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10 BABY BOY NAMES THAT MEAN COURAGE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

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In 1990, Switzerland crushed an old A13 road and reused its concrete in new pavement; after 20 years, mixes with up to 100% recycled aggregate remained durable

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World - / Oct 10, 2026 - Albany's oldest building reopens after $3M restoration following 13 years of work - The Van Ostrande-Radliff House, a historical gem built in 1728, has finally emerged from decades of obscurity thanks to a meticulous restoration. Now the proud headquarters of the Historic Albany Foundation, this iconic building is committed to preserving Albany's rich architectural heritage. Visitors can explore engaging classroom spaces, a well-stocked research library, and even a parts warehouse, all while immersing themselves in the colonial history of Albany.

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Trump's ICC War BACKFIRES! 8 Closest Allies FIGHT BACK To Defend Court From 'War Criminals'

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How to respond when a colleague makes a backhanded compliment about your clothes, salary or promotion

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Quote of the day: "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more"; Jane Austen's unforgettable line from Emma about love that can leave us speechless

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Diwali cleaning DIY: How to make a natural cleaner for greasy kitchen surfaces

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California buried about 270,000 waste tyres beneath a highway near Confusion Hill; the rubber became lightweight fill for two new bridges

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More than 150 wrestlers join Memphis battle royal for animal shelters; WWE star Jordynne Grace gives all meet-and-greet money to sanctuary

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A Louisiana artist filled a former gas station with 50,000 discarded objects; it became a bizarre museum with animated displays

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In 1967, Georgia man Donnie Peek bought 150 acres and grew his property to 1,600 acres; decades later, a $3.2 billion pipeline route shifted to run 2.5 miles only through his land alone

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In 2003, two brothers bought a Queens home for $850,000; after racketeering convictions and years of forfeiture litigation, the property is heading to a federal auction with bidding starting at $900,000

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Florida ransomware expert said his company could decrypt attacks without paying hackers; prosecutors allege he charged victims more than $19 million while secretly sending over $8 million in ransom payments

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Former CIA official who admitted to $194 million government fraud spent $102 million on Florida real estate, including two Palm Beach homes, a Palm Beach parcel and a Hobe Sound parcel

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LeBron James opened I PROMISE School in 2018, providing academic, emotional and family support; its first students are now earning college scholarships

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In 2018, Ron Burkle bought Bob Hope's 5-acre Los Angeles estate for $15 million; after restoring it while preserving Hope's oak library and golf hole, he sold it for $26 million in 2023

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Green Cards reflect cases started years ago: Immigration attorney raises 5 points on Trump administration's PERM ban

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Green Card process suspended for 8 companies: Immigration experts on what happens to approved I-140, existing H-1Bs; whether employees should leave these companies

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'Great announcement': Trump says Putin agrees to supply Russian diesel to US and global markets

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Val Kilmer turned a 5,328-acre New Mexico ranch into a retreat with rental cabins and a B he asked $33 million in 2009, then sold most of the property two years later when the asking price fell to $18.5 million

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Florida commissioners unanimously rejected development across nearly 230 acres in 2025; 16 months later, they reversed course 4-3 and approved more than 4,800 apartments and about 1,000 hotel rooms

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In 1937, a Florida family started a cattle ranch; nearly 90 years later, Adams Ranch spans 50,000 acres, ranks among the country's largest cow-calf operations and raises its fifth generation

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'No contact, no update': Imran Khan's son says father silent for 6 months, aunts remain 'abducted'

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Pak army chief Munir bypasses PM Sharif, moves to deploy more military assets to Saudi Arabia

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Pakistan bets on electric vehicles as Middle East war sends petrol prices soaring 54%

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Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict: A clash of unequals, but why is Islamabad relying on air power instead of ground offensive

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Nearly 3 in 4 Pakistan inmates await trial amid prison overcrowding in country: Report

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'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

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Pakistan braces for showdown as talks collapse, Imran Khan's party pushes ahead with march

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says 'so-called' civilian governments serve at army's mercy

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Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border

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Pakistan logs over 1.2k rebel attacks in 9 months of '26, security crisis deepens

