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Easter Island quarry reveals how Polynesians made enigmatic stone statues

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them.
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Here’s what the latest inflation and spending data reveals about the US economy

A flurry of economic data released Tuesday after a blackout during the government shutdown paints a confusing picture of the US economy. • September wholesale inflation rose by 0.3%, keeping the ...
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Mother gives birth on side of road after being discharged from hospital

Video shared by an Illinois father shows the moment his wife, Mercedes Wells, was allegedly sent home from a hospital while ...
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King: Workers on edge as they await GM's fate

This week, King traveled to Tennessee to see how the problems at General Motors are affecting plant workers there. NASHVILLE, Tennessee-- Ask newly retired autoworker Brenda Carter about President ...
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‘Slender Man’ attacker Morgan Geyser cuts off monitoring bracelet and disappears

A woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to win favor with a fictional internet character named “Slender Man” more than a decade ago left a group home where she’d been living after cutting off ...
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Reading the fine print on the Epstein files legislation

The Epstein files bill is nearly law after a roller-coaster ride that ended with an almost unanimous vote in the House and unanimous approval in the Senate, which didn’t even take a vote.
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Palestinian killed; Israel says he was planting bomb

A Palestinian was shot and killed Thursday in a clash with Israeli troops near Nablus in the West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called the man a ...
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Rising affordability pressures put extra weight on the September jobs report

One of the most hotly anticipated economic reports is finally set to be released Thursday: the long-delayed jobs report for September, originally due on October 3.
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Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board as scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein emails intensifies

Larry Summers is resigning from the OpenAI board as he steps away from public commitments, after more emails between the Harvard economist and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released last ...
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McCain: New administration marks 'perfect time' to push for campaign finance reform

McCain: New administration marks 'perfect time' to push for campaign finance reform. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rejecting suggestions that he was trying to upstage his former primary riv ...
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Switzerland bans cattle imports

Switzerland has banned on imports of breeding cattle while it waits for measures to safeguard against mad cow disease, agriculture officials have said. Spokesman Rudolf Michlig said imports would be ...
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U.S.-bound London exhibit celebrates Art Nouveau

"Art Nouveau 1890-1914," billed as the largest exhibit of Art Nouveau since the groundbreaking movement's heyday, runs through July 30 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.