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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? •
Today in History The Associated Press
• • Today is Thursday, April 11, the 101st day of 2013. There are 264 days left in the year. • • 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. • • 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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