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Disney Is Having a Casting Call in Savannah, GA

Thousands of people turned out for a casting call for extras for a film being filmed in Savannah. Shooting for the Disney film is expected to run from Sept. 10 through early November. Director Charlie Bean told city council members…

Dolly Parton Honored with Leadership Award

Country music star Dolly Parton has been honored with a leadership award that is named after her. The singer and actress received Leadership Tennessee's first-ever Dolly Parton Excellence in Leadership Award on Saturday at the Country Music Hall of Fame…

It's Prime Time for Tennessee's Local Fairs

It's prime time for Tennessee's local fairs, and state agriculture officials say more than 3 million people visit the fairs every year. The Agriculture Department said fairs last year paid out more than $1 million in premiums for more than…

Hippo attacks leave 2 dead, 1 hurt near Kenyan lake

A hippo is pictured near lesser flamingos at Lake Oloidien near Naivasha, Kenya, in a May 3, 2012 file photo. Getty NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippo while taking pictures on the edge…

Indonesia earthquake death toll climbs past 430

19 Photos Villagers pull down their earthquake-damaged house in Kayangan, Aug. 12, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.  Getty JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The death toll from the earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has passed 430…

Almanac: The Guinness Book of Records

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: August 12th, 1925, 93 years ago today … a date truly for the record books. For that was the day twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter were born in London. The…

Nobel-winning author V.S. Naipaul dead at 85

LONDON -- V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he…

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