Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Olivia Newton-John next to her jacket before the auction The leather jacket Olivia Newton-John wore in Grease has been given back to the actor by the man who bought it from her at auction for $243,200 (£185,000). The Australian sold the black jacket and other possessions in November, with […]
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George J. Laurer, whose design of the ubiquitous vertically striped bar code sped supermarket checkout lines, parcel deliveries and assembly lines and even transformed human beings, including airline passengers and hospital patients, into traceable inventory items, died on Dec. 5 at his home in Wendell, N.C., near Raleigh. He was 94. His death was confirmed
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BALTIMORE — The Ravens have defeated several of the best teams in the NFL during their nine-game winning streak, so it would appear as if the New York Jets shouldn’t pose much of a challenge Thursday night when Baltimore seeks to clinch its second straight AFC North title. That’s how the oddsmakers see it, anyway.
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WASHINGTON — Arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants away from the U.S. border dropped this past year, according to government data released on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to the “millions” of deportations that President Trump promised this summer. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested about 143,000 immigrants in the country’s interior between Oct. 2018 and
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TRENTON, N.J. — Still have money set aside for medical expenses that you need to spend by the end of the year? There are plenty of ways to meet the deadline for flexible spending accounts, and you don’t need to buy big-ticket items. You can use up the balance on everyday purchases like bandages and
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The orange vs. pink debate aside, the most seriously disturbed thing about “Legally Blonde” was Reese Witherspoon’s audition. The actor, who appeared as Elle Woods in the blockbuster 2001 film and its sequel, recalled getting a demoralizing piece of advice for convincing the studio she was right for the role of the deceptively ditzy law
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protests against the reforms have been taking place across France for seven days French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has said controversial pension reforms are necessary to create a fairer system that “will be the same for everyone”. The move towards a universal points-based system has sparked outrage among unions,
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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, has scored another successful spaceflight By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer December 11, 2019, 8:34 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, has scored another successful spaceflight. Blue Origin used the same rocket for the sixth time Wednesday in West Texas. The
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The defining moment of Jared Spurgeon’s hockey career came when he was just 13: His peewee coach in Edmonton moved him from forward to defenseman. There was no going back for Spurgeon, even though he hasn’t grown much bigger since then. Minnesota’s 5-foot-9, 167-pound stalwart on the blue line has been
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Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, has condemned “boycott Israel” activists as “bullies,” and this year, she called the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — or B.D.S. — movement “one of the most pernicious threats” on campuses. But she has also prided herself on interpreting existing laws narrowly. The department has rescinded a number of Obama-era guidance
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