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Just about everyone has seen a little library book exchange, but one Portland woman is trying something different — a neighborhood mug exchange! Rachael dials-in and dishes on all of the crazy mugs ...

By Jeanna Smialek The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Abdalrahman Altayeb To ...