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  • SportAssociated Press

    Luka Doncic and defensive-minded Mavs take a chippy 101-90 win over Clippers for 2-1 series lead

    Luka Doncic had 22 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and the suddenly defensive-minded Dallas Mavericks took a chippy 101-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. The Mavs rode the same defense that gave them home-court advantage with a Game 2 victory in LA, and won in Dallas three years after losing all three first-round games on their floor in a seven-game s loss to the Clippers. Game 4 is Sunday in Dallas.

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  • CelebrityThe Telegraph

    It was no space walk but Mick Jagger finds it ‘great’ to tour Mission Control

    Rolling Stones lead Mick Jagger has taken the tour of the famed Nasa Mission Control, a favourite of tourists in Houston.

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  • NewsAssociated Press Videos

    Freight train derailment, fire forces Interstate 40 closure near Arizona-New Mexico line

    A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. (Production: Javier Arciga)

  • NewsThe Daily Beast

    Capitol Riot Cop Now Running Jan. 6-Themed Security Company

    ANDREW HARNIKThe retired cop who became the face of D.C. Metropolitan Police brutalized at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has launched a private security business with a name evoking the attack—and is already providing services to a campaign of the congressman who helped spearhead the subsequent impeachment of President Donald Trump, as well as “major political organizations,” the pol told The Daily Beast.Federal Election Commission records show the campaign of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) paid nearly

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  • PoliticsThe Daily Beast

    ‘Tender Trump’ Puts on a Show for the Jury

    Jeenah Moon/Pool via Reuters Donald Trump knows how to play to the audience, whether it’s the deluded millions of his MAGA base or the jurors in the first criminal trial of a former president.That was clear on Friday when Trump seized a moment in his criminal trial to seemingly comfort a witness—his still-loyal ex-assistant Rhona Graff.The jury had just finished listening to supermarket tabloid sleaze David Pecker testify about what prosecutors say was a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Casey DeSmith makes 30 saves as the Canucks take 2-1 series lead over the Preds

    Casey DeSmith made 30 saves for his first postseason victory as the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Friday night for a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven series to open the NHL playoffs. This was DeSmith's second straight start and third all-time in the playoffs with Thatcher Demko out since the series opener with an injury. J.T. Miller had a power-play goal and an assist, and Brock Boeser's power-play goal wound up the game-winner.

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  • LifestyleDaily Echo

    New Forest country pub reopens with garden pizza oven and cider festival

    New Forest country pub The Rising Sun has reopened in Bashley with garden pizza oven, cider festival, a steam rally and more.

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