The twice president and the kidnapped Guernsey boy
The first, Grover Cleveland, is descended from a man who was reputedly kidnapped from the Channel Islands of Guernsey as a boy in the 1700s and sold into servitude in Nova Scotia.
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Historic street signs installed
Street signs marking the historic residential neighborhoods of Mills Place and the Carriage District were installed this week by the City of Corsicana, with funding for the new markers provided by ...
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Woman, 2 children found dead in Jersey City apartment
A woman and two children were found dead in an apartment in Jersey City, authorities said ... officers went to a basement apartment on Hutton Street near Liberty Avenue, according to police.
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Meryl Streep escaped LA fires by cutting 'car-sized hole' in fence, nephew says
Abe Streep, Meryl Streep's nephew, revealed in a larger feature for New York magazine that the 75-year-old actress had a hard time fleeing home after a tree had fallen across her driveway ...
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Mary’s Old Fashioned Pit Bar-B-Que closing after six decades on Jefferson Street
While it’s bittersweet for Fizer, she’s optimistic about what’s next for the historic Jefferson Street corridor. Mary’s is leaving Jefferson Street in good hands. “It’s definitely sad ...
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Historical city lamps found in theft investigation
Historical listed street lamps stolen in Cambridge have been recovered in a haul found by police in a neighbouring county earlier this month. Three of the lanterns - known as Richardson candle ...
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Ambulances forced to go down one-way street
Drivers in St Helier are being urged to take care because Jersey ambulances are having to drive the wrong way down a one-way street. A faulty door at the headquarters building means ambulances are ...
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70-year-old man wounded in broad daylight shooting on NYC street
An elderly man was shot in broad daylight on a Brooklyn street early Monday afternoon, police said. The 70-year-old senior was blasted in the shoulder around 12:30 p.m. at Martense Street and ...
London Evening Standard7d
How a London brand succeeded in dressing everyone east of Old Street
Joe Bromley45 seconds ago If you’ve ever spotted a pair of slightly curved navy slacks cut awkwardly above the ankle anywhere east of Old Street (and, if you’ve ever been anywhere east of Old ...
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Jerusalem’s Old City: Focusing on people and moments
Street photography in the Old City is a unique experience. Its winding alleys and ancient walls are not just backdrops but part of the narrative. Life here pulses through the Jewish, Christian ...
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Meryl Streep ‘cut a car-sized hole in the fence,’ fled fire through a neighbor’s yard, nephew says
In his harrowing account of the historic fires in Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Hollywood that was published Tuesday in New York Magazine, Streep wrote that his aunt, 75, borrowed a neighbor’s ...
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Meryl Streep recalls brave escape from LA fire by ‘cutting a car-sized hole’ in her fence
Meryl Streep is one of the many celebrities who had to evacuate from the LA wildfires, and her evacuation was shockingly extreme. The Los Angeles fires caused massive destruction, ravaging through ...