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World - / Sep 30, 2026 - A Nashville man paid $2.48 for a document at a thrift store in 2006; it proved to be a rare... While browsing a thrift store in Nashville, Michael Sparks stumbled upon an astonishing find: a rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence, priced at only $2.48. Upon delving into its history, Sparks recognized its immense value and chose to auction it. To his amazement, the document fetched $477,650 at auction, enriching the known collection of surviving copies and transforming Sparks into a local legend.

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World - / Sep 30, 2026 - 'Super Intelligence' AI safety accord signed by tech CEOs carries 'Unites States' typo under Trump's name - Top technology executives have signed an agreement with US President Donald Trump promising stronger safeguards for increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems. But despite the document being signed by some of the biggest names in the tech

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Henry Nowak murder: Sikh man who killed UK student granted permission to appeal 21-year sentence

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South Carolina will combine a 102-acre nature preserve with 50 affordable homes on Johns Island; hundreds of acres of green space are protected

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In 2021, New Jersey deployed 400 donated gravestones at Barnegat Light Reef; 60 tons of material now provide habitat for fish and lobsters

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October 2026 visa bulletin 'most disappointing': EB-2 is back for India but stuck in 2013; overall no good news

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Kurt Cobain's Olympia apartment, where he lived from 1989 to 1991 and wrote some of Nirvana's best-known music, is now an Airbnb; fans can stay inside a preserved piece of rock history for $250 to $300 a night

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A fugitive used a dead classmate's name from 1984 and lived under it for 40 years; he collected over $138,000 in Social Security before FBI agents caught him

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In 2004, a Brooklyn writer mostly avoided non-essential shopping to challenge consumer culture; she spent a year buying necessities with some exceptions and turned it into a book

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In 2018, a skeleton crew stayed at a Malibu animal park as the Woolsey Fire arrived; 133 of its roughly 140 animals survived, including a giraffe and 80 horses

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A New York man allegedly began withdrawing money from his brother's account the day after his death while Social Security remained unaware he had died; prosecutors say the continuing payments ultimately reached $109,746

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US to double EB-5 visa fees from November 30: What it means for Indian investors seeking green card

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A Michigan woman entrusted with managing Social Security benefits for her elderly disabled uncle allegedly took nearly $121,000 over seven years while prosecutors say he lived without running water, electricity or heat

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In 2024, a Houston Zoo ride-out team stayed overnight during Hurricane Beryl; all enclosures remained secure and the animals were cared for throughout the outage

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BLF's newly-formed female unit 'KAAD' attacks military convoy in Balochistan; claims nine killed

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At least 13 dead in suicide bomb blast near police post in northwestern Pakistan

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Indonesia demolishes luxury prison for favoured inmates

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28 'fighters', mostly former Afghan security personnel, killed after crossing from Pakistan: Kabul

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'More harm than good': Burnham reopens Brexit question, puts EU rejoin back on the table

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UK man arrested 12 times for blocking the same road since 2014, yet always refuses to explain why; known as the 'Silent Man'

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Mehul Choksi drops damages claim in London HC against govt, Hungarian woman he accused of kidnapping

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In 2002, a 3.5km sea wall was breached in five places at a 283-hectare Essex arable farm; seawater returned to the land, creating new habitat and helping double saltmarsh across the Greater Thames estuary

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Burnham's big reset: UK PM vows new social contract, closer EU ties

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An Essex family set aside its entire farm roughly 30 years ago; after farming resumed in 2014, 50 acres stayed wild, regenerated with oak and scrub, and helped inspire a 200-acre nature-recovery plan

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Since 1989, a Birmingham artist has spent 30-plus years turning a half-acre beside a cemetery into a walk-through history of Black America

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Who was behind RAF Fairford terror plot? 'Foreign actor' claim puts Iran link in focus

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At 17, British student Alex Chui scores a perfect 42/42 at the Maths Olympiad, winning his fifth gold medal in seven appearances

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UK to reopen refugee resettlement scheme as home secretary Shabana Mahmood promises capped, controlled routes

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Australian court rejects indigenous activist's bid to prosecute King Charles over genocide; says 'will take fight to ICC after exhausting domestic options'

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Plot 'exposed' by 999 call, 5 suspects out on bail: What happened near US-run RAF base in UK

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Watch: UK police robot targets vans near airbase used by US forces

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Tensions in Northern Ireland: Why the 30-year-old Garvaghy Road parade row is back

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British author once faced a struggling 3,500-acre farm in Sussex before abandoning conventional farming; turned an estate into a wilding experiment

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Russia raises active troop numbers to 1.55 million as Zelensky accuses Kremlin of mass mobilisation

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Student protests rock France with over 400 detained: Why are schools protesting - explained

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In the 1960s, an Italian taxi driver covered his Rimini home with 12,000 seashells; his daughter still preserves it today

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How Russia's ballistic missiles, jet-powered drones have kept Ukraine under pressure

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Meet Ben O'Connor, the 16-year-old who sold 200,000 gift boxes before building an app to help farmers manage their work

