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Up late, and watching CNN and the Pope has landed on the Greek island of Lesbos, and the "refugees" have smartphones taking pictures and selfies with the Pope.

He's talking about running the country, but Donald Trump's record on voting in elections, or rather the lack of it, is coming under fire. The New York City Board of Elections says Mr Trump did not vote in any primary elections for 21 years. The registered Republican, who has been touting himself as a prospective presidential candidate, would first need to get GOP voters to nominate him in a primary - a process in which official records show Trump repeatedly failed to participate in. Mr Trump became a Democrat in 2001, and documents show he ignored that party's primaries as...

Fishing, as a rule, has never floated my boat. I don't own a boat, actually, even though I live just a mile from Lake Norman. I don't even own a rod and reel. Or a cane pole. Until recently, the only time I ever bought anything from a bait shop was when two of my four children went through a worm-loving phase and asked for some worms so they could play with them. But then I had an experience last week that changed my mind about this pastime so many people swear by. My 8-year-old son Salem wanted to go...