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news stories from summer '16
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The last of these was produced last month.
8-track player
DVD
cassette deck
VCR
2
Sentenced in July to 21 months in prison in a very messi tax fraud case
Lionel Messi
Wesley Snipes
Lil Wayne
Darryl Strawberry
3
Its citizens voted in June to leave the E.U.
Greece
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
4
Congress agreed to restructure this country's $70 billion debt.
Greece
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
5
This socialist country's economy collapsed with food shortages and blackouts.
United States
India
Venezuela
Germany
6
This 122-year-old company will start selling meat-based protein bars this month.
Max]s
Kellogg's
Hershey
McDonald's
7
Topped Forbes most valuable sports team list
Dallas Cowboys
Real Madrid
Manchester United
New York Yankees
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2016's highest paid celebrity
Beyoncé
Adele
Taylor Swift
Cristiano Ronaldo
9
A jury decided this classic rock group's hit "Stairway" did not copy another group's song.
Eagles
Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Captain and Tennille
10
This country spent an estimated $11 billion to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
United States
Greece
Norway
Brazil
11
He retired at the end of June from the board of directors of the company he created in 1964.
Michael Caine
Phil Knight
Richard Branson
Mark Cuban
12
All of these set new records on July 12th EXCEPT
Pokémon-related accidents
the Dow Jones index
Amazon's Prime Day
Taylor Swift's relationship (in days)
13
This major shipping channel reopened in June after a $5B expansion.
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
St. Mary's River Canal
Suez Canal
14
The largest case of this in U.S. history occurred last month.
Taylor Swift breakups
politicians stretching the truth
Medicare fraud
false Pikachu sightings
15
Soft drinks will now cost .18 per ounce more in this city due to a new tax.
Austin
Atlanta
Dallas
Philadelphia
16
All of these experienced historic devastating floods this summer EXCEPT
Santa Barbara, CA
Houston
West Virginia
Louisiana
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Kellogg's made history in July in Times Square by
opening a cereal cafe
starting a boy band called Snap, Crackle, and Pop
selling its one billionth box of Frosted Flakes
rounding up everyone who's coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs