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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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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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 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

A former Nepalese foreign minister dies while trying to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.

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Trying to regroup after the roughest day of their season, the Washington Nationals turned to their youngest starting pitcher and their oldest lineup. Sunday afternoon, the Nationals sent Jordan Zimmermann to the mound and men who lived through the 1980s almost everywhere else – they included only one position player younger than 30 in their starting lineup.

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Nationals vs. Giants: Washington’s senior citizens cobble together a win

Regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant despite safety warnings.

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Japan Extended Reactor’s Life, Despite Warning

Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, the oldest musicion ever to win a Grammy award, dies in Austin, Texas, aged 97.

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It’s the end of an era for NASA’s space shuttle program: The shuttle Discovery, the oldest of the shuttles, completed its final mission Wednesday, landing at Cape Canaveral, Florida to the cheers of journalists, space enthusiasts, and schoolchilden….

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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 3-year-old child from the Ice Age, the oldest cremated human remains ever discovered in North America. The discoverers dated the child’s death to 11,500 years ago, according to research by the University…

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Ice Age Child’s Remains Found in Alaska