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    Death toll rises to 17 after two boats capsize in southern China, fire department officials say.

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    BREAKING: Nabi Tajima, the world's oldest person, dies in southern Japan at the age of 117.

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    Senate hopeful Mitt Romney will advance to the primary even if he loses the nomination to one of 11 other candidates at the Utah GOP convention.

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    Leonardo DiCaprio will present Martin Scorsese with the inaugural Robert Osborne award at the Classic Film Festival.

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    Mike Myers responds to death of fellow 'Austin Powers' actor Verne Troyer: 'Verne was the consummate professional and a beacon of positivity for those of us who had the honor of working with him.'

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    Former presidents were among hundreds of people saying goodbye during funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush.

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    Actor Verne Troyer from 'Austin Powers' movie franchise dies at 49. Statement provided by spokesperson discusses depression, and the actor had spoken about struggles with drinking.

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    President Trump says he's weighing posthumous pardon for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson was convicted of accompanying a white woman across state lines.

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    Saudi state media reports that security forces responded to a small drone flying over a neighborhood in the kingdom's capital after online videos circulated with what sounded like small-arms fire.

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    Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries 'lawful lynching'

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    Six years after their son was slain in Florida, Trayvon Martin's parents relive his killing and continue their quest for lasting change in the documentary series "Rest in Power"

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    Authorities say an Amish buggy has been struck from behind in Ohio, killing a woman and critically injuring a man and two infants.

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    "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada donates a drug dog to an Idaho police agency where he's a reserve police officer.

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    Texas charter school apologizes after eighth-graders are asked to list positives of slavery.

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    A British tourist who has never shot a gun talks about going through the Las Vegas Mob Museum's new exhibit that puts visitors through police use-of-force training. Read more about it here:

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    Republican Party top donor, fundraiser running for governor of Wyoming:

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    This new robot was created to help with the costly, time-consuming task of cleaning up old U.S. facilities that enriched uranium for nuclear. weapons.

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    Historian eulogizes former first lady Barbara Bush, calling her the "first lady of the greatest generation."

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    Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria's Douma, two weeks after a suspected gas attack.

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    NASCAR star is busy. Busy with his family, with keeping fit. Busy with the new faces at Hendrick, with trying to win a record 8th title. He is also 42 and he has a plan for the future, too. He sat down with to talk about it.

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