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Ford's Theatre opens center to study Lincoln in DC
Flowers once attached to President Abraham Lincoln's coffin and ribbons from mourners have joined videos and interactive displays to explore his life and legacy in a new museum and education center at the theater where Lincoln was assassinated.The Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership opens to the public Sunday, the 203rd anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The new center built in a 10-story

Officer describes beaten, bruised lacrosse player

The first officer to arrive at the apartment of a slain University of Virginia lacrosse player says he thought he was responding to an alcohol overdose but quickly discovered the woman had been

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Fruit fly genome 'may become genetic Rosetta stone'
Scientists have developed a new community resource that may help in unlocking the mystery behind the genetic basis of traits and diseases.

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Saturday's College Basketball

Alvernia 63, Lebanon Valley 61

American U. 59, Colgate 58

Brooklyn 73, Richard Stockton 64

Cabrini 76, Marywood 63

Charlotte 69, Fordham 62

Chestnut Hill 81,

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West Virginia women knock off No. 14 Louisville
Asya Bussie scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead West Virginia to a 66-50 victory against No. 14 Louisville on Saturday.

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No. 5 North Carolina outlasts Maryland 83-74
Tyler Zeller scored 22 points, John Henson had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 5 North Carolina rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to squeeze past Maryland 83-74 Saturday.

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