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Article of the day for May 7, 2016

The Article of the day for May 7, 2016 is American Pharoah . American Pharoah (foaled February 2, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 2015 became the 12th American Triple Crown winner, and the first since Affirmed in 1978. He also became the only horse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic along with all three Triple Crown races—the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. He was bred and owned throughout his racing career by Ahmed Zayat's Zayat Stables, trained by Bob Baffert, and ridden in most of his races by Victor Espinoza. After the Belmont, he easily won the Haskell Invitational on August 2. On August 29, he finished a close second at Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, snapping a winning streak of eight races. After a layoff of two months, he shipped to Keeneland for the 2015 Breeders' Cup and contended in the Breeders' Cup Classic, where he challenged older horses for the first time and won by 6 1⁄2 lengths, breaking the track record. He was r...

lady who lunches: Word of the day for May 7, 2016

lady who lunches , n : (chiefly in the plural) A lady who is affluent and thus able to have lunch with other such ladies in relatively expensive restaurants.

Picture of the day for May 7, 2016

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Picture of the day on May 7, 2016: The mid-19th century Charnel House, located in a corner of the graveyard at St Helen's Church in Cliffe, Kent, England. Until the start of the twentieth century, it was used as a make-shift mortuary for bodies pulled out of the nearby Thames Estuary. It is now classified as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

Picture of the day for May 7, 2016

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The mid-19th century Charnel House, located in a corner of the graveyard at St Helen's Church in Cliffe, Kent, England. Until the start of the twentieth century, it was used as a make-shift mortuary for bodies pulled out of the nearby Thames Estuary. It is now classified as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage..

Article of the day for May 7, 2016

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Article of the day is American Pharoah. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

lady who lunches: Word of the day for May 7, 2016

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Word of the day is lady who lunches : (chiefly in the plural) A lady who is affluent and thus able to have lunch with other such ladies in relatively expensive restaurants.

SpaceX Just Landed Another Rocket On An Ocean Barge

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SpaceX Just Landed Another Rocket On An Ocean Barge SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered a communications satellite to space last night — and then successfully completed its second straight landing on a drone barge. Everything's coming up Musk. May 6, 2016 at 12:48PM

SpaceX Just Landed Another Rocket On An Ocean Barge

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SpaceX Just Landed Another Rocket On An Ocean Barge

The Fort McMurray Wildfire Continues To Burn — Here's What's Going On

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The Fort McMurray Wildfire Continues To Burn — Here's What's Going On ​What started as a manageable brush fire outside of the city of Fort McMurray now threatens the center of the Canadian oil sands. How did this fire start and what caused it to spread so quickly? Here's what to read to make sense of it all.

The Fort McMurray Wildfire Continues To Burn — Here's What's Going On

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The Fort McMurray Wildfire Continues To Burn — Here's What's Going On