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In the same year the first moving images were broadcast on a television set, a devout couple on a farm in Alton, Iowa, had a baby son. Like all parent...
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Two years ago, Prairies Jamie Stilwell had a round of 67 for 9 holes. Two weeks ago, she set a school record by shooting a 1-under- par 35.
Prairie senior Jamie Stilwell started thinking about the possibility just minutes after making a birdie on the third hole at The Cedars on Salmon Creek.
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Through much of her early childhood and teenage years, Carol Nelson left her parents' home in Baltimore at the start of summer school break and headed to Charlottesville, Va., where she would spend "two blissful months" at her aunt and uncle's home, not far from Thomas Jefferson's country estate, Monticello.
The tug of memory was so strong that when Nelson, a 40-something executive assistant who lives in Woodland Park, started thinking about the possibility of buying a vacation home, she had only one destination in mind: Charlottesville.
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WEST COVINA - Joshua Hernandez walked into the McDonald's on south Azusa Avenue thinking about a part-time job flipping burgers. He left thinking about the possibility of running the whole company.
If the opportunities to advance present themselves, I'm going to take advantage of them," Hernandez said.
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TAMPA, Fla. - Five seniors played their final game with West Virginia in Saturday's loss to Kentucky in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Mountaineers might prepare themselves for the possibility a sixth player departs. Junior forward Kevin Jones said after the game he'll be thinking about entering the NBA Draft.
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A couple of years ago the eminent theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking warned that a human encounter with intelligent extraterrestrial beings could be dangerous for us, sort of similar to the way Europeans were dangerous to ancient Native Americans, "which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans." In hindsight, it would not have been a good idea for the Native Americans to go searching for Europeans.
Still, there is a profound natural fascination for the idea that we are not alone. In the last 60 years or so, our collective thinking about the possibility of alien life has evolved from a state of dismissive skepticism to a sense of probability. Hawking himself has indicated the possibility of extraterrestrial life is perfectly plausible. There are so many stars in the observa...
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A couple of years ago the eminent theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking warned that a human encounter with intelligent extraterrestrial beings could be dangerous for us, sort of similar to the way Europeans were dangerous to ancient Native Americans, "which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans." In hindsight, it would not have been a good idea for the Native Americans to go searching for Europeans.
Still, there is a profound natural fascination for the idea that we are not alone. In the last 60 years or so, our collective thinking about the possibility of alien life has evolved from a state of dismissive skepticism to a sense of probability. Hawking himself has indicated the possibility of extraterrestrial life is perfectly plausible. There are so many stars in the observa...
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Alex Turner conceded he might have gotten greedy on his way to the first-round lead Saturday at the McDonald Amateur golf tournament. Even though Turner eventually would tie Kevin Wassmer's course record of 10-under 62 (from July 14, 2001) for a five-shot lead, the recent Harrison High School graduate with the state champion Warriors wanted more.
I hit 5-wood, 5-wood to five feet to eagle the 11th hole to get to get to 9-under," Turner said. "Then I started thinking 59 might be a possibility with easy holes ahead and then I parred the next five.
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USC junior forward Nikola Vucevic said he is thinking about the possibility of leaving early for the NBA but will hold off until after the season to make a final decision.
It's been on my mind a little bit," Vucevic said. "But I want to think about it after the season.
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The merger of the Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg fire departments doesn't take effect until April 1, but Pittsburgh's public safety director already is thinking about the next one.
Michael Huss on Wednesday raised the possibility of a merger of the communities' police departments. Wilkinsburg, about 8 miles east of Downtown Pittsburgh, has about 17,000 people.