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FRANKFURT — Luigi Colani, a German designer known for applying sensuous shapes from nature to high-tech objects like supersonic jets and super sports cars, died on Monday in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was 91. His death was confirmed by Albrecht Bangert, who wrote the 2004 book “The Art of Shaping the Future” with Mr. Colani. He
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The mistakes — a false start here, a facemask penalty there — keep piling up for some Atlantic Coast Conference teams expected to contend for division titles. Syracuse and Florida State were picked to finish behind reigning national champion Clemson in the Atlantic Division, while Miami was picked second in the Coastal. Yet they’re off
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“They are frankly much closer in that dynamic and much closer in overlapping than a lot of people tend to realize,” she said. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has cut back on her appearances on behalf of Justice Democrats and has begun bolstering her fellow incumbent freshmen lawmakers, like Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, a member of Democratic
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The Latest on the United Auto Workers union’s strike that has crippled U.S. production at General Motors (all times local): 1:30 p.m. The strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers against General Motors is starting to affect production in other countries. Company spokesman Dan Flores confirms that the 3-day-old strike has forced GM to place about
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Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field. The UK scientists say these early encounters with microbes may act as a “thermostat” for the immune system. And they may help explain why Caesarean babies are more likely to have some health
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sports stars Ben Stokes and Gareth Thomas criticised newspapers for intruding on their privacy For years, aggressive reporting on the private lives of celebrities has driven newspaper sales. Now the media faces legal penalties and public criticism for intruding on famous people’s privacy. What changed? In 1990, the TV
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Image copyright Getty Images Staffing has been boosted on a heavily-criticised helpline aimed at assisting customers of struggling pawnbroker Albemarle and Bond. Owner Speedloan Finance said it had doubled phone lines and staff responding to emails from worried customers. All of its 116 stores were closed last week owing to “significant losses”. It has been
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In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the vast expanse of the Mongolian Steppe. Riders from across the world race local, semi-wild horses in a bid to cross the finish line first. The horses are owned by nomadic herder families and the team behind the race employ the families to host the
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“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower,” wrote the French philosopher Albert Camus. In North America, most experts agree that the peak time of those “flowers” occurs around mid-October, depending on the latitude, altitude and proximity to the coast. David Angotti, co-founder of the SmokeyMountains foliage prediction map, said that the
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