records for the most concurrent players of any game in history, beating out video games that take years and millions of dollars to develop.

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Baldwin realized Charlie Brown wanted the things he wanted. Chief among those wants are “the desire to have friends and the desire to hold your friends close to you.”

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Who Knew? Alec Baldwin Talks About His Admiration For 'Peanuts'

The veteran actor spoke at San Diego's Comic-Con, where he was part of a panel on 75 years of Charles Schulz's “Peanuts,” whose simplicity, existential philosophy and moral outlook have been very much on his mind.

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Dave Ramsey's Former Estate

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Dave Ramsey's Former Estate Hits Market Again 4 years Later At $15M

A lavish estate once owned by nationally known financial advisor Dave Ramsey is back on the market.

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Postmaster General David Steiner looks at a just unveiled Benjamin Franklin stamp to mark the 250th anniversary of postal service's founding

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'Stamp Of Approval' - U.S. Postal Service Celebrating 250th Birthday

Established by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, the Postal Service was launched nearly a year before the colonies declared their break from British rule.

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Leo cat

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One-Cat Crimewave! 'Leonardo Da Pinchy' Wants To Steal Your Socks And Underwear

And he’s got expensive taste. His frequent hauls include silk boxer shorts, thick men’s work socks — preferably with clothespins still attached — and in one mortifying episode for his humans, a brand-new $181 cashmere sweater.

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Bottles of Mexican Coca-Cola are displayed at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill.

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Coca-Cola Is Planning A Cane-Sugar Version Of Its Trademark Cola For Sale In The U.S.

“We appreciate the president’s enthusiasm for our Coca-Cola brand.”

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