Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King
INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) — Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta….
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Phelps honored by Baltimore with parade and salute
BALTIMORE (AP) — Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry….
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Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — That’s a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds….
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‘Smoot’ measurement reaches new heights at MIT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The father of a measurement known as the “Smoot” returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago….
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`SNL’ sends up VP debate with Fey, Queen Latifah
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president….
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Janet Jackson delays 3 more shows due to illness
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Janet Jackson has postponed three more shows because of an undisclosed illness….
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Tyler Perry unveils new studio in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Tyler Perry unveiled a new multimillion-dollar TV and film studio Saturday on 30 acres in southwest Atlanta….
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