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Mark Zuckerberg considered selling $110 million Palo Alto home over 5% billionaire tax; strikes 8-year Meta deal to stay in California as $12 billion tax bill threatens voting control

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US - Oct 23, 2026 - Karoline Leavitt says her previous job was obviously not for Katie Zacharia who survived as press secretary for 5 days

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In a Utah town, wild turkeys grew from a small flock to as many as 100 birds; after residents reported destruction around homes, the county moved to ban feeding them

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Florida cop Brian Louis Sguros found 71-year-old Dennis West dead in his home in 2022, took over the property weeks after his death and impersonated him while spending over $214,000 on renovations, police say

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US - Oct 23, 2026 - Kuwaiti H-1B doctor in Ohio poisoned girlfriend with abortion drug to terminate pregnancy, became US citizen lying on his Form N-400

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Charles Schwab invested an estimated $30 million in a 2,600-acre Montana horse ranch once owned by copper tycoon Marcus Daly to build a private golf club

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For 25 years, Texas factory worker Rufino Loya transformed his wife's modest El Paso home into a "Sugar House," covering it with colorful mosaics, shrines, and handmade details

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From 1979 into the early 2000s, Michael Kahn and Leda Livant built Eliphante from found materials, transforming a 3-acre Arizona property into a sculptural desert compound

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Howard Finster developed Paradise Garden from the 1960s onward and, after a reported vision at 59, produced 46,991 religiously themed artworks in Georgia

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At 19, Pat Craig began rescuing captive big cats; today, his Colorado sanctuary spans 10,500 acres and shelters 400+ rescued animals

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For 30 years, John Ehn built Old Trapper's Lodge, using life masks of relatives to create faces for fictional Old West figures and "Boot Hill" sculptures

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In 2019, an Ohio engineer bought 34 wooded acres and began building unusual vacation rentals; five years later, his three-property business reported more than $700,000 in yearly revenue and $350,000 in net profit

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In 1937, retired Oklahoma teacher Ed Galloway began a folk-art park; 11 years later, his hollow, nine-level totem pole stood 90 feet tall on a turtle

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In 2026, Rhino Boy Chris ran 132 marathons in one rhino suit and raised more than £50,000 for rhino conservation, setting a Guinness record along the way

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DHS can't knock on the doors and ask people about their immigration status, rules federal judge

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In 2017, YouTuber Elton Castee spent 151 hours livestreaming from a dog kennel; the campaign ultimately raised $188,275 for SPCA LA, including Hurricane Harvey relief

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In 1964, a California sculptor began a 150-foot steel-and-concrete dinosaur to lure drivers to his diner; building it took 11 years and $250,000

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Meet Rami Rifi, the 16-year-old Staten Island student who turned a closet clean-out into a project supplying new shoes to children in need

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A North Dakota farmer enrolled 35 acres of erosion-prone land in a grassland programme; planting grass instead of crops is set to earn him $150 per acre, or $5,250 every year for five years

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A Texas man put just $12,000 down on a home with 10 acres, built a glamping retreat using the extra land and turned the property into a business grossing more than $100,000 a year while keeping his day job

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Sundar the Sailor: Google nixes Trump's search to name an ocean after himself

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In 2018, two New York women raised $12,500 to erase $1.5 million in medical debt; 1,284 strangers received yellow envelopes confirming their bills were forgiven

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In 2018, a Texas woman's home was auctioned for $20,000 to pay an unrelated judgment; after years of litigation, an October 21 appeals ruling let her continue arguing it had homestead protection

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Indiana lawmaker resigns after he was caught shoplifting from Walmart stores. He says he's under medical evaluation for cognitive decline

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Florida wildlife officials confirm an established Burmese python population in Charlotte County, beyond the snakes' historic Everglades stronghold

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In 2014, a former banker bought a 475,000-square-foot Connecticut wool mill that had lost 85 jobs; 12 years later, Jacob Long's revived factory employs about 50 people and makes fabric for the US military

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Mike Tyson earned an estimated $400 million in boxing, filed for bankruptcy in 2003; at 60, his perfume collection is worth $50,000

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In 1886, Thomas Edison bought Glenmont for his wife Mina; the 15-acre New Jersey estate is now the only National Park Service-owned home in a 420-acre private community

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US restaurant that offered free meals in protest against ICE to shut down permanently

