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Watch: SpaceX rocket booster lands on floating platform
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the launch of the planet-hunter satellite Tess (all times local):

10 Things to Know for Today, Apr. 19, 2018
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

420′s long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California
420′s long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California

California tortoise with cracked shell gets $4,000 repair
A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering after vets used screws, zip ties and denture material to repair it.

Watch: NASA Rocket Blasts Off in Search of New Planets
NASA's Tess spacecraft embarked Wednesday on a quest to find new worlds around neighboring stars that could support life. (April 18)

Roundup: James leads Cavaliers past Pacers; Jazz top OKC Thunder
NBA: Playoffs
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 46 points and added 12 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from a poor performance in the opener by holding off the Indiana Pacers 100-97 on Wednesday night to even their Eastern Conference series at one game apiece.

Roundup: Crosby helps Penguins beat Flyers 5-0 for 3-1 series lead
NHL: Stanley Cup Playoffs
PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby scored his fifth goal of the series and became the Pittsburgh Penguins’ career postseason points leader in a 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

Diamondbacks’ Walker out for season with UCL tear
Sports in Brief
PHOENIX — Diamondbacks right-hander Taijuan Walker is headed for season-ending surgery to repair a partial elbow ligament tear.

10 Things to Know for Today, Apr. 18, 2018
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Watch: Scientists Use River Model to Fight Erosion
Scientists working on ways to fight coastal land loss in Louisiana are using a $4 million model replica of the lower Mississippi River – to isolate the best areas to divert nutrient-rich river water and sediment into rapidly eroding marshes. (April 17)