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Off-duty Border Patrol agent shot in face during NYC park robbery — before striking back and wounding one of his attackers

An off-duty Border Patrol agent was shot in the face in a New York City park by two moped-riding armed robbers — but he shot back and wounded one of the perps as they fled, according to sources. The 42-year-old off-duty agent and a female companion were sitting on a rock along the Hudson River...

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How World War II POWs rolled the dice on Monopoly to win their freedom

In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards. They looked past the thimble and race-car tokens, ignored the tiny houses and phony deeds. The real treasures were hidden within the board and its...

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