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Can anyone help me find out about a historic Department of Water and Power building, seemingly built in 1923?

I was reading an old newspaper about a stick-up crew. It described an area in Los Angeles, California that I believe I have located. The article describes an "alley running north and south from ...
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Was Ottawa, Canada the origin of the "Free Tibet" movement that became world famous in the 80's and 90's?

Free Tibet as a slogan became world-famous starting from 1986-1987 And the only reference I can find as to the sparks that ignited the movement are a demonstration in Ottawa in 1986, where Tibetans ...
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Was there a travel section in the Sunday London Times in the 1890s?

Was there a travel section in the Sunday edition of the London Times in the 1890s? Or was there something that was roughly the equivalent of it? If so, what was it called? (Somehow "Travel&...
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Can anyone help me find a 2010 Associated Press report on the costs of the drug war?

I came across Fox News and Huffington Post articles claiming to be reporting on an Associated Press report claiming that America has spent $1 trillion on the war on drugs. Based on the following ...
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