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Shehbaz govt, Imran Khan's PTI hold talks as Pakistan braces for protests

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'Vague and broad': UN experts slam Pakistan's counter-terrorism laws, demand release of lawyer couple

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Policeman killed in gunmen attack in Pakistan's khyber pakhtunkhwa

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Durga Puja pandal count up in Bangladesh, Hindus say 'reduced fear'

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'Companies may face US sanctions': Sri Lanka to put 'national interest' first as 19 Iranian vessels seek help

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Makeup, colourful scarves, speaking in public: Bizarre reasons women get detained in Afghanistan

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Nepal flood surged at 163kmph, seismic waves detected 19k-km away: Study

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Who is Shiranthi Rajapaksa? Sri Lanka's former first lady arrested over alleged misuse of hospital funds

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Antonio Guterres sidesteps Kashmir question, flags UN Security Council's 'crisis of legitimacy'

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'Tarique hasn't ruled out India visit': Dhaka

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Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians

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After 40 days, Nepal ends flood search with 5,285 still missing

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India's political will needed to extradite Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh

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Nearly 39,500 tonnes of illegally dumped household and construction waste cleared from Hoad's Wood, Kent; £15.5 million clean-up required 2,500 lorry-loads to remove rubbish piled up to 15 feet high

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London's 1952 smog killed thousands; four years later Britain passed a law that began ending its famous coal-filled 'pea soupers'

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A WWII airfield once used by Britain's famous Dambusters was later quarried for sand; today its runway is a nature reserve filled with skylarks and birds of prey

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Queen Elizabeth helped save rare horse breeds from extinction; she bought a Cleveland Bay colt destined for export when only six purebred stallions remained

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In 2010, George Michael anonymously paid for Jo Maidment's IVF after seeing her on TV; two years later, she gave birth to Betsy and a bouquet of flowers finally revealed who had helped her

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A UK founder and his mother burned through £15,000 developing a vegan supplement, then fitted kitchens to fund their first stock; Free Soul now turns over £55 million a year and employs 50

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UK engineers started with previously unwanted steel instead of a bridge design; they built the Tan House Footbridge around the available material to cut embodied carbon

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Richard Branson was 29 when he bought an island to impress a girl, offered $100,000 for a $6 million property; in 2007, he bought 125-acre Moskito Island for $15 million, now divided among nine families

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A woman paid about £80 for a Dior bag in a Cotswolds charity shop without knowing if it was genuine; experts identified it as a rare 2003 Koi Saddle Bag, and it later sold for £7,870

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19-year-old student left with no sperm after chemotherapy undergoes UK's first testicular tissue transplant: Doctors will assess sperm production in eight months; 3,100 worldwide have tissue stored

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A British collector paid under £100 for a damaged wooden pendant at a provincial auction; experts identified it as rare Rapa Nui jewellery and it later sold for £75,800 including fees

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A bronze cup made near Hadrian's Wall was found in Spain nearly 1,900 years later; researchers think a Roman soldier may have carried it home as a souvenir

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Royal Navy sailor charged under UK National Security Act of spying for Russia

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A trainee solicitor broke a 14-year-old marathon record held by Dracula; Archie Hunt ran 2:27:41 dressed as Captain Underpants

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Drone attacks by Ukraine disrupted immediate resumption of peace talks: Putin tells Trump

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Global warming could make Russia richer. It could also bring NATO closer to its doorstep

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South African jurist of Indian origin Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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France turned 127 hectares of abandoned gravel pits into Europe's largest floating solar farm; 135,000 panels now generate power for 37,000 people

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Milan US consulate labour 'exploitation' case: Indian workers among hundreds agree to share of $35m payout

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France's student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

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Italy passes Meloni's electoral reform, sets 42% threshold for parliamentary majority

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From France to Italy, Belgium to Greece, student protests spread across Europe

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Over 33 killed as Russia's glide bomb attack targets two civilian buses in Ukraine

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Canadian author Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Stun grenades, shattered jaw, severed hand: France's student protests put police under scrutiny

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Three rare snake species bred at Prague Zoo for the first time; two groups of young descend from animals seized from smugglers

