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Supreme Quote of the Day: ‘Endless Caprices’

When Julia Tuttle’s book originally came out, it was compared to Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. It’s a coincidence I have never read, and it’s only the closest I’ve come to experiencing the novel in…

Wildfires return as our wildland fire season begins

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Wildfires return as our wildland fire season begins

Jemal Countess/Getty Images It felt more like it was June than December as temperatures across the country reached record levels last month. What is driving the climate change that brought these record temperatures, and…

Remembering Bob Dole, 1936-2019

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Remembering Bob Dole, 1936-2019

After serving as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years, Bob Dole launched his political career in 1964 as a candidate for a Kansas state Senate seat. He won the election, although…

Tennis executives trailblazed women's rights

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Tennis executives trailblazed women’s rights

Written by Staff Writer Thomas Patterson, who has died at the age of 96, represented one of the first group of influential women tennis executives of this late 20th century. Patterson was a tough,…

Stonewall Jackson, country music pioneer, dead at 89

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Stonewall Jackson, country music pioneer, dead at 89

Stonewall Jackson, who parlayed his high-water mark as the first black singer to make a bona fide impression at the Grand Ole Opry into a successful career as a country music artist, has died….