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Historic flooding sweeps through Washington state after a storm, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate.
Installing new digital projectors could cost tens of thousands of dollars that these theater owners didn’t have.
From Salon
During the investigation, authorities seized 71 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times
The elections in May cover the Scottish parliament and the Welsh Senedd as well as thousands of council seats in England and a handful of directly elected mayoralties.
From BBC
This “new Silk Road” starts in China, runs through central Asia, and ends in Europe, mirroring the ancient Silk Road passages that traders carried silk and spices along for more than a thousand years ago.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