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'Maricarmen lives, the fight goes on': 87-year-old dies after becoming symbol of Spain housing crisis

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Trump as 'orange plague': Gold-covered naked statue of US president unveiled at European Parliament

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France suspends stun grenades after teen loses hand during student protest in Lille

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Knife attack at Polish school leaves 7 injured; 19-year-old student arrested

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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From fishing nets to grey-zone tactics: Chinese militia boat enter Taiwan's sensitive east coast - report

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K-8 attack jets, military vehicles spotted at new China-Laos air base: Report

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China's Fuman Oilfield, largest desert oilfield, extracts 26.86 million tons of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres; engineers recover 500-million-year-old rock core from record 8,080-metre depth in Xinjiang

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'Blatant lie': China slams US panel's 'genocide' claim after Starbucks opens first Xinjiang stores

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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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Chinese hackers impersonate ex-White House official to target US AI experts, steal emails: Report

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'Inspired by 9/11': Omani flydubai co-pilot planned to crash jet into Israeli airport, claims UAE

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'Ready to do everything in our power': Putin offers to help end Iran war

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Flydubai cockpit attack: Israel to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with top civilian bravery award

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Israel-Britain ties hit new low as Jerusalem consulate loses its diplomatic status

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Syria considers sending troops to Saudi Arabia to fight Houthis

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'Last warning to global airlines': Houthis attack Riyadh airport, warn over Saudi airspace

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Iran sends Hezbollah $200 million to aid displaced Lebanese: Report

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Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz highest in a week since Iran war began: Report

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The backstory: From the 'Promised Land' to October 7 - the origin story of Israel-Palestine conflict

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Turkish opposition stronghold falls in Erdogan's hands as Izmir mayor defects

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F-35s, F-15s, Reapers: US loses 81 aircraft as Iran war bill hits $3.3 billion

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3 years after October 7 Hamas attack: A scarred Israel, a devastated Gaza and a Middle East no longer the same

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Houthis hit Yemen's Aden airport, claim attacks on Saudi Arabia

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Omani pilot had failed airline stints, flydubai hired him in post-pandemic spree: Report

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Netanyahu govt rejects flydubai bid to resume Israel flights after cockpit attack

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3 years after October 7, Israel remembers its dead amid election heat

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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Panama's southern coast, tsunami warning issued

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In 2013, 80-year-old Miura climbed Everest despite four heart surgeries, taking the record after first reaching the mountain's summit at 70 and again at 75

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In 2022, South Africa put recycled waste plastic into two high-truck-traffic asphalt sections; checks a year apart found both experimental roads performing well

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A wind-tunnel experiment paired two vertical-axis turbines; closely spaced counter-rotating models produced 13% to 16% more power than two isolated turbines

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In 2025, researchers explored the USS Yorktown wreck three miles below the Pacific; inside its hangar sat what may be a 1941 Ford station wagon

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Why OpenAI shut down ChatGPT accounts linked to Russia and Iran

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A French family found an 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten in an attic and carried it to Sotheby's in a shoebox; after experts linked it to the Qianlong court, it sold for €16.18 million

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Japan protests Russia's bid to extradite ICC top judge Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, over Putin arrest warrant

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Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize puts focus back on 2 landmark Rwanda genocide cases

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Who is Navanethem Navi Pillay? South African jurist of Indian-origin awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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A rare Canadian computer was forgotten in an Edmonton barn for decades; its first known unboxing came nearly 45 years after it was built

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At 21, an Australian waitress quit with $100 and cooked meals for 10 gym friends from a Bondi apartment; the side hustle later reached $5 million in revenue and built a 100-acre farm

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Greece is turning a former coal mine into a giant renewable-energy battery; the Kardia project will use the mine's bottom as a water reservoir to generate 320 MW

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Rock legend Rick Wakeman played piano for 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam; he now wants the last 125 bears still caged on bile farms moved to sanctuaries

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Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky helped return Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia after 3,000 years; the endangered marsupials could help restore ecosystems

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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

