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Braun signs biggest contract in Brewers history (Sports Illustrated)

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Ryan Braun grinned. He had just agreed to the largest contract in Milwaukee Brewers' history.

Jon Heyman: Ranking the best free-agent signings in history (Sports Illustrated)

Not all free-agent contracts are as bad as Mike Hampton's or Barry Zito's. Some actually work out. So now, a few weeks after I listed the 13 worst free-agent contracts of all time (and, as I was reminded, omitted some real doozies), I will pay homage to history's big signings that paid off.

Portland native an unlikely protector of Williamson County's history (Austin American-Statesman)

It's not a stretch to say that David Hollingsworth isn't who comes to mind when you think of a typical Williamson County history buff.

A history of conflict in Minnesota (Minnesota Public Radio)

As part of Minnesota Public Radio's Sesquicentennial history series, Midday explores the history of American Indians in Minnesota, including a rebroadcast of an MPR special report about the U.S. Dakota Conflict of 1862 titled "Minnesota's Uncivil War."

Exhibit to feature history of white weddings (Sedalia Democrat)

It’s going to be a white wedding at the Katy Depot. Here Come the Brides, a wedding attire exhibit, begins May 20 and continues through June 3 at the Katy Depot. The exhibit will feature history of the white wedding from 1880 to 1980.