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ment will start installing pipes so that water can be delivered straight to their homes.
• The water shortages began with a population boom in the 1980s, with the number of inhabitants jumping from a few dozen to more than a thousand in part because they wanted to be close to the big city.
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Outkast reunite after near decadelong hiatus as headliners at Coachella music festival
• Outkast reunited onstage after a near decadelong hiatus with a jam-packed set at the Coachella music festival, their first of many performances planned this year.
• The rap duo headlined the first night of the music festival Friday in Indio, Calif., performing well-known hits such as "Hey Ya!," ''Ms. Jackson," ''The Way You Move," ''Elevators (Me & You)," and "So Fresh, So Clean."
• The Grammy winners performed two dozen tracks -- seen via its livestream on YouTube -- as they celebrated 20 years in music since the release of their 1994 debut, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik."
• "Hey Coachella, are y'all alive?" Andre 3000 asked the crowd at the top of their set. "Are y'all alive? Are y'all alive?"
• "I really appreciate y'all coming out," he said at the end of the performance, more than 90 minutes later. "I know it's kind of weird 20 years later."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2014. There are 263 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlights in History:
• On April 12, 1954, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission opened a hearing on whether Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, should have his security clearance reinstated amid questions about his loyalty (it wasn't). Bill Haley and His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" in New York for Decca Records.
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• On this date:
• In 1606, England's King James I decreed the design of the original Union Flag, (Continued on page 29)
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