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A three-mile stretch of Highway 99 was closed for more than five hours Saturday after dense fog led to a massive vehicle pileup in Tulare County, about 40 miles north of Bakersfield.
From Los Angeles Times
Parviz, his father, moved to Germany in search of opportunity when the boy was about 10.
One of our weird quirks is we don’t always laugh as loudly as we would with a normal audience, lest we influence anyone else’s opinion about whether a movie is funny.
From Los Angeles Times
Watching Carey respond in real time was actually the best thing about this annual Grammy-weekend gala meant to honor an artist’s work and philanthropy.
From Los Angeles Times
Was the champions' winless run in the Premier League about to extend to six games?
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
