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Reagan blood sample vial for sale, controversy included
It's called Lot 160, a 5-inch glass tube that's unremarkable in every way — except that it purportedly held blood drawn from President Ronald Reagan as he lay struggling for life after an assassination attempt. The vial, partially coated with a...
Tags: Homes, Auction Service, Libraries, Celebrities, Abraham Lincoln
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Mega Millions mystery widens as Maryland 'winner' comes forward
When an attorney announced he was holding a news conference Wednesday on behalf of a Maryland McDonald's worker who claims to hold one of three winning Mega Millions tickets, the media throng dutifully showed up expecting answers. No such luck. Instead,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Lawyers, Lotteries, Mega Millions Lottery, Justice System
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Mega Millions mystery over: Maryland winners all school employees
The Maryland Mega Millions mystery has been solved. Three public school educators stepped forward Monday to cash in their ticket for a share of a record jackpot that topped $656 million. They wore black gloves and matching red sweatshirts and hid...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Schools, Lotteries, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Sundance 2012: Melanie Lynskey looking for love in 'Hello'
24 Frames"Hello I Must Be Going" is a romantic comedy in the Sundance style, a little bit dark in places but sprinkled with plenty of caustic wit. The movie played well, but there were a smattering of early departures from some buyers from the Thursday evening... -
St. Louis restaurant drops Albert Pujols' name, but statue stays
Sports NowThe owners of the Pujols 5 Westport Grill in St. Louis, named after former Cardinals star and new Angels first baseman Albert Pujols, are dropping the slugger's name from the restaurant, but a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue of Pujols pointing to....... -
J. Lynn Helms dies at 86; FAA chief fired striking air controllers
J. Lynn Helms, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration who carried out President Reagan's order to fire more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers and oversaw efforts to keep airlines flying during the crisis, has died. He was 86.
He...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Career and Workplace, Aerospace Manufacturing, Strikes, Air Transportation Industry
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Jacob E. Goldman dies at 90; creator of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center
Jacob E. Goldman, the former Xerox chief scientist who created the company's famed Palo Alto Research Center, whose scientists and engineers invented the modern personal computer in the 1970s and developed an array of other pioneering computing...Tags: Stamford, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, University of Pennsylvania, Applied Physics
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One man's quest to heal a Connecticut city
Philip Kuchma brightens as he drives past a vacant lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut's most populated — and poorest — city.
"When you see open land like this, it's just such an opportunity," the longtime local developer said. "It could be used...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Long Island Sound, Lower East Side, Central Park, Restaurants
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Peter Falk dies at 83; actor found acclaim as 'Columbo'
Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect, died Thursday. He was 83.
Falk,...Tags: Jason Robards, Charles Champlin, Movies, Entertainment, Human Interest
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Recording Academy, which awards Grammys, sells former headquarters
Money & CompanyDeveloper Trammell Crow Co. and investment firm Westport Capital Partners bought the unoccupied three-story office building at 3402 Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica... -
Nobel winner dies before receiving prize
Dr. Ralph M. Steinman was a creative and dogged researcher who spent years convincing a doubting scientific community that he had found cells that were key to the working of the immune system.
Diagnosed in 2007 with pancreatic cancer, which usually kills...Tags: Mark Davis, Prostate Cancer, Nobel Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, Medical Research
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Stocks: How often does a 'correction' become a bear market?
Money & CompanyStocks’ brutal sell-off on Thursday pushed most major market indexes into “correction” territory -- meaning, a drop of more than 10% from their recent highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index (charted below) plunged 4.8% for the...
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