Posts Tagged ‘money’

Rare book haul in farm raid

Friday, August 27th, 2010

GRAMPIAN Police were yesterday investigating the theft of a collection of rare books in a break-in at a farmhouse.

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Rare Bible donated to St. Mary’s College

Friday, August 27th, 2010

SOUTH BEND, Ind.

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What if we put juries on TV?

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

On the afternoon last week when the Rod Blagojevich jury rendered its verdict, you just know that someone, in some entertainment-industry high-rise office suite somewhere, was seeing the invisible lightbulb click on:

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Rare interracial kidney transplant a success

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

DENVER - Two Denver women share a special bond, now that one donated a kidney to the other.

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Some accept Duch sentencing

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) - A GROUP of rare survivors of the Khmer Rouge's main prison said on Thursday they accepted the sentence handed to their former jailer Duch, having initially criticised it as too lenient. Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was sentenced to 30 years in jail by a UN-backed court last month for crimes against humanity over the mass murder of 15,000 men, women and ...

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Stamps do not always deliver top investment returns

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Returns on investing in stamps even the rarest can be little or nothing, despite some dealers' claims In an office complex in Chiswick, west London, a group of stamp collectors are picking through books of stamps, looking for rarities. The offices of stamp auctioneers Harmers are open for viewing and a buzz of excitement fills the air.

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Lesson of Obama’s sky-high ambition

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

The throaty, thumping churn of the military helicopter convoy is a sound like no other.

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Lesson of Obama's sky-high ambition

Rare Comic Book Saves Family From Foreclosure

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

A cash-strapped family facing foreclosure stumbled upon what is considered to be the Holy Grail of comic books a fortuitous find that could fetch upwards of a quarter million dollars at auction. A copy of Action Comics #1, in which Superman first appeared, was discovered as they went about packing up a family home

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Chatzky: Couples need to get together to map out their money plan

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

It's the rare bride and groom that boast multimillion dollar wedding budgets like Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky. But with summer wedding season in full swing, many newlyweds find money is a huge topic, as much after the honeymoon as before.

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‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling turns 45

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Here are 10 magical facts about the writer of the popular series.

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'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling turns 45