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The newspaper cost thirty-five cents a week, and most people threw in an extra nickel or dime.

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Then the gull threw back his head and screeched, “Who wants to start some trouble?”

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The only way that game could have ended was with a free throw.

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Most of his early childhood was spent hanging around adults — throwing around a football with his uncles or trying to keep up with his dad lifting weights.

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Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola is out for the season with a broken leg, forcing the team to turn to a true freshman who was throwing passes for Orange Lutheran High this time last year.

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