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The Buss family is selling the Los Angeles Lakers after nearly 50 years of ownership in a record-breaking $10 billion deal to Dodgers owner Mark Walter. NBA legend Magic Johnson, a part-owner of the ...

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Arctic belugas migrate southward in large herds when the sea freezes over. Animals trapped by Arctic ice often die, and they are prey for polar bears, killer whales, and for Arctic people.

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Humans aren't the only animals with Good Samaritan tendencies: elephants, chimps and dolphins have all been known to come to ...