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Tiger Woods is the clear favorite at Augusta National, but keep an eye out for some surprises
• AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Augusta National got a chance to gloat about finally allowing women into their exclusive club.
• The players got a chance to relax and spend some quality time with their families.
• Now, it's time for the first major of the year.
• Everyone, it seems, is chasing Tiger Woods.
• Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Thursday, April 11, the 101st day of 2013. There are 264 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On April 11, 1913, Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson, during a meeting of President Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet, proposed gradually segregating whites and blacks who worked for the Railway Mail Service, a policy which went into effect and spread to other agencies.
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• On this date:
• In 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
• In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht was signed, ending the War of the Spanish Succession.
• In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as Emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba.
• In 1921, Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package.
• In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.
• In 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his (Continued on page 37)
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