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A Utah couple wanted a place to scuba without travelling, so they built a $2 million, 360,000-gallon backyard pool with a 90-foot mountain, five waterfalls, a 300-foot lazy river and a 26-foot-deep diving tunnel
A Utah couple wanted a place where they could practise scuba diving without travelling to the ocean. Their solution was...
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Dog survives 50 hours alone in Alaska wilderness after avalanche; how rescuers finally found the 4-year-old poodle-husky
LouLou survived more than 50 hours alone in Alaska’s snowy wilderness. (Photo: Facebook/Lauren Joy Padawer) A dog named LouLou has...
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Demi Moore’s Idaho home has a river for swimming and kayaking, mountains nearby, and wild elk that sometimes wander into her backyard |
Demi Moore’s Idaho home brings her close to the natural landscape of Sun Valley, where a river, mountains, and open...
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A Pennsylvania Goodwill received a small gold LEGO piece inside a donated jewelry bag and listed it from $14.95; collectors identified it as a rare 14-karat Bionicle mask and pushed the auction price to $18,101
The mask arrived at the Goodwill store in Du Bois, Pennsylvania, in February 2024 (Shop Goodwill photo) A small gold...
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In 2016, Mike Madden paid $520,000 for Muhammad Ali’s former Pennsylvania training camp; after investing another $1 million restoring its 13 log buildings, he reopened the six-acre site in 2019 as Fighter’s Heaven
In 2016, real estate investor Mike Madden paid $520,000 for Muhammad Ali’s former training camp in Pennsylvania, a property that...
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Martha’s Vineyard rejected a 54-acre subdivision with 26 below-market lots and 19 luxury homes after seven marathon meetings, leaving land bought for $6.6 million in 2017 undeveloped for now
By Alex Wilcox Cheek – commons.wikimedia.org Martha’s Vineyard has rejected one of the largest housing proposals ever considered by its...
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Seven years after the Manchester Arena attack, Ariana Grande sent Christmas gifts to children across four hospitals in the city, continuing a connection that reached beyond her concert stage
Ariana Grande’s relationship with Manchester did not end when the lights went down at the Manchester Arena in May 2017....
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In 2022, Wyoming landowner Paul Hughes rejected a $3,600-an-acre easement offer; four years later, the board behind an $80 million reservoir is considering eminent domain to secure the last land it needs
In 2022, Wyoming landowner Paul Hughes rejected a proposal offering $3,600 per acre for an easement connected to the proposed...
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In 2013, Stephen King and his wife pledged $3 million to save their hometown library; by 2016, the renovation had grown into a $9.6 million project with modern facilities
When novelist Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha King, pledged $3 million to renovate the Bangor Public Library in Maine...
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In 2024, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put $1 million toward a second free grocery store; two years later, the Nashville site opened so families could choose food without paying
In August 2024, country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley, pledged the first $1 million towards...
