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A schoolteacher’s 128-acre family retreat became part of a larger wildlife corridor; decades after buying the land, Jeanne Paisley’s conservation easement now protects forests, wetlands and a stream linked to the Chesapeake watershed
When life doesn’t give you time to breathe, you tend to look out for space to do the same yourself,...
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A South Carolina man bought a painting at Goodwill for $3, thinking it might be worth a few hundred dollars; it turned out to be a Flemish work from 1650 and sold at auction in 2012 for $190,000
A $3 purchase at a South Carolina Goodwill store turned into one of the most remarkable thrift-store art discoveries in...
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A UK collector paid £15 for a broken, lidless teapot at a 2016 auction; experts identified it as one of only seven known John Bartlam pieces, and it sold for £575,000 to The Met in New York
The teapot was about 9cm high and 17.5cm across. Its cover was missing, while the handle had broken off and...
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A Texas city will pay at least $175,000 after the SpaceX site it owns pumped 128 million gallons of groundwater above permitted limits over three years; the settlement includes monitoring payments for 25 years | World News
A Texas city will pay at least $175,000 after the SpaceX site it owns pumped 128 million gallons of groundwater...
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A Michigan collector paid $30 for a seashell painting at an estate sale; it was later identified as a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie work; now it has sold in New York for a record $1,352,600!
Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951 Everyone peeks at an estate sale. He did too. He thought he would get his hands...
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Scottish Tory leader Findlay says SNP’s indy ‘obsession’ is dangerously irresponsible
Findlay told delegates: “We face Russian hostility in our waters and Iranian plots on our streets. These totalitarian regimes want...
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Jon Bon Jovi’s foundation helped turn part of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center into housing; in 2019, the Washington project opened with homes for 77 formerly homeless veterans
Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation helped fund the veteran housing project. Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Foundation helped fund a housing...
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Welsh Tory leader Darren Millar criticises FM for independence push
Referencing ap Iorwerth, Millar says: “He told voters in May that the Senedd election was not about independence. “Well, either...
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Texas landowners feared border barriers would cut off access to the Rio Grande; an October 2 court order now blocks construction in the Big Bend sector while the legal challenge continues | World News
Texas landowners feared border barriers would cut off access to the Rio Grande; an October 2 court order now blocks...
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Green Party members back ‘Zionism is racism’ conference motion
On Friday, Polanski said he believed Zionism, as it was defined in the motion, was racism. However, he said he...
