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6 World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, are getting married in France near the site of the D-Day invasion. The couple, who are each widowed, grew up in New York City: her in Brooklyn, him in the Bronx. They were married 12 days later, helping transport freshly captured Germans and just-freed American POWs back to England.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

The Hi Fives are a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team based in Grand Junction, TX. Last year at the World Championships there were 600 teams from 19 countries in attendance for the FRC competition.
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The Hi Fives are a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team based in Grand Junction, TX. Last year at the World Championships there were 600 teams from 19 countries in attendance for the FRC competition. For the third year in a row the Hi Five Robotic team is fundraising in hopes to cover the $25,000 travel expenses.
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Seeing the moon Sunday night marks the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. The holy month marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Muslim world. In Saudi Arabia, the kingdom had been urging the public to watch the skies from Sunday night in preparation for the sighting of the crescent moon.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom for the first time since hurting her left knee in a downhill crash in Italy. The two-time Olympic champion posted fastest times in both runs to beat Croatian prodigy Zrinka Ljutic by a massive 1.24 seconds and third-placed Michelle Gisin of Switzerland by 1.34. She is the fourth skier to win eight crystal globes – the traditional prize in Alpine skiing.
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2 years ago Read more at The Denver Post

Harold Terens, 100, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, will be honored in June by the French. They will be married on June 8 at a chapel near the beaches where U.S. troops landed. The couple, who are each widowed, grew up in New York City: her in Brooklyn.
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2 years ago Read more at NewsNation Now

Irina Rodrigues hurled the discus out to 66.60m - a world lead as well as a Portuguese record - in the fourth round of a high quality competition. but the 33-year-old regained composure to conclude her excellent series with a throw of 63.93m. Melina Robert-Michon won an incredible eleventh medal at the European Throwing Cup.
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2 years ago Read more at European Athletics

Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glittering contest held in India on Saturday night. Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon was the first runner-up among 112 contestants in the competition held in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. After the reigning Miss World, Karoline Bielawska of Poland, passed the crown to her.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance Australia

The world's more than 1.5 billion followers of Islam have begun celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. AP The faithful, from Jerusalem, to Indonesia and nearly every part of the globe, perform traditions including the extra lengthy "tarawihquot; prayer, in observance. Eclipse chaser reveals where his team and others wet outside using telescopes to search the sky for the new moon that signals the start of the Islamic holy fasting month. Indonesia is the world&
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2 years ago Read more at Scripps News

The world's more than 1.5 billion followers of Islam have begun celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. The faithful, from Jerusalem, to Indonesia and nearly every part of the globe, perform traditions including the extra lengthy "tarawih&quot); prayer, in observance. In the Islamic tradition, Laylatal-Qadr, or the 'Night of Power,' will be observed during one of the last ten nights of Islam's most holy month.
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2 years ago Read more at FOX 4 News Fort Myers WFTX