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Punxsutawney Phil makes his Groundhog Day winter prediction

The cold is sticking around for a little longer. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow after emerging from his den in Pennsylvania on Monday morning — signifying six more weeks of winter. If the world-famous prognosticating groundhog had not seen his shadow, it would’ve meant spring was near. Thousands of revelers braved negative 1 degree weather...

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Pursuit of politics and personalities ruined the Met Opera — America’s biggest performing-arts institution

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is seeing revived relevance and eager engagement. Quite the contrary. The storied institution announced in the fall a deal with Saudi Arabia, said to be worth $200 million, to perform three weeks a...

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