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Kill: Invite back to Texas Bowl 'great opportunity' for Gophers
The Gophers are back in the Texas Bowl and will play Syracuse, trying to cap off a successful year with victory No. 9.
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Mandela's memorial service may draw more than 200,000 mourners
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A day after arriving home to California, the 85-year-old U.S. veteran detained for weeks by North Korea said Sunday that he was well-fed and kept comfortable in a hotel room, not a jail cell.
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