Black Fire (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) YouTube video by Andrew Hill - Topic

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Trump's Hormuz blockade is a Catch-22 Successfully blocking Iran's ports will drive up global energy prices even more.

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See the Most Adorable Photos of Baby Elephant Linh Mai, the National Zoo’s Newest Star Since her birth in early February, the calf has been growing and beginning to bond with her care team and herd. She will go on view in-person and online starting April 22

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Cool Struttin' YouTube video by Sonny Clark - Topic

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Two congressmen resigned after accusations of misconduct against women. Another remains. Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) appears set on staying in Congress as he battles a litany of scandals.

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How the Grand Canyon Took Shape 5.6 Million Years Ago Is Still Debated, but Ancient Lakes May Help Explain Learn how the Colorado River began flowing through the Grand Canyon during the late Miocene, after ancient lakes spilled over millions of years ago.

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Parrots are not just mimicking words—they use proper names like humans to identify individuals Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific parrot. But do they truly have names in the same way people do? To find out, ...

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Equinox YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country Donald Trump has led us to chaos — war with Iran, spiking gas prices, unstable markets — that may lose him the Republican party and the nation.

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Discovery of Addison's disease gene in dogs could help humans as well Among dog breeds, Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers (tollers) have an unusually high rate of Addison's disease, a condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones, notably cortis...

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The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here's what can be done In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott's famous Discovery expedition...

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News For Lulu (Remastered 1998) YouTube video by Sonny Clark - Topic

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Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of 'Cocaine Hippos,' Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar If nothing is done to control the invasive creatures, officials estimate the population could grow to 1,000 animals by 2035. So, they aim to cull about 80 individuals later this year

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Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Colombian Jungle Decades ago, the drug baron smuggled the beasts into South America for his private menagerie. They’ve been multiplying ever since. Now officials are taking extreme measures to counter the problem

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Bonobos' peaceful reputation cracks after a rival group attack leaves an infant dead Bonobos are often described as gentle apes, generally calm primates that are seen as peacemakers in the animal kingdom. But this reputation may be coming under attack as a new study published in Scien...

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Speak Low YouTube video by Grant Green - Topic

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The La Brea Tar Pits Have Been Sucking in Visitors for Millennia. Paleontologists Are Still Finding Out What Lies Within the Ooze In Los Angeles, scientists are delighted to decode one of the richest fossil records on Earth

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Veterans Are Facing a Housing Crisis. Trump Is Making It Worse Donald Trump's administration killed the VA Service Purchasing program, despite being warned it would result in veterans losing their homes.

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Rashied Ali Quartet "Leo" live 1972 YouTube video by troglosound

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Hear From a Wildlife Photographer’s Dramatic Glimpse Into the Dwindling World of the Cascade Red Fox www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence phys.org/news/2026-04...

Pharoah Sanders - Elevation 1/2 YouTube video by Praguedive

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Three Himalayan predators coexist by partitioning prey, reducing direct competition Snow leopards, leopards, and Himalayan wolves all share similar stomping grounds in Nepal's Lapchi Valley in the Himalayas. A recent study, published in PLOS One, has taken a closer look at how these ...

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American Greatness, American Barbarism The Artemis II mission to the moon shows America's greatness. Donald Trump's war with Iran shows a country that is small, mean, and ugly.

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Sonny Sharrock - Venus/Upper Egypt YouTube video by tonoeltrot

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Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time High-resolution X-ray offers a new look at an understudied organ: the clitoris.

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Rudeness may be rewarded—as a response to rudeness If you don't have anything nice to say, perhaps it's OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell research suggests. Civil responses to disrespectf...

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Milford Graves Quartet 1973 YouTube video by Maurizio Zorzi

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Pam Bondi proves that for Trump, you can't debase yourself enough The fierce loyalist committed herself to Trumpian theatrics—and lost the job anyway.

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