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Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran saw a New York penthouse seven months before it was listed and outbid herself twice; after a nine-month makeover, the 3,100-square-foot home has become her 'beach house on Fifth Avenue'

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Two Michigan neighbours spent years fighting over water flowing across their land; a jury awarded $85,000 in damages to one side and $91,250 to the other, and an appeals court upheld both awards

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A Yorkshire couple built a four-bedroom home using straw bales and lime plaster; completed in 2018, the energy-conscious property is now listed for £2.75 million

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In 2013, former nurse Courtney Adeleye launched The Mane Choice from her kitchen with $500; within six years it had reached $100 million in sales and 60,000 retail doors before a reported $61.5 million acquisition

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In 2020, a Minnesota couple bought a home reached through a neighbour's gravel driveway; a feud over trees and a security camera led to $27,000 in damages, but an appeals court reversed the $20,000 privacy award

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Oregon woman was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, then her husband's 300-member gaming community raised $1 million for research

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'Stand against hate': Mamdani celebrates Navratri with Hindu New Yorkers after Illinois temple shooting plot

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In North Carolina, a town sued a couple accused of feeding vulture swarms; neighbours say the birds have damaged roofs and created sanitation problems

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Meet Chaz, the 13-year-old who turned his birthday into a charity tradition despite a painful herniated disc, raising $4,000 in 2025

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'Anti-Indian hate is exploding': US lawmaker Raja Krishnamoorthi accuses big tech firms of profiting from online hatred

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AI agents raise alarm at US banks over unauthorised access: Report

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After months of coyote complaints, toddler bitten in LA neighbourhood; DNA links attack to euthanised animal

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In 1926, an Atlanta woman donated her home to establish an art museum; 100 years later, the High Museum covers more than 300,000 square feet and is approaching 50,000 members as the city celebrates its centennial

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In 2006, a New York couple took a $400,000 mortgage; after the husband died and a years-long foreclosure battle continued, an October 21 court overturned the order to sell the property

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In 2017, a Florida woman had a daughter under a sperm donor agreement, and a man later named the child in his will; after his death, an October 21 court upheld denial of the child's claim to his Florida home

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A 17-year-old North Carolina soldier killed in the Korean War and buried for decades as Unknown X-1642 is being laid to rest in Maryland, more than 70 years later, after DNA analysis finally identified him

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After retiring and moving to Phoenix in the early 1950s, Grover Thompson spent 22 years building a rock garden filled with hundreds of figures, miniature buildings, windmills and fountains

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'Am studying his body': Trump goes into graphic detail about US senator's body at rally

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Beginning in 1925, Minnesota farmer John Christensen spent more than a decade transforming a cellar project into a 14,000-square-foot rock garden of castles, bridges and ponds

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In 2004, Florida researchers used 36 recycled oyster shells per reef mat, helping restore Mosquito Lagoon reefs to around 1,000 live oysters per square metre

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In winter 2022, Emily Ford spent 28 days crossing Minnesota's million-acre Boundary Waters with her dog; the expedition raised more than $5,000 and highlighted mining concerns

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From 1968 to 1977, retired North Carolina tobacco farmer Henry Warren built a 27-building miniature stone village around a large metal water tower

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After retiring in 1937, Oklahoma teacher Ed Galloway spent 11 years building a towering totem pole decorated with more than 200 carved figures

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Since 1987, an 86-year-old Texas man named Dale has spent decades building a 62-foot boat in his yard; when three visitors discovered his dream, strangers helped raise money to finish and move it

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A California geologist spotted a strange object sticking out of a creek; Google reverse image search suggested it was an Ice Age mastodon tooth at least 10,000 years old

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Mariska Hargitay helped fund Detroit's effort to test abandoned sexual assault kits; by April 2025, the wider project had secured 263 convictions as investigations continued across decades

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In 1864, Abraham Lincoln donated a signed photograph to help Union soldiers' families; generations later, it surfaced in an old desk with a forgotten newspaper clipping and sold for $149,020 at auction

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A Georgia woman said her next-door neighbour's marijuana smoke kept entering her apartment despite a no-smoking lease; after she sued, an appeals court upheld the California teachers' pension fund's immunity

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Texas tenant disputed repair charges after his family moved out of a rental home; the appeals court upheld an $880 refund from his $1,950 security deposit and awarded court costs to the landlord

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