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Pentagon orders US military to gear up for Iran strikes; Trump yet to decide dates

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Tulsa's Arkansas River waterfront sat underused for years; billionaire George Kaiser put $465 million behind a 66-acre park that became a major public destination

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Meet 81-year-old billionaire John Poindexter, who is spending $67 million into reviving a Texas ghost town with just 25 residents

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Multiple Casualties As Tanker Comes Under Intense Attack Near Qatar Amid Naval Escalation In Gulf

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'Canada Is Out Of Money': Mark Carney Ambushed On Cam; Poilievre Bends To Trump Amid Tariff War?

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Putin Steps In! Russia Offers To Mediate Iran War As Moscow Deepens Ties With Tehran

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On Cam: Trump 'Gazing' At Natalie Harp In Front Of MAGA Crowd? Melania Reacts

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12 Tankers Targeted In One Week! Hormuz Becomes More Dangerous As Oil Flows Rise

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WATCH: Trump Cracks Awkward Susan Dell Joke On Husband Michael's Face? Truth Here

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'Obama, Clinton & Kamala...': Trump Vows Revenge Against Democrats; Big Action After Midterms

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Mamdani UNDER FIRE On Oct 7? NYC Mayor's 'DISRESPECTFUL' Move Leaves Critics FUMING

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Queen Camilla's Doctor Found Dead During Children's Sleepover; Husband Charged With Murder

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WATCH: Pete Hegseth Jokes About US Navy's Deal With Iran; 'Bottom Half Of The Ocean'

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'Does Putin Have A Bioweapon?': Trump Asked About Russia Plague Mystery Amid COVID Fears

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Hayden Panettiere's Estate Faces $30K Tax Bill; Wlad Makes A BIG Move For Daughter Kaya

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Christa Pike Speaks After FAILED Execution: What She Remembers Is SHOCKING | WATCH

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'They Came With Guns!': Trump Vows Revenge After Melania & Barron 'Attacked' At Mar-a-Lago | Watch

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Zendaya Under FIRE After 'AWKWARD' Brigitte Macron Moment: What Happened At The LV Show?

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WATCH: Pete Hegseth Explodes At 'Fake News' After USS Lincoln Crisis

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Trump Aide Natalie Harp's 'Inappropriate' Clothes Spark Fury As Misogyny Row Erupts Online

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SSC CHSL cut off 2026 released with final result; check post-wise and category-wise marks here

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No frisking, fresh answer book if caught cheating, bags allowed in exam building: IIT-Bombay's new interim SOP for October 10-11 tests

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18-year-old Jason Rowles becomes SA20's most expensive buy; Du Plessis, Pollard join JSK

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'Too much time on social media': Fencing body warns Indian fencers after medal-less Asian Games

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'Angry and confused': Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike wakes up after surviving execution attempt

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Stephen Curry's wife Ayesha Curry controls one side of Warriors star with a sweet romantic gesture

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Veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar passes away at 75

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Para-shooters allege corruption in Asian Games selection; PCI chief says process '100% fair'

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HubSpot, one of the UK's biggest technology companies, is cutting hundreds of jobs; CEO in 'layoff email' to employees: I want to make it clear that ...

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Ramgarh widow runs 1.6km in sari, barefoot to chase Jharkhand home guard job

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"Everyone was very very nice, service was the best we've experienced in the world": British tourist shuns stereotypes about India says online posts are mostly negative and unfair

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Shriya Saran says, 'Meri poori family Modiji ki bhakt hai' as he completes 25 years of his service to nation

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Oil remains beyond $100 per barrel as Middle East supply concerns persist

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Relationship dispute ends in gunfire: Homeopathy student shoots batchmate, attempts suicide twice in Madhya Pradesh

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Russia rejects second plague scare as WHO demands answers over Siberian lab deaths

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2 accused wanted in Faridabad murder case held after encounter, one injured in leg

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US - Oct 8, 2026 - This Arizona ranch spans 114,000 acres and has stayed with one family for nearly 80 years; now it is listed for $43 million

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Northern lights may return to US and Canada tonight: Where and when to watch the October 8-9 aurora sky show as CME nears Earth and triggers possible G1-G2 geomagnetic storm

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Chicago demolished LeClaire Courts in 2011 and left much of its 32-acre site vacant; 15 years later, a $127 million first phase is set to bring 183 homes as part of a plan for up to 700 units

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In 1905, William and Elizabeth Kent paid $45,000 for 611 acres of California redwood forest; after a reservoir threat, they donated about 295 acres and the land became Muir Woods National Monument in 1908

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In 2018 or 2019, a thrift-store shopper paid just $1.50 for a purse because he thought it looked pretty; in a 2026 Antiques Roadshow episode, experts identified it as Cartier Art Deco and valued it at $35,000, with insurance above $100,000

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A Florida billionaire bought an 8.4-acre oceanfront estate for $80 million in 2021; five years later, the vacant property is asking $165 million, with 562 feet of Atlantic frontage

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Rs 90 LPA in Bengaluru or $300k in San Jose: Redditor asks if it's wiser to move to US on an L1 visa

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Are H-1Bs in trouble? Immigration experts on why Cognizant, Infosys, Microsoft are not getting timely approvals on job visas

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Texas ranchers blocked well operators from a 1,604-acre tract in 2004; on October 1, an appeals court ruled an oil company may cross the land to plug a shut-in well 15 to 20 yards from the San Antonio River

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FBI foils alleged ISIS-linked attack plot at Mall of America by 18-year-old

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A Brooklyn elm grown from a rare Scottish mutation has weeping branches; poet Marianne Moore drew attention to the neglected tree in 1967, helping spark a campaign to protect Prospect Park

