How the Seminole Tribe came to rock the Hard Rock empire and other top stories.

• How the Seminole Tribe came to rock the Hard Rock empire

  

  The highway to rock ’n’ roll nostalgia is a mundane tropical thoroughfare lined with pawnshops, fast-food drive-thrus and massage parlors. In a Broward suburb, South Florida’s answer to Las Vegas-meets-Oz suddenly materializes. A marquee at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood flashes: Australian Pink Floyd Show, coming to the Hard Rock Live! From the top of the Lucky Street parking garage, one fiefdom of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s global empire stretches out below: 18 rest..

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• Atlanta Symphony remembers Jane Little

  

  Atlanta Symphony remembers Jane Little Orchestra honoring Jane Little's life Christopher Buchanan, WXIA 10:20 PM. EST May 22, 2016 ATLANTA -- Music filled the Atlanta Symphony Hall, as it often does, on Sunday – though one deep tone was sadly absent.It was the memorial concert for Jane Little, the longest serving member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – in fact, the longest serving member of any orchestra in the world.Little collapsed during a concert just a week before and p..

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• Iraqi PM: Operation to free Falluja from ISIS starts

  

  Story highlightsIraq's military tells Falluja residents to flee the city before anti-ISIS operation launchesISIS took control of the metropolis in January 2014Speaking on Iraqi state TV from the military's Joint Operations Command in Baghdad, Abadi said Iraqi security forces would provide safe passage for civilians to leave the city during the operation.Abadi's overnight announcement came hours after Iraq's military implored residents of ISIS-held Falluja to flee their homes ahead of the operati..

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• Atlanta airport, watershed department heads out

  

  Mayor Kasim Reed's office released a statement Friday at 10 p.m. saying that Miguel Southwell's service as Aviation General Manager at Hartsfield-Jackson ...

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• Bus boycott: Tallahassee's ride to equality started 60 years ago

  

   TALLAHASSEE — Sixty years later, it seems impossible to believe there was a time when blacks and whites were not allowed to sit together on Tallahassee city buses. It seems impossible to believe blacks were not allowed to sit in the front seats of a bus. Those seats were reserved for white people.But in 1956, it was the law in Tallahassee, then still a small city of strict racial separation. The population was 38,000 — one-third black and confined to menial jobs or professional positions withi..

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• Braun returns, Brewers get swept with 3-1 loss to Mets

  

  Thanks to some solid pitching, the Milwaukee Brewers were close in every game at Citi Field all weekend. They just never managed to hold off the New York Mets.Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 in seven overpowering innings and Michael Conforto homered to help the defending NL champions beat the Brewers 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep."This is the series that I expected. You expected low-scoring, close games. They don't allow runs. They don't walk people. That's what happened," Milwaukee manager ..

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• Jerad Eickhoff shuts down Atlanta Braves over 7 innings, Phillies ...

  

  Jerad Eickhoff pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies avoid a three-game sweep and beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0 on Sunday.

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• Poised for stardom in Rio, Ledecky shies away from spotlight

  

  NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — When an athlete is poised to become a huge Olympic star, it's only natural to wonder what might come next.Hosting "Saturday Night Live," perhaps? Maybe a reality show?Not so with Katie Ledecky.She might be one of the world's greatest swimmers, but everything else about her seems downright ordinary.There is zero interest in the spotlight, just an insatiable desire to keep going faster in the pool.The 19-year-old doesn't have a driver's license yet, perfectly content to..

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• Baseball Capsules

  

  Madison Bumgarner pitched 7 2/3 dominant innings and doubled in a run in the fifth to lift the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Sunday night.The Giants won for the 11th time in 12 games and took two of three from a Cubs team with the best record in baseball.Bumgarner (6-2) struck out six and allowed three hits and two walks while winning his fifth straight decision. The Giants have won each of the left-hander's last six starts.The Giants won despite a persistent problem hitting..

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• Assuming he can't latch on elsewhere, is there room for Kroy ...

  

  Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Falcons are desperately trying to revamp their defense. To be frank, the Falcons defense has been pretty horrible the last few years. That's largely due to a lackluster pass rush and poor coaching. But Dan Quinn officially arrived last season and he's been working to find a remedy ever since. The players are a big part of this process. If the personnel isn't right, then it's not going to work. That's why the team let certain players go and focuse..

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