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Lake Charles Featured in Top Under-The-Radar US Travel Destinations List
Lake Charles, Louisiana, is known for its delicious Cajun and Creole flavors complemented by an artistic culture. The Southwest Louisiana city was recently recognized by TheTravel.com in an article listing the top under-the-radar travel destinations in the United States.
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Terry Crews at 50: Family, Football, & Funny
Action-movie hero, sitcom star, syndicated game show host, advertising pitchman, former NFL player and best-selling author all describe the man that is Terry Crews. He’s known for having his shirt off and playing wacky, but memorable characters. He is perhaps best known for playing Julius, the overworked dad on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, a tough guy in the feature franchise “The Expendables,” the loveable goofball in “White Chicks,” or his appearances in Old Spice commercials.
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Toyota Hones Focus on Cost Cuts, China as U.S. Hurdles Loom
Toyota Motor Corp. is sharpening its focus on keeping costs in check and fueling demand in China to prepare for challenges in a U.S. market potentially hit by a trade war.
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Five Houstonians Named As Top 25 Finalists in H-E-B’s 5th Quest for Texas Best Statewide Competition
H-E-B received more than 700 entries from 140 cities from across the state of Texas of the most delectable, scrumptious, memorable dishes and beverages for its 5th Annual Quest for Texas Best culinary competition. Official judges have had the audacious task of narrowing down that field to the top 25 and five of them are from Houston. All 25 finalists will compete in the final round of competition on August 9-10, 2018, in Austin, TX for prizes totaling $70,000.
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Dallas Police Turned Down Donation From Group Led By Dallas Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall
The Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall had planned to bring breakfast to police as a gesture to recognizes the Dallas officers killed in the July 7th ambush as well as two black men killed by police across the nation earlier that same week in 2016.
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Record-breaking temperatures leave 29 dead in South Korean heatwave
As many as 29 people have died due to heatstroke in South Korea, according to the South Korean Ministry of Health, Welfare and Disease Control.
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Record temperatures could hit Spain, Portugal amid European heat wave
Forecasters have warned of potentially record-breaking temperatures in Spain and Portugal this week as much of Europe swelters in a heat wave that has left some farmers suffering drought conditions.
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Missing Iowa student's father has message for his daughter: 'We'll find you'
For two weeks, investigators have been searching for clues and conducting hundreds of interviews in the search for Mollie Tibbetts. But it's still unclear what happened to the missing University of Iowa student.
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Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores
Brookstone filed for bankruptcy and will close its remaining 101 mall stores. The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Thursday. It was Brookstone's second bankruptcy round in four years.
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Woman says supermarket called police on her while she was helping a homeless man
Barbecuing while black. Napping while black. Now add helping homeless people while black to the list of things that can lead to a visit from police.
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Paris Jackson: Demi Lovato is not sending me to rehab
Paris Jackson is putting an end to speculation that Demi Lovato's medical emergency has convinced her to enter rehab.
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Manafort trial features Karaoke machines and ponds in the Hamptons
Adding to their portrait of Paul Manafort's wealth, prosecutors on Thursday walked jurors through the hundreds of thousands of dollars the former Trump campaign chairman spent on a karaoke machine, landscaping, home improvement and what a landscaper described as one of the biggest ponds in the Hamptons.
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A plane crashed in Mexico but everyone on board survived
A strong wind gust brought down an Aeromexico plane carrying 103 people in northern Mexico, leading to a fiery crash that left dozens aboard injured but no fatalities, Durango state officials say.
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Apple profit soars; Tariff threats; Tesla earnings
Apple profits: Apple sold essentially the same number of iPhones last quarter as it did a year prior, but sales and profits soared as it made more money from higher-priced devices
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Serena Williams suffers worst defeat of her career
Serena Williams is usually the one who inflicts heavy defeats on others, but the former world No.1 suffered the most one-sided loss of her illustrious career Tuesday when she was knocked out of the first round of the Silicon Valley Classic after a 6-1 6-0 defeat.
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This Parkland dad blames Trump administration for settlement over 3 D printed guns
Fred Guttenberg is exasperated that the government was set to allow plans for 3D printed guns to be posted online.
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A 10-year-old named Clark Kent beat a record that Michael Phelps held for 23 years
It's not very often that Michael Phelps gets knocked off the record board. But a 10-year-old swimming phenom with a superhero name has done just that.
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New Book Tells the Story of an African American Woman’s Journey From the Cotton Fields of Mississippi to Becoming a Millionaire
The Road from Money, The Journey to Find Why by Sylvester Boyd Jr. is based on true stories told to him by several family members raised in Money, Mississippi from 1925 to 1937. He has woven both fact and fiction into a dynamic portrayal of historical events of the era; including music, inventions and the journey of a young Negro girl and her family living under the trying times of Jim Crow in the South.
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The Upside Down of Diversity at the State University of New York
Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the State University of New York (SUNY) to reexamine its existing diversity plans to ensure these plans are furthering New York’s goals of diversity and inclusion. He requested SUNY to prepare a report due by August 15, 2018 outlining how it will expand and increase diversity representation on its campuses.

