Lisburn soldier hands over gallantry medal

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Conspicuous generosity

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase finished the first quarter without losing money from trading for even one day.

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For 3 Firms, a Perfect Quarter for Trading

Four giants of American finance each managed what is normally a rare feat: a perfect trading quarter.

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4 Big Banks Score Perfect 61-Day Run

Bayern Munich became the first team to qualify for the Champions League final, dispatching the challenge of Olympique Lyonnais with a comprehensive 3-0 win in France.

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Olympique Lyonnais 0-3 Bayern Munich: Ivica Olic Treble Books Champions League Final Date For FCB

Rare: Portraits of Americas Endangered Species by Joel Sartore.

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Recommended: Rare: Portraits of America s Endangered Species

University of Tulsa students looking for an escape from end-of-semester stress may want to take advantage of a few exciting offers before they leave town.

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Gilcrease displays rare Russell exhibit

The Yale University Art Gallery and Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library together have acquired the Lee Friedlander Archive, which includes 2,000 of the photographer's master prints as well as negatives, working prints, letters, books and other articles cataloging his creative process and output.

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Yale University Acquires Photographer Lee Friedlanders Archive and Master Prints

All kinds of things make a city: street grids, parks, schools, historic districts. But there's one key ingredient that defies planning: amazing civic moments

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Great moments that Seattle has shared

Just as prices for collectible comics are rocketing to new highs with the sales of two comic books for $1 million each, longtime comic collector and roleplaying-game trailblazer Stewart Wieck unveiled a new comic-auction site called GetSlabbed.com.

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New Comic Auction Site Launches As Comic Books Set Record Prices (PRWeb)

&$ &$Some best-sellers are not available at your local bookstore. Wang Jing / China Daily&$ &$ Playwright Shi Hang still gets a thrill when he finds hard-to-find books with provocative titles at street stalls - although the pirate copies are often too flawed to finish.

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Some hard-to-find books prove a tantalizing temptation (People's Daily)