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Wind topples Ben Franklin statue on Boston’s Freedom Trail

BOSTON — When Ben Franklin famously flew a kite in a lightning storm, he made history, but a wind storm over the weekend proved too much. The Boston Globe reports an 1856 bronze statue of Franklin positioned along the city's Freedom Trail toppled over after a particularly blustery Sunday.

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Bush leaves hospital

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Maine hospital on Sunday, four days after the 91-year-old fell at his summer home and broke a bone in his neck. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said that "a very grateful" Bush returned home to Kennebunkport