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• "I don't deserve the award, but I'm not going to give it back," Timberlake said. "I'm taking this home."
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the night's other top winners, taking home trophies for best hip-hop video and best cinematography for "Can't Hold Us," and best video with a social message for "Same Love." They performed that song with Mary Lambert and Jennifer Hudson in a show-stopping moment.
• "Gay rights are human rights," Macklemore said during the telecast. "There is no separation."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Monday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2013. There are 127 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women's right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
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• On this date:
• In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day.
• In 1913, the newly completed Keokuk Dam in Iowa was dedicated.
• In 1936, the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, calling for most British troops to leave Egypt, was signed in Montreux, Switzerland. (It was abrogated by Egypt in 1951.)
• In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
• In 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto.
• In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.
• In 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago.
• In 1971, New Jersey Gov. William T. Cahill announced that the New York Giants football team had agreed to leave Yankee Stadium for a new sports complex to be built in East Rutherford.
• In 1972, the summer Olympics games opened in Munich, West Germany.
• In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani (al-BEE'-noh loo-CHYAH'-nee) of Venice was elected pope following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name Pope (Continued on page 28)
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