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Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW's renewed effort to organize nonunion factories.
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A Nigerian chess champion plays the royal game for 58 hours — a new global chess record
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City's Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.
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Oklahoma City bombing still 'heavy in our hearts' on 29th anniversary, federal official says
Federal officials are resolved never to allow a terrorist attack like the Oklahoma City bombing happen again, Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Caitlin Durkovich told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing Friday.
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Federal officials investigating cockpit visit by Rockies coach during United flight
Federal transportation officials are investigating an unauthorized inflight cockpit visit by a coach for the Colorado Rockies during a United Airlines charter flight last week from Denver to Toronto.
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The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'
There's a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league's best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real contender.
