Author: Alex Horton The Washington Post
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‘Why are you still here?’: Inside the last Blockbuster left in America
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man parked his motorcycle on the sidewalk, ruining the aesthetic of the last Blockbuster in the continental U.S. “You can’t park there,” General Manager Sandi Harding told the man as he walked into the…
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Woman defends killing of giraffe, cites ‘game management’
Tess Thompson Talley is grinning, hunting rifle in hand, in front of the dead giraffe, as she points to the sky in the way quarterbacks do after throwing touchdown passes. The photos were taken in South Africa in June 2017, NBC’s “Today” show and other media outlets reported, but only recently have social-media and celebrity…
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A West Point grad wrote ‘Communism will win’ in his cap. The Army kicked him out.
The alumni of the United States Military Academy at West Point span presidents, generals and astronauts in what its students call the Long Gray Line, a nod to the Army service academy’s central role in educating leaders years before they rise to prominence. Spenser Rapone, 26, became notable a bit faster than most graduates. On Monday, the…
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Winning $457 million Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania
A single ticket sold in Pennsylvania matched the drawing for an estimated $456.7 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association said. The winning numbers were 22-57-59-60-66, and the Powerball 7. There were other tickets that scored big payouts too. A ticket sold in Texas won $2 million after a player or players opted to chip in an extra…