Extra, Extra: Dolly Parton Kindly Declines Statue Offer

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Published Feb 18, 2021

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The Tennessee state legislature proposed erecting a statue of Dolly Parton on the capitol grounds, but Dolly doesn't want it.
Here's the latest on student loan forgiveness.
As millions of Texans suffer through freak winter storms with no heat, electricity, or water, Senator Ted Cruz got caught jetting off to Cancun.
Welcome to Mars, Perseverance rover.
The NY Times is answering: what's up with the weather?
Thousands of "cold-stunned" turtles have been rescued in Texas.
Happy birthday to the greatest, Yoko Ono, who was born on this day in 1933, as a heavy snow covered Tokyo.
And finally, check out this newly discovered species that escaped from the set of Avatar:

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