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Jay Thomas in July 2010 in New York.
 
  Jay Thomas of 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' and 'Ray Donovan' dies at 69  
  Jay Thomas, best known for memorable roles in 'Murphy Brown' and 'Ray Donovan,' has died at age 69.  
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  Amazon has announced it'll lower prices on select Whole Foods merchandise, starting Monday.   Amazon will begin lowering prices at Whole Foods — starting Monday
Organic bananas, large brown eggs, salmon and lean ground beef all get price cuts
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  Capt. Henry Benson, center, foreground, serves as commander of Battery M of the U.S. Horse Artillery during the Civil War in 1862.   Nation's oldest Civil War pensioner collects $73 a month from VA
Irene Triplett, 87, is the sole surviving person receiving a Civil War pension from the VA.
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  travel      
  A rendering of Qantas' new livery on a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9.   Qantas planning for a 20-hour non-stop flight to London
If Boeing or Airbus could develop a plane with the necessary range, Qantas says it would add flights on those routes "within the next five years."
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  President Trump speaks to the press with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and United States National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster on August 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jers   Secret Service spent $7,100 renting luxury portable toilets for Trump's Bedminster trip
The agency signed a contract with Imperial Restrooms to provide trailers on Aug. 3.
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  tech      
  The interior of a Diebold Election Systems voting machine. It was taken apart by at the DefCon computer security conference in Las Vegas as part of an event aimed at raising awareness about vulnerabilities to the U.S. election system.   Election hacking suit over Georgia race could be sign of what's to come
Voters in Georgia's 6th Congressional District have filed a lawsuit saying the election was compromised because of the potential for cyber manipulation.
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  In this July 7, 2017 file photo, President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.   Breitbart, other 'alt-right' websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort
A network of 600 Kremlin-linked Twitter accounts consistently amplifies divisive alt-right sites that bash Democrats and attack moderate Republicans.
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  life      
  Amy Schumer on May 10, 2017, at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Snatched.'   Amy Schumer, half-naked: 'I don't deserve' same pay as Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle
In half-naked Instagram, Amy Schumer says she doesn't deserve same pay as acclaimed male comics such as Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle.
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  weather      
  David Montes helps board up windows at a home as Hurricane Harvey approaches  Corpus Christi.   Hurricane Harvey could be a 'flooding disaster' as storm stalls over Texas
Harvey will stall and spin for the next 3-5 days, dumping up to 2 feet of rain across the region.
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  The Day In Pictures Gallery
People take part in a candle lit procession in the town of Amatrice, Italy, early Aug. 24, 2017, a year after a deadly quake hit the area leaving nearly 300 people dead.

 
 
People take part in a candle lit procession in the town of Amatrice, Italy, early Aug. 24, 2017, a year after a deadly quake hit the area leaving nearly 300 people dead.
 
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