An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.

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Oldest living kidney donor at 83

Archaeologists report a striking find in Guatemala of the first Mayan art on a wall, as well as the oldest known Mayan calendar.

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Oldest Mayan calendar unearthed

Police arrested the wife and mother of Adam Mayes, the suspect in the kidnapping of Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters. Bain and her oldest girl have been found dead.

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Police arrest kin of kidnapping suspect

Researchers confirm that the wounds on Oetzi, a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy found in the Alps in 1991, contain the oldest known traces of blood.

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Iceman’s blood is world’s oldest

Anthony Mancinelli is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest working barber in the world.

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AUDIO: US barber is world’s oldest

A living plant has been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, making it the oldest plant by far that has ever been grown from ancient tissue.

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New Life, From an Arctic Flower That Died 32,000 Years Ago

A healed fracture found on a 150,000-year-old skull from China may be the oldest documented evidence of violence between humans.

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Tributes are paid to a woman, thought to be the oldest in Wales, who died the day before she would have turned 110.

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Woman dies day before turning 110

It’s hardly news that local TV newscasts are the most popular source of community information. Surveys and Niel­sen ratings have shown that for years. But the second most widely followed source of local news isn’t the newspaper, radio or the Internet. It’s the oldest and most basic form of human communication: word of mouth. Read full article > >

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‘Word of mouth,’ as news source, gains on local TV broadcasts, Pew says

Barry Manilow spends most of his time immersed in Las Vegas glitz these days and doesn’t have many visible body parts left that don’t look as if they’ve been nipped and/or tucked. But Manilow has never seemed more genuine than at the Warner Theatre on Wednesday. Manilow led his orchestra through a 90-minute set of obscure album tracks and massive radio smashes, and he discussed his oldest and newest songs. Everything worked fabulously. Read full article > >

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Barry Manilow thrills fans at D.C.’s Warner Theatre

Barry Manilow spends most of his time immersed in Las Vegas glitz these days and doesn’t have many visible body parts left that don’t look as if they’ve been nipped and/or tucked. But Manilow has never seemed more genuine than at the Warner Theatre on Wednesday. Manilow led his orchestra through a 90-minute set of obscure album tracks and massive radio smashes, and he discussed his oldest and newest songs. Everything worked fabulously. Read full article > >

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Barry Manilow thrills fans at D.C.’s Warner Theatre

Barry Manilow spends most of his time immersed in Las Vegas glitz these days and doesn’t have many visible body parts left that don’t look as if they’ve been nipped and/or tucked. But Manilow has never seemed more genuine than at the Warner Theatre on Wednesday. Manilow led his orchestra through a 90-minute set of obscure album tracks and massive radio smashes, and he discussed his oldest and newest songs. Everything worked fabulously. Read full article > >

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Doris Day becomes the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album of new material, according to the Official Charts Company.

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Doris Day, 87, makes UK chart history

Mr. Edwards was believed to have been the oldest surviving member of the first generation of Delta blues singers.

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David Honeyboy Edwards, Delta Bluesman, Dies at 96

The Washington Redskins started each of the past two seasons with the oldest roster in the NFL. They have made a concerted effort this offseason to get younger. Nowhere is that more evident than at fullback, where Darrel Young, 24, is poised to supplant Mike Sellers, 36 . Forget any bad feelings, though. Young and Sellers have neighboring lockers at Redskins Park, chat throughout practice each day and hang out during their off time. “D.Y. is awesome, man. He deserves to be the starter,” Sellers said. “He’s the man.” Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young learns from Mike Sellers