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Duchess of Kent Dies at 92; a Royal Who Comforted a Wimbledon Loser

A member of an aristocratic family, she married the Duke of Kent, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Dispensing with royal decorum, the duchess embraced Jana Novotna after she lost the 1993 Wimbledon women’s final to Steffi Graf.
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Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor

Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.

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Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent in a second run for mayor of Newbern, Alabama.
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Buried by Princess Diana, Time Capsule Brings Back the ’90s Far Too Soon

The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and other ephemera from its time.

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A time capsule that Princess Diana sealed at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in March 1991 was to have stayed entombed for hundreds of years. Instead, it was opened this year.
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