This baby female giraffe born at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, on Thursday, was named "Sox" on Monday, the morning after the Boston Red Sox won the 2007 World Series.
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WWII postcard reaches intended recipient 64 years later
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Chinese man marries again at 106, to 81-year-old wife
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