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Mount Myers

Superman has found a new home, and it just so happens to be along the Buffalo Sabres blueline.


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Weekend warriors

The Army ROTC program allows students unique opportunities – from riding in military helicopters to roughing it in the woods – all while gaining hands-on leadership skills and Army tactics training.


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Back on the Train

After a three-year derailment, California quintet Train is back on track - in more ways than pun.


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Letters are not words!

I got a text message on Tuesday that made my soul hurt. I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or sigh melodramatically. The only thing I could think to do was to delete the sender's number out of my phone.


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Hitting the mats

The talent has drastically improved, the success has become more frequent within recent years and the expectations are increasing.


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High hopes

Western New York has been looking for a way to reinvent itself for many years. The future that has been recently pegged onto the University at Buffalo's own UB 2020 plan.


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An unlikely duet

In 2007, Steve Lopez stumbled upon an intense violin practice session on a street corner in downtown Los Angeles.


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Rod Stewart: wonder soul

For Rod Stewart, 2009 didn't just offer the chance to shoot out studio album number 26; it led to him reinventing his musical genius yet again. Soulbook, not to be confused with the first four installments of Rod's Great American Songbook, is a collection of classic soulful hits from the '60s and '70s.


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Death of creativity

Originality has become a rare commodity in today's world. Whether it's the Ugg boot/North Face wearing crowd, or any hardcore breakdown ever, the lack of originality has become abundant in everyday life.


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'Promises' for understanding

A flaming rubber tire whirls down a sandy gravel path, speeding away from whatever vehicle or refuse pile it was violently shorn from. A soldier with a rifle stands on the edge of the frame.



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