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In 2016, Dakota Johnson paid $3.55 million for a 1947 Los Angeles midcentury home; after renovating the 'tree house' with Pierce & Ward, she sold it a decade later for $5.92 million after asking $6 million

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Hours after Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace prize, Trump hits ICC with major sanctions

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A $132,000 GoFundMe was raised for radio host Ronn Owens; federal review found thousands spent on mortgages, businesses and family transfers

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Texas neighbours fought over a five-foot strip beside a Lake Conroe home where meters and a generator crossed the boundary; an appeals court upheld the easement and $100 trespass award

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Worry not about visa headlines: Former CEO of HCL Technologies Vineet Nayar says Green Card ban on 8 companies is not so big

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In 2021, a South Carolina couple started an HVAC company with $2,000 after losing their jobs; five years later, they say the business is on track to generate more than $8 million in annual revenue

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In 1984, Patrick Swayze bought a 4.5-acre ranch outside Los Angeles and built it into an Arabian-horse retreat with a 16-stall barn, two arenas and a dance studio; after his death, it sold for $2.9 million and later listed for $4.5 million

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In 1970, Fullerton paved a 600-foot California street with crushed waste glass; 2 years later, the EPA found the unusual recycled road was still in good condition

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Britain rebuilt 3.5 miles of the A46 using 17,432 tonnes of material from the old road; the project cut its carbon footprint by 23%

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Utah approved blasting 100-foot canyon cliffs to widen a 5.3-mile road for oil trucks; after two earlier plans failed, a new federal lawsuit says 47 historic sites and 19th-century inscriptions are at risk

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'Is that you': Celebrity cosmetic doctor reacts as Internet can't stop talking about Susan Dell's face while she donates billions

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Indian filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from ICE detention after two weeks, DHS says he overstayed his visa

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"It's gross. It's barbaric": HasanAbi and Asmongold clash over Nidal Malik Hasan's planned firing squad execution

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Kai Cenat faces fresh allegations from Reggie as 'Lil Rodney Son' claims Twitch power imbalance

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Is Kai Cenat going to space in 2027? Streamer reveals ambitious livestreaming plans

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Asmongold vs Macaiyla: xQc's 'visit from the people' remark adds fresh tension to explosive streamer feud

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In 2012, Markiplier raised $1,000 in a 24-hour charity stream; six years later, one unusual calendar project alone generated $500,000 for cancer research

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In 2003, Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House went to auction as buyers considered moving it; preservation groups paid over $7.5 million to keep the Illinois landmark on its original site

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Idaho family has farmed 1,000 acres since 1950; after the state largely shut off its irrigation water in 2025, the owners say crops failed and are now suing to protect the family farm

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Naresh Bhatt trial in Virginia: Friend alleges abuse, financial control in Nepali woman Mamta Kafle Bhatt's disappearance case, mother breaks down in court

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In 2007, Georgia paved a mile of I-75 with ground-up old tyres; 12 years later, the experimental lane still rated a strong 8.5 for pavement condition

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'Abhorrent': UN condemns US plan to livestream execution of gunman who killed 13 at Texas military base in 2009

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Avianca flight makes emergency landing in Miami after severe turbulence, at least 8 injured

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A Florida man sold hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, gets arrested; police seize 131 plants and 50 pounds of cacti at his Riverview home

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In 2025, Maine's Joan Alexander received her college degree at 88, more than six decades after enrolling and 44 years after completing comparable work

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Vance's H-1B crusade leads to family history scrutiny

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04:17 - 'Hater of America and Israel': Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay

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At 13, a Nigerian immigrant in Rhode Island became temporarily homeless; years later, he is a neuro ICU nurse at the same state's largest hospital and now mentors future healthcare workers

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Trump sets up committee to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in latest bid to fire her

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At 73, California cyclist Mark Strauss rode 3,200 miles from the Pacific to the Atlantic over 69 days to fight childhood hunger; his No Kid Hungry campaign has now raised $740,000 toward a $1 million goal

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In 2006, George W Bush used a presidential proclamation to establish a 139,797-square-mile marine monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; it later became the foundation for much larger protected seascape

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How US midterms could shape 2028 presidential race: Newsom, Vance and other contenders in focus

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