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Star Wars: Monopoly to include Rey after 8-year-old’s note

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The "Star Wars" version of Monopoly will add a game piece based on the female character Rey after an 8-year-old Illinois girl wrote "Girls matter" in a letter to game maker Hasbro noting the omission. Carrie Goldman, of Evanston, posted a letter on Twitter this week written by her daughter, Annie…
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Senator McCain says concerns over Cruz citizenship legitimate

McCain said concerns raised by Republican front-runner Donald Trump over whether Cruz can be president are legitimate
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Feds say Alabama judges must obey US Supreme Court decision

U.S. Attorneys issued a statement saying they had "grave concerns" about Chief Justice Roy Moore's administrative order
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Pounding surf accompanies El Nino storm

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The last of several El Nino storms this week is accompanied by battering surf that is flooding some low-lying coastal areas in Southern California. Big waves at high tide Thursday overtopped the breakwater in Los Angeles County's Redondo Beach and encroached on residential beaches in Malibu. No major damage was reported. National…
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