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Eiffel Tower chief to step down after female staff excluded during Hindu group's visit

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In 1949, a Danish fisherman began covering his house with seashells, and 25 years later it became a folk-art landmark

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A London artist spent decades covering his home with thousands of broken dolls, false teeth and other discarded objects, turning it into a museum of found art

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Russia warns Nato of 'direct confrontation' if Kaliningrad is cut off from Russia

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Archaeologists uncover rare Roman-era workshop in Germany with pottery kiln and furnaces used to recycle Roman metal

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EU welcomes PM's peace message to Putin, says not against oil import but India's ties with Moscow may hinder defence collaboration

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In 1901, Germany opened a "flying train" above the Wupper valley; 125 years later, it carries over 80,000 passengers daily

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People jump from building windows to escape as Russian jet-powered drone hits Kyiv science academy - video

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Russian strikes on Kyiv kills 3 as Ukraine targets oil, military sites

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Seoul summons Ukraine envoy, demands apology after Zelenskyy reveals North Korean POW transfer

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Le Pen hails 'historic victory' as far-right secures senate group ahead of 2027 presidential polls

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Bombs without brakes? Why the US-China AI race may be harder to control than the nuclear one

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Section of China's Great Wall damaged by two decades of illegal coal slag dumping

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In 1999, Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to farmer Yin Yuzhen to fund her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia; 27 years later, his contribution helped transform China's Maowusu Desert into a forest of 50,000 trees

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'Xi understands how I feel': Trump says Taiwan not a major point of friction

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'Stop using threats': China takes veiled shot at US over Cuba & Iran in sharply critical UN speech

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$30bn tariff cut, Iran and AI dialogue: Key points from Xi-Trump talks

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Trump-Xi bonhomie set to continue, leaders announce two more meetings

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China's coal mines generate billions of cubic metres of water; researchers say it could help cool data centres

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China's panda diplomacy: How Beijing uses exclusive animal to reinforce soft power

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US response to Iran's seven-day peace proposal delivered to President Pezeshkian

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'Thought they were going to die': Passenger's mother says pilot tried to kill co-pilot on Flydubai flight

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'Terrorist pilot planned to crash plane': Israel security minister on flydubai cockpit incident

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Pilot stabbed, chaos in cockpit & sudden plunge: How disaster was averted on flydubai flight, explained in 10 points

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'Reports of diversion erroneous': Second Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv continues as scheduled

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Watch: Screams, chaos onboard as Flydubai flight takes 17,000 ft roller coaster ride mid-air

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Flydubai flight incident: What we know about the pilot under investigation

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Pilot stabbed, blood in cockpit: Passengers recall harrowing ordeal on Flydubai flight that nearly crashed

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Pilot allegedly tried to crash plane, hijack code triggered, jets scrambled: What happened on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight

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Hijacking scare on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight; emergency code triggered, plane diverted to Saudi Arabia

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'Dr Strange in books, Sholay's Thakur in reality': Iran mocks UN over 'inability' to stop wars

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'Wake up': Iran releases 25-page letter urging US voters to reject Trump ahead of midterms

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Saudi Arabia resumes Yanbu oil loading after pipeline restart

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US forces are set to exit Iraq after 2 decades, leaving opening for Iran

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Ukrainian fitness influencer Vadym Oleynik, partner Olena Kravchenko face backlash after riding nesting sea turtle and handling hatchlings in Oman despite volunteers monitoring site

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Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister in historic move

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Meet Serge Boghossian, the 16-year-old Canadian student who taught himself to code and built a job platform; hundreds of teens have already joined

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'Conspiratorial farce': North Korea denies planting land mines that injured 3 South Korean soldiers

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In 2009, two former Royal Marines rowed from Japan to San Francisco; 189 days and almost 7,000 miles later they set a Pacific record

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Australia replanted a former runway in the Daintree with 24,500 trees; the cleared land now reconnects a wildlife corridor

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Punjabi man stabbed to death in Canada after intervening in racist altercation; sister alleges police delay

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Meet Zhang Zhanshuo: The 19-year-old who won seven golds at the Asian Games; from a kid who 'couldn't swim' to a Chinese swimming star

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Military aircraft crashes in Russia due to 'fuel explosion'; 6 dead

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Meet Anna Luísa Beserra, a Brazilian scientist whose teenage idea turned dirty water into drinking water using just sunlight; used by 40,000 in 2024 alone

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In the early 1970s, a South Carolina contractor began casting famous buildings in his backyard; by 1998, his 33-piece Concrete City had been rescued by a state museum

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$26,000 to fight for Russia: How Moscow recruits Americans via TikTok and Telegram

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His father earned around $7 a month; decades later, Lei Jun built a tech company and a $20 billion-plus fortune: The story of the man behind a Chinese tech giant

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Father left $21 million in a charitable fund; son sought a $1 million donation but his access was cut off by the foundation

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In 1979, Ted Turner bought a 4,680-acre South Carolina barrier island to prevent development; 38 years later he sold it to the state for $4.9 million, about one-third of its appraised value, and it became state parkland

