"We can infer that fire was initially utilized by early humans to show off in front of one another, typically by leaping over a flaming pit or passing their hands quickly back and forth across the flame of a burning log."

KURUMAN, SOUTH AFRICA—Archaeologists excavating a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus habitation site this week unearthed the strongest evidence to date that early humans first used fire to impress their friends.
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By the time the final events end Sunday, the 2016 Olympic Games will have been viewed by approximately half the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people.

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The split between Heard and the Pirates Of The Caribbean star is officially settled.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp settled their divorce earlier this week after 15 months of marriage. It was an especially harrowing ordeal for Heard, who got a restraining order after accusing Depp of domestic violence. But the domestic violence charges were dropped as part of the settlement, with TMZ r
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Family sources stated that given their accumulated frustrations and ongoing close contact with one another, a major blowup was expected at any moment.

"Unfortunately, if we aren’t able to get more soon, our athletes may run out well before the final Olympic events."

MOSCOW—Stressing that they are on the precipice of a major crisis, Russian Olympic Committee officials held a press conference Friday to confirm that the team’s clean urine reservoir is almost fully depleted.
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"Durant had flawless form during his crossovers and spin moves, and then he capped it all off with a triple pump fake into a string of very difficult sky hooks."

RIO DE JANEIRO—Beating out Serbian Nikola Jokic by .87 points in order to claim the all-around title, U.S. forward Kevin Durant won Olympic gold Friday in men’s individual basketball, becoming the first man to win consecutive golds in the competition since Gary Payton at the 1996 and 2000 Games.
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"The other thing is, you have to stop jumping after the third jump."

RIO DE JANEIRO—Candidly opening up about his winning strategy after taking gold in the event, U.S. Olympic triple-jumper Christian Taylor revealed to reporters Friday that the key to a successful triple jump is jumping twice, and then jumping one more time.
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"My family has done a lot of grieving lately, and our dad hasn’t been any help."

My family has done a lot of grieving lately, and our dad hasn’t been any help—here are the five funerals where it turned out he had faked his own death and two where he was quite certainly dead.
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"We strongly recommend that runners make alternate arrangements for getting from the start to the finish line."

RIO DE JANEIRO—Recommending considerable precautions during the event, police in Rio de Janeiro issued a warning Friday advising all runners to avoid miles 4 through 23 of the Olympic marathon course.
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"Hopefully he’ll settle in, but I don’t know." – Patricia Trudel, 72

SPENCERPORT, NY—Voicing criticism of the man’s general demeanor and the hurried pace of his masses, local grandmother and St. Rafael Catholic Church parishioner Patricia Trudel, 72, told reporters Friday she doesn’t care much for the congregation’s new priest.
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I Am Cait, the E! reality show documenting Caitlyn Jenner's life after her gender transition, has been canceled after two seasons due to dwindling popularity.

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"Unfortunately, his spinal cord is also effin’ cashed, so it may be months or even years before he regains any righteousness in his extremities."

ENCINITAS, CA—Local boogie boarder Kevin McLean was hospitalized Friday following an accident that left the 25-year-old completely bummed from the neck down, according to doctors.
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"I just want to be able to surf around and catch him striking out The Whammer."

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Local father Ken Hosmer voiced his disapproval Sunday concerning the frequency with which cable television channels air the 1984 film The Natural.
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FALL RIVER, MA— According to fellow urinators in the men's room of the Tip-Top Tavern, Steve Rilke, 44, is urinating as if it were the best thing ever to happen to him.
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“When was that guy’s last hit anyway? Thirty years ago? God, it’s embarrassing.”

DETROIT—Peter Wolf, a pitiful, has-been rock musician who hasn’t had a platinum record since 1981, has now spent more than 40 happy years doing exactly what he always wanted, reports confirmed this week.
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