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Meet the home buyers totally unfazed by 7% mortgage rates
Individual investors and second-home buyers accounted for 1 in 5 home purchases in September — the highest share in a little over a year.
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74-year-old’s pumpkin farm brings in $2 million annually—in only 7 weeks
Three decades ago, when Kelly Schultz announced his intention to start a pumpkin farm, “everybody laughed at me,” he says. Schultz, a second-generation antique seller, had no prior experience with farming when he bought a small farm in Clarence,…
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‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off
On Saturdays throughout autumn, residents of Totnes have met at a field on the banks of the River Dart to play ballgames, fly kites or simply sit on the grass and chat.But it hasn’t just been about having fun – this has been a “play…
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Inside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California
Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a map in late 2024, looking closely at a large block of brown earth. The barren plot sandwiched between sprawling alfalfa fields and sleepy desert suburbs was exactly what he’d been searching for – the perfect…
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Bose’s new wired earbuds are simple in the best way
After Apple courageously removed the headphone jack from the iPhone in 2016, most people switched to Bluetooth earbuds and never looked back. But their wired counterparts have stuck around, and their sales even went up this year after five years…
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Superquiz, Sunday, October 18
October 17, 2026 — 11:59pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.No gift articles leftYou’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every…
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Selma Blair ‘did not intend to harm anyone,’ rep says after alleged flight altercation
A representative for Selma Blair has issued a new statement after the actress was arrested and charged with assault following an alleged incident on an Oct. 11 flight from Los Angeles to New York.”Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on…
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Hurricane Trudy makes its way toward Mexico as Typhoon Champi threatens Guam
Hurricane Trudy makes its way toward Mexico as Typhoon Champi threatens Guam
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UK must protect against Russian ‘hybrid attacks’, ex-national security adviser says
The government must do more to protect key infrastructure against “hybrid attacks” from Russia, a former national security adviser has told the BBC.Lord Ricketts said more money should be spent on the defence budget, as well as improving the…
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‘An evening in Paris’: Opposition questions ‘nature’ of Punjab CM Mann’s France visit
Opposition leaders accusing the CM of being away from the state amid a drug crisis, recent killings and law-and-order concerns NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Paris has drawn sharp criticism from opposition leaders,…
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