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‘Rocky effect put Philadelphia on world map’
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky.It is a classic slice of pop history: Sylvester Stallone — aka “Rocky” — jogging up the steps of the art museum in Philadelphia. For four decades, the boxing saga whose...
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Athletes have new platform to reach fans
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers waves to the crowd after a game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — AFP US basketball superstar Kobe Bryant didn’t turn to a...
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Bill Cosby fails to get court relief
Bill Cosby A US judge paved the way on Wednesday for disgraced TV legend Bill Cosby to stand trial for the first time on a criminal sexual assault charge, throwing out an attempt by his lawyers to...
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Turning New York City’s trash into treasure
Items are displayed as part of former New York sanitation worker Nelson Molina’s “Treasure in the Trash” gallery in New York. — AFP For 30 years, sanitation worker Nelson Molina kept New York clean,...
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Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking unveil plan to reach the stars
Renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking attends a press conference at One World Observatory in New York on Tuesday to announce a new breakthrough initiative focusing on space exploration and the search...
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Facebook denies anti-conservative bias, censorship
Facebook on Tuesday denied allegations that it scrubs its site of news articles by and about political conservatives, amid outrage over the claims.The social media giant said the popularity of news...
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Bill Cosby to stand trial for sex assault
Bill Cosby smiles as he leaves the Montgomery county courthouse after a preliminary hearing in Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Photo: AP) Disgraced US megastar Bill Cosby must stand trial over accusations...
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Mourners bid farewell to Elie Wiesel in New York
Family and friends embrace each other during a private service for the late Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York on Sunday. (Photo: AFP) Mourners...
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Racial tensions in US flare up, scores held in protests
The police arrests an activist during a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo: AP)The police arrested scores of people in demonstrations overnight between Saturday and Sunday in several US cities,...
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