SATURDAY'S double hat-trick is all a bit of a blur for Rokewood cricketer Garry Dark.

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Four in a row is one for the books (The Courier)

Civil War buffs can get an insider's look at the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in a reprint of a rare Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park guidebook and map being made available to the public. A reprint of Charles W

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Reprint of rare guidebook on sale through library (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Alla Barabtarlo, head of Rare Books and Special Collections, unfurls a 16th century manuscript. Made of animal skins, this parchment scroll records the biblical Book of Ruth and probably was written by two Jewish scholars.

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MU's collection of rarities range from Babylonian tablets to a page from the Gutenberg Bible (Jefferson City News Tribune)

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Chase leader wins at Phoenix (Jefferson City News Tribune)

BOOKS filled with autographs by rock and roll legends - which were used to pay an overblown shop debt - have gone under the hammer at a Colwyn Bay auction.

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Rare autographs sell for thousands at Colwyn Bay action (North Wales Pioneer)

HIGH-ranking karate teacher Sal Ebanez has won a rare honour from Karate Victoria after training hundreds of athletes over almost 40 years, including several national, state and regional champions.BR

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Rare honour for Border’s top karate teacher (The Border Mail)

More than 9000 books, including rare classics, have gone missing from the British Library. Library staff insist they do not believe the valuable books have been stolen, saying instead they have been ''mislaid'' somewhere among the 650km of shelf space at its central London base.

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Library 'mislaid' classic books (The Advocate)

Special held-over exhibition includes vintage artwork, rare early comic books, scripts and interactive displays pertaining to creators of original superheros.

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Zap! Pow! Bang! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comics 1938-1950 (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)

State-of-the-art Maxi Yacht Wild Oats XI, owned by the Oatley Family, who also own the popular Wild Oats wine label, will be attempting to re-write the history books when it crosses the start line in Friday’s Sydney to Hobart race.

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Weather to suit Wild Oats (Mudgee Guardian)

Dan Jacalone | The Saginaw NewsA rare pair of Saginaw-made handcuffs that famed escape artist Harry Houdini used more than 80 years ago have long since pulled a disappearing act, but a Minnesota collector hopes a Saginaw News reader holds...

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Collector seeks rare Houdini handcuffs from Saginaw (The Saginaw News)