Christopher Dean Hopkins

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Ohio State Stops Oregon To Win NCAA Title

Monday, January 12, 2015

A game between two of the most high-powered offenses in college football, came down, time and again, to which team could grind out one or two yards.

Ohio State converted all through fourth down attempts and eight of 14 third down tries, while the Buckeyes defense stopped one University of ...

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Andraé Crouch, 'Father Of Modern Gospel,' Dies

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Legendary gospel singer, composer and producer Andraé Crouch died Thursday at the age of 72, his publicists announced Thursday night. He had been hospitalized in the Los Angeles area since Jan. 3 following a heart attack.

The seven-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of ...

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Ohio State Beats Alabama, Will Play Oregon For Championship

Thursday, January 01, 2015

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Oregon Ducks will meet on Jan. 12 in college football's first national championship game based on a playoff system.

The headline in The Columbus Dispatch read: Get ready for Bucks vs. Ducks.

With help from Cardale Jones and Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State rallied from ...

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Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo Dead At 82

Thursday, January 01, 2015

Mario Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994 and who was considered for a time a leading Democratic presidential option, died Thursday.

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Stampede Kills 3 Dozen At Shanghai New Year's Celebration

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Updated at 3:00 a.m. ET Thursday:

Officials in Shanghai says at least 36 people have been killed in the stampede, and at least 47 others received hospital treatment. Thirteen people were seriously injured.

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A stampede during New Year's Eve festivities in Shanghai has left 35 people dead and ...

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Scientists Discover That Drunk Birds Sing Like Drunks

Sunday, December 28, 2014

The songs of zebra finches, long used as a model for how humans learn to use speech, get a little sloppy after a few drinks, a new study finds. Future research will look at how it affects learning.

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'The Interview', Greeted By Sold-Out Shows, May Net Millions This Weekend

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Lawyer Derek Karpel thought The Interview would be a horrible movie after reading some of the reviews, but told reporter Julie Walker that his opinion was a bit different after he saw the film on Thursday at Cinema Village in New York City.

"It's not a great movie — this ...

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Photos: Massive Fire Shuts Down Freeways In Los Angeles

Monday, December 08, 2014

A huge apartment complex under construction near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles was in flames early Monday, closing two major highways that intersect nearby.

More than 250 firefighters are responding, fire department spokesman David Orti told the Los Angeles Times.

The fire, which started at 1:30 a.m. local ...

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Half A Million Flee To Shelters As Typhoon Hits Philippines

Saturday, December 06, 2014

Update at 9:00 p.m. ET

Typhoon Hagupit slammed ashore in the Philippines, making landfall on the country's east coast with ferocious winds gusting to 155 mph.

The storm went on to weaken somewhat, with gusts reaching 120 mph.

The typhoon ripped roofs off houses and caused flooding, according to ...

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New Protests March Through Miami, Target Apple, Macy's In New York

Friday, December 05, 2014

More than 100 demonstrators lapped Manhattan's Columbus Circle off Central Park, then held a die-in at a nearby Apple store, NPR's Will Huntsbury reports.

Protests also continued across the country, with demonstrators blocking a major causeway in Miami, marching from Yale Law School in Connecticut to a nearby courthouse, and ...

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In Ferguson And Across The Country, Protests Are More Subdued

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Protests of Mondays grand jury decision were dampened somewhat on Wednesday night — particularly in Ferguson, Mo., where only a few dozen protesters braved the snow to demonstrate.

NPR's Elise Hu says things were fairly subdued there.

"We're estimating about 30 demonstrators are out tonight, tops, which means they ...

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Hong Kong Police Arrest Protest Leaders, More Than 100 Others

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Police in Hong Kong fired pepper spray and arrested scores of protesters overnight Tuesday into Wednesday as they cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp, NPR's Frank Langfitt reports.

The Associated Press put the total number arrested at more than 116, including Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, highly ...

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Obama's Step-Grandmother Continues Educating Young Kenyans

Saturday, November 22, 2014

The United States has seen many fundraisers headlined by an Obama in recent years, but this week it won't be the president or the first lady — it will be his step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, who is raising funds to build a school and hospital in her hometown, Kogelo, Kenya.

Obama, ...

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Department Of Transportation Wants Millions More Air Bags Recalled

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a full national recall is needed for driver's-side air bag inflators that have been found to sometimes pepper drivers with metal shrapnel.

Takata, the Japanese auto supplier that makes a third of the air bags used by the industry, so far ...

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Hong Kong Clears Part Of Main Protest Camp

Monday, November 17, 2014

With the courts having sided with the government, workers in Hong Kong today began clearing barricades from the main camp student protesters have been operating out of for more than two months, wire services report.

According to The Associated Press, "students, who have been protesting for greater democracy in the ...

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