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Ferrari to limit sales to boost brand
MARANELLO, Italy — Ferrari will limit sales of its high-performance street cars this year to protect the brand’s aura of exclusivity, Chairman Luca Montezemolo said Wednesday. Wealthy people aro...
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Associated Press People walk outside the Shanghai Museum on May 8 in Shanghai, China. Many items from its extensive collections of porcelains, jades, paintings and bronzes were donated by families that fled to Hong Kong following the 1949 communist victory but have since reconciled with the mainland.
Shanghai: Freebies from Bund to art districts
SHANGHAI — China’s biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining shanghai also offers activities that cost nothing, from walking on the riverfr...
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Bold turkey: Woman hits cop to kick smoking habit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Think you’ve heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn’t allowed. Lopez smacked Sacram...
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Births
McDowell — Aubry Ross McDowell, daughter of Perry and Heather Weaver McDowell of Salem, April 3, 2013, Lourdes hospital. Grandparents are John and Suzanne Weaver of Salem and Doug and Debbie Johnso...
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Free things to do in Portland, from parks to markets
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two decades ago, the city of Portland’s Yellow Bike Project put hundreds of canary-colored two-wheelers on the streets for public use. It was an earnest effort, utterly without bas...
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Associated Press Pearl Harbor veteran Dallas Harvey, 94, speaks to a fifth-grade class at Columbus Elementary School March 22 in Edwardsville, Ill., about his experience on that horrific day on Dec. 7, 1941.
Veteran brings Pearl Harbor to students
  EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.  — Dec. 7, 1941, the infamous day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, is a day and event in history that students learn about and study, but Columbus Elementary’s fifth-gr...
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He’s got the billiards world
LAS VEGAS — The billiards joint is hazy with cigarette