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Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.

According to numbers released Tuesday, Twitter's one-year-old video-sharing app Vine now has about 40 million registered users. The app lets users shoot a maximum of six seconds per Vine, so we wanted to know why the limit's set at six seconds and not a second longer.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

Before the sudden-death playoff, Spain's Sergio García trailed Englishman Justin Rose by 2 shots with 6 holes remaining. After Sunday's dramatic finish, it was García who was wearing the green jacket.

Ukraine's bookstores have expanded despite the war, fueled by interest in works by Ukrainian writers, some who have been killed by Russian forces. But a Russian missile struck a top printing plant.

Amazon and Walmart are in a battle for low-income shoppers. Now Amazon is cutting the $10.99 monthly rate on its Prime membership to $5.99 for people who receive government assistance.

Greek banks have been closed for more than a week, and it's unclear when they will reopen. Many Greeks are worried that if the banks collapse, they will lose everything.

President Obama eased restrictions on Cuba this week, including a relaxation of rules barring U.S. banks from doing business there. But banks are awaiting details and are likely to proceed cautiously.

The U.S. government says about 75 million travelers crossed the northern border in the last fiscal year, less than the 87 million who came by air. Both are dwarfed by the number of visitors crossing the southern border with Mexico: 234 million. One busy point of entry for travelers is Nogales, Ariz.