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Jason Scott Lee bought 25 acres of damaged Hawaiian land littered with car parts and paint cans; the Hollywood actor built a simple home, grew his own food and worked to bring back the rainforest

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Indiana sought part of Jeremy Willis's property for a State Road 11 project; after neither side challenged a $20,840 appraisal within 45 days, the state Supreme Court ordered that amount made final

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'Don't think it's bioweapon': Trump weighs in on mysterious Siberia lab death

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Zohran Mamdani faces backlash for calling Israel's Gaza war 'ongoing genocide' on Oct 7 anniversary

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In 2012, California rebuilt Malibu Lagoon to flush out its oxygen-starved dead zones; monitoring later found cleaner water and a diverse native ecosystem

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Researchers coated a brick bungalow roof with a self-cleaning, heat-radiating material; the roof was 3.4°C below outdoor air and the room reached 10.2°C below the control

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Jim Belushi bought 13 acres beside Oregon's Rogue River and expanded his retreat to 93 acres; years later, the actor described a sanctuary with a sweat lodge, 50 cows and 50 newly born calves

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In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed a law protecting more than 104 million acres of Alaska, locking away 57 million acres as wilderness before large-scale development could reach them

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Trump admin sued over plan to deploy election monitors at US midterm polling stations

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'We want you home': Family of missing UMD student Dilan Ashar appeals for help as search enters 5th day

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In 2014, Massachusetts built State Route 7A's rail overpass with stacked soil-and-fabric walls, cutting the $1.1 million project cost by 49%

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In 2011, Iowa built US 6's Keg Creek bridge off-site and installed it in 16 days; the project cut total costs by $440,000

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Indian students' American dream hits a $ 70,000 toll

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In 2022, a forgotten filing cabinet inside an old North Carolina home revealed a rare 1787 Constitution copy; it later sold at auction for $9 million

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A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year

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In 1994, Louisiana tested roads paved with crumb-rubber-modified asphalt beside conventional asphalt; after 5–7 years, the rubber sections had better rut depth, fatigue cracking and IRI performance

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Arizona tested highways made quieter with ground-up tyres; federal researchers measured before-and-after traffic noise at roads and nearly 95 nearby homes

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In North Carolina, engineers built a permeable parking lot with interlocking concrete blocks; during an 88 mm storm, it produced no measured runoff

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New OPT fee proposed: Colleges to pay $70,000 for first-time F-1 students, $30,000 for extensions; DHS says this was never meant to be a backdoor

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Meet Jameson Mallon-Echols, South Dakota engineering student who pulled a trapped teen from a burning car; now Rapid City has honoured the football captain with an Act of Heroism Award

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Michigan woman reported as little as $39,960 in income; prosecutors say she hid $1.66 million linked to gambling and embezzlement

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Detained immigrants at US ICE facility launch hunger strike over prolonged detention

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CPT restriction for international students: Universities challenge new ICE policy, says it was announced abruptly

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A musician collected 51 rare guitars worth $1.4 million over decades, then donated them to students at Arizona State University

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In 1974, Atlanta's Fox Theatre closed as Southern Bell planned to demolish it for a headquarters; residents raised $3 million to save it, and the landmark now hosts 250+ shows a year

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An Ohio neighbour removed a 15-foot white spruce while installing a new boundary fence; four years later, an appeals court upheld the finding that the cutting was reckless and fixed the damages at $11,523.87

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US marines in Japan face month-long curfew, alcohol ban amid probe of woman's murder

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Will Smith brought 130 students from a school destroyed by the 2025 Palisades wildfire to Dodger Stadium; his foundation turned the day into a STEM and sports programme

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'Unfortunately, the H-1B program has become...': Republican lawmaker from Georgia writes to Trump administration, says his own district is a visa abuse hotspot

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America already barred birth tourism. So what is US trying to stop now?

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A mining millionaire paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of Los Angeles land in 1882; 14 years later he gave 3,015 acres to the city, creating Griffith Park and the ground for its famous observatory

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US navy helicopter didn't crash in Red Sea: CENTCOM fact-checks Iran claim, says all aircraft safe

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In 1934, J.C. Hunter offered 43,200 Texas acres to the US for $237,600; 35 years later, his family's 72,071-acre ranch sold for $1.5 million, forming over 90% of Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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In 2016, an Arkansas woman put one wooden pantry outside a church with food and toiletries; within three months the idea had gone global, and the movement now maps 2,301 mini pantries

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Florida man arrested after placing virus on woman's computer, sharing private info in more than 100 TikTok videos

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In 1993, Bob Hope sold his 2,308-acre California ranch to the National Park Service for $16.7 million; the deal turned his former property into federal parkland and expanded protected land to about 20,400 acres

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California couple says county entered their property for road-safety work, they spent $300,000 fixing alleged damage and then received a $676,703 bill; fresh federal court order keeps part of fight alive

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Mark Zuckerberg to Yvon Chouinard: Six of the world's richest people who are not leaving their billions worth of fortune to their children

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Wyoming Army veteran fought a mountain lion bare-handed for 20 seconds to save his dog; said cat 'put me right down'

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Meet Kimberley Christopher, the Florida State doctoral candidate who developed a plasma process designed to destroy PFAS; after winning a collegiate pitch competition, she's now testing the tech through NSF I-Corps

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Meet Nick Grewal who received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award; he founded Nashoba Networks, acquired by Cisco in 1996, before building ePropelled, a global propulsion company

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Dawn Chaney was a three-sport athlete at Texas Woman's University in the 1960s; decades later, she gave $10 million for a new athletics complex

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In 2003, a New York woman pulled a painting from trash on Manhattan's Upper West Side; four years later she learned it was a stolen Rufino Tamayo work, and Sotheby's sold it for $1,049,000

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