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Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dead at 84
Canadian singer and performer Gordon Lightfoot, who rose to international fame as a folk music star in the 1960s and '70s, died on Monday. He was 84.
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Legendary US talk show host Jerry Springer dies aged 79
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One of world's oldest newspapers to end daily print run
One of the world's oldest newspapers still in print, Austria's Wiener Zeitung, will primarily move online, after a decision Thursday by the country's parliament.
Einstein's risky Belgian stay after Hitler came to power
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Football great Pele enters Portuguese dictionary as an adjective
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Tiffany reopens flagship New York store under French management
New Yorkers and tourists will once stroll between the rings and diamonds of the jeweler Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue, which officially reopened for business on Wednesday after extensive renovations under new owners, French luxury giant LVMH.
Freddie Mercury's private collection to be sold after exhibition
More than 1,500 items from Freddie Mercury's private collection, including costumes, unique objects and previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics, will be auctioned later this year, Sotheby's announced on Wednesday.
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Centuries-old teenage mummy unearthed in Peru
The mummy of a teenager who lived roughly 800-1,200 years ago, complete with skin fragments and tufts of hair, has been unearthed on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital Lima, the leader of the excavation team said Tuesday.
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UK's Prince William 'settled' phone-hacking claim, filing says
Prince William has "recently settled" a phone-hacking claim against a UK newspaper group, court documents filed by his brother Prince Harry as part of his own lawsuit claimed on Tuesday.
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Fox News provocateur Tucker Carlson exits in shock move
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