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VIDEO: Muhammad Ali makes his final journey through his hometown
June 10, 2016 - 10:30 AM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown Friday — past the little pink house where he grew up and the museum that bears his name — as thousands of mourners along the route pumped their fists and chanted, "Ali! Ali!" for the former heavyweight champion of the world known simply as The Greatest.
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THOMPSON: Governments must be prepared for worsening hurricanes
OPINION Hurricanes - an annual phenomenon - form in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The season lasts just five months, from June 1 through November 30, but the effects can last a lifetime.

iN PHOTOS: Six unusual crops growing in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens
Tomatillos? Cucamelons? Luffa? Some gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are harvesting interesting and unusual crops this fall that not everyone knows are grown in the region. Kamloops gardener Ariel Maki grew lemon cucumbers this year,

Votes won't be counted for Arkansas medical marijuana ballot measure, court says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas voters won’t get to weigh in on a ballot initiative to expand medical marijuana after the state Supreme Court ruled the measure didn't fully explain what it would do, tossing out the initiative ju

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