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Rare 1865 baseball card fetches $92K at Maine auction
An 1865 baseball card discovered at a yard sale in rural Maine sold for $92,000 at a Wednesday auction. The seller found the rare baseball card in a photo album, for which he paid $100.
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1865 baseball card to be auctioned off. Six-figure bids expected.
1865 baseball card found at a rummage sale in Maine is expected to fetch six-figure bids, experts say. The only other known card like the 1865 baseball card is in the Library of Congress.
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Zumba scandal: Will 'clients' in prostitution case be revealed? (+video)
Zumba scandal: Alexis Wright, a fitness instructor has pleaded not guilty to 106 counts of prostitution, invasion of privacy, and tax evasion. Police planned to release the names of suspected clients in the so-called Zumba scandal on Friday.
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'Dark Knight' arrests in three separate incidents after Colorado shooting
A Maine man was arrested after watching 'The Dark Knight Rises' and he said was going to shoot a former employer. In California, a man was arrested at a showing of 'Dark Knight' when he made a threat.
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Lobster cheaper than bologna? True, thanks to surplus.
Lobster is unusually cheap in Maine this season thanks to a glut that has sent prices into a freefall. In some places, soft shell lobster is selling for lower per pound prices than bologna meat at many supermarket deli counters.
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Lobster glut drives price per pound lower than bologna
This year soft-shell lobsters began showing up in abundance in fishermen's traps weeks earlier than normal.
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Sharia law to be main source of legislation in Libya
Sharia law is set to guide Libyan legislation, but the transitional government insists it will be moderate.
10/25/2011 01:18 am -
A California financier emerges as one of the nation’s most prolific philanthropists
Bernard Osher, called the ‘quiet giver,’ donates large sums to education and the arts.
07/23/2008 01:00 am -
No cash? Eat up, then clean up.
Some restaurants around the world let patrons pay what they can for a meal, or volunteer help in exchange for food.
07/14/2008 01:00 am
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