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A letter written by Abraham Lincoln to a schoolboy nearly 150 years ago is to go on sale for $60,000 in Philadelphia.
George Patten was with his journalist father when both met the commander-in-chief.
The 16th US president wrote in 1861 after the eight-year-old was mocked by his disbel... read more
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Try as she might, investigators say Dalia Dippolito could not get the knack of killing her husband.
Newly released court records allege that before the Boynton Beach woman’s arrest in August on charges of trying to hire a hitman to murder her newlywed spouse, Dippolito had already tried... read more
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Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, has voiced “concerns” over the Church of Scientology after a senator detailed explosive allegations about the organisation, accusing it of torture, embezzlement and coerced abortions.
Nick Xenophon tabled letters to the Australian parliament from... read more
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Costco customers may have to look elsewhere for Coca-Cola products now that the retailer has stopped carrying them because the pair are fighting over prices.
The public squabble between one of the nation’s largest wholesale club operators and the world’s largest soft drink maker i... read more
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A single mom faces potential criminal charges after she skipped her deployment to Afghanistan to care for her 10-month-old son.
Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook, says she couldn’t find anyone to care for the boy, and that when she told her superiors of her dilemma, they said she’d hav... read more
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The mother of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl found dead appeared in court yesterday and was charged with human trafficking and felony abuse.
Antoinette Davis, 25, delivered daughter Shaniya to a man “with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude,” according to court docum... read more
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Scientists have spotted a link among people who live to age 100: high levels of telomerase, an enzyme that protects DNA and could possibly be simulated in life-lengthening drugs.
The enzyme repairs telomeres, end sections of DNA that have been likened to plastic tips that prevent shoelaces fr... read more
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Even babies can’t meet the media-industrial complex’s exacting standards: Baby photos are airbrushed before making their way to magazines, to tweak skin tone, swap eye color, and airbrush fat lines and creases.
While many are riled, to some, this is not news: “You kind of kn... read more
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Pointy conical bras made famous in the 1950s by stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are making a comeback.
Ladies across the country are ditching their padded bras to embrace their assets after John Lewis revealed that sales of point bras are up by 33 per cent compared to the same t... read more
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A woman with a medical condition that gives her 300 orgasms a day has found a man of her dreams after she wore out a string of boyfriends.
Michelle Thompson, who suffers from Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome, thought she was just too demanding for men and would never find the man of her dre... read more













