Winter Olympics mascot taking Beijing by storm
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The race is on to snap up scarce 2022 Winter Olympic souvenirs, especially stuffed versions of Games mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in a winter coat.
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Today in history for Feb. 7: The Beatles arrive in America
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Today in history for Feb. 7: The Beatles arrive in America; Ramzi Yousef arrested for the 1993 blast at New York's World Trade Center; Jordan's King Hussein dies; author Charles Dickens and country singer Garth Brooks born.
Illinois zoo polar bear happily rolls around in the snow left by latest winter storm
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A polar bear at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago seemed to be happy to see the region's biggest snowstorm of the season on Wednesday.
Today in history for Feb. 4: WW II's Yalta Conference gets underway; OJ liable in civil suit for murders of ex-wife & her friend; Patty Hearst kidnapped
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Highlights of this day in history for Feb. 4: World War II's Yalta Conference; O.J. Simpson found liable for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend; Patty Hearst kidnapped; the Massachusetts gay marriage ruling; aviator Charles Lindbergh born.
Pair of bald eagles tending their nest near Big Bear Lake in southern California
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A pair of bald eagles is tending their nest with a pair of eggs again this year near Big Bear Lake in the mountains of southern California.
yearling humpback whale off Hawaii freed from a life-threatening entanglement
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Federal officials say a yearling humpback whale off Hawaii has been freed from a life-threatening entanglement in mooring gear.
Today in History for Jan. 19th: Poet and author Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston
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YouTube embedding / Highlights of Today in History for Jan. 19th: Robert E. Lee born; Indira Gandhi elected prime minister of India;President Bill Clinton admits making false statements under oath; Singer Janis Joplin born; Dolly Parton is born.
-- Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer - Daytona Beach, Sanford, Orlando, FL
US sends Blinken abroad as Russia Ukraine tensions soar
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart this week amid rising tensions of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. The trip aims to show US support for Ukraine and impress on Russia the need for de-escalation. (January 18)
Warnings of plastic waste in open landfill killing Sri Lanka elephants
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YouTube embedding / Experts warn that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants after two more were found dead over the weekend.
-- Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer - Daytona Beach, Sanford, Orlando, FL
California governor denies parole for Robert Kennedy’s killer
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YouTube embedding / California's governor on Thursday rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying left a deep wound during one of America's darkest times. (Jan. 13)
-- Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer - Daytona Beach, Sanford, Orlando, FL