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In 1964, an Arizona couple began building a carport with discarded bottles; years later, the project had grown into a 2,700-sq-ft home made with thousands of bottles and listed for $432,500

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In 2021, billionaire Orlando Bravo paid $39.25 million for Phil Collins's 1929 Miami Beach mansion; months later, he won approval to demolish it for a flood-resilient home with tropical gardens

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A Pennsylvania dairy farmer spent 70 years watching bears and turkeys on his 170-acre farm; in 2026, after turning down two lucrative offers, he permanently protected the land from development

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'Almost like a constitution': Trump, top US tech CEOs sign AI safety pact

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Inside Silicon Valley's 'whisper network' warning women about 100+ alleged predators

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A Wisconsin family will keep owning and logging nearly 1,800 forest acres while a $1.6 million deal permanently blocks development and opens almost 1,500 acres to hikers, hunters and anglers

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US 81-year-old viral delivery driver's $700K fundraiser for wife's cancer treatment pulled after discovering daughter posed as neighbour to raise money

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Forty-five North Carolina property owners sued over roads planned through their neighborhoods for the 1,800-home Hilton Bluffs project; the developer removed both links, then the county denied its revised one-access plan

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Joshua Tree wildlife crossings planned in California's Mojave Desert to curb wildlife-vehicle collisions; two State Route 62 structures to protect bighorn sheep, mountain lions and bobcats with $6 million-plus funding

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A Texas oil geologist first saw McKittrick Canyon in 1921, later bought the land for a private retreat; 38 years later he donated 4,942 acres and his home, helping create Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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A Colorado rancher spent $50,000 fighting oil infrastructure he did not want on his 7,000-acre ranch; after nearly a decade, officials approved a wind project that lets his family finally earn from energy on its own land

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Chinese AI agents display 'concerning' behaviour in safety tests, mirroring US systems

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In 2020, five workers remained at a South Australian wildlife park as bushfires approached, choosing to defend the 700 animals in their care

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Meet Ethan Eriksen: 16-year-old Wisconsin student who wanted flame-covered snow pants, built his own brand and won a $5,000 state entrepreneur prize

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In 2025, two brothers stayed through California's Eaton Fire to protect their parents' 65-year-old home; they saved it and, their family says, helped save nearby homes too

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In 2019, staff ignored an evacuation order at Australia's Mogo Wildlife Park, moving vulnerable animals into homes and safe areas; not one animal was lost

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In 1979, wood chips covered a U.S. coal-haul road and made dust control last 10 times longer than water spraying alone in a field test without repeat spraying

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US completes military withdrawal from Iraq after years of operations

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In 2025, about a dozen Getty Villa workers stayed as the Palisades Fire reached the grounds, fighting spot fires and sealing galleries; the museum and ancient art survived untouched

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In 2022, 11 zoo workers rode out Hurricane Ian at Central Florida Zoo, staying around the clock so every animal continued to receive care through the storm

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2 Indians charged in US for smuggling fake Ozempic from China

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An Illinois woman allegedly concealed her mother's body in a garage freezer for two years, assumed her identity and continued collecting Social Security and food benefits; prosecutors put the intended loss at $21,402

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Jiya Joshi was rejected from volunteering at a nursing home at 14; she later built a lifesaving 500-student senior care movement

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In 2017, a California homeowner refused to leave as the Creek Fire closed in; he and his son kept flames from reaching their house, which was left standing

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In 2018, Malibu residents stayed after a mandatory evacuation during the Woolsey Fire; their volunteer group was credited with saving dozens of homes

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A Virginia woman paid $3.99 for a vase at Goodwill; after experts identified it as a rare 1940s Carlo Scarpa Murano work, months later, the rare vase sold for $107,100

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In 2022, Schiphol put 2,571 kilos of recycled plastic beneath an airport road, creating room for 43,200 litres of rainwater and an expected 30-year life

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In 2005, North Carolina researchers put recycled nylon carpet fibres into asphalt; lab tests gave the mix 85% higher fracture energy, helping fight cracks

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In 2017, a California wildlife-park owner defied a wildfire evacuation to protect 1,000 animals; by morning, he had lost no animal, bird or structure

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In 2005, two Vancouver writers ate only food produced within 100 miles to reconnect with local farms; they held the rule for a full year, with salt as the one exception

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Cornell University gang-rape case: DA reveals new disturbing details as investigation reopens

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In 2011, Gary Sinise launched his foundation to support military families; by November 2025, it had dedicated its 100th mortgage-free adapted smart home, giving wounded veteran Joe Bowser a new start

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In 2019, a Florida activist grew or foraged his food to test whether he could live without grocery stores; he completed one year without a grocery store

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A farmer left $10.9 million to build a cancer centre; Mayo Clinic was supposed to get it only if the local hospital lost its independence

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In 2000, a Colorado man gave up money to leave debt and financial motives behind; 12 years later, he was still surviving through foraging, gifts and discarded goods

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