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Lee's spot 12/16/2025 06:44pm • The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago. An unveiling ceremony of the statue Last US cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76 million were worth a pretty penny 12/16/2025 06:38pm • To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent's production back in November. 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The victims were between 10 and 87 ye Chuck Neinas, a key architect and adviser over decades of college sports, dies at 93 12/16/2025 06:25pm • Chuck Neinas, the onetime Big Eight commissioner whose media savvy and dealmaking helped turn college football into the multibillion-dollar business it is today, died Tuesday. He was 93. The National Football Foundation announced Neinas' death, with its president and CEO Steve Hatchell calling him â Apple Podcasts – Top New Shows 12/16/2025 06:23pm • Top New Shows (US) 1. Something About Cari, Dateline NBC 2. Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order, MS NOW 3. Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul, The Ringer 4. America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes Repost, WANGHAF 5. The Life of Jesus, Fox Audio Network 6. Charles Dickens Ghost Stories, Noiser Apple TV app - Top Movies 12/16/2025 06:22pm • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US) 1. One Battle After Another 2. Dogma 3. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc 4. Five Nights at Freddy’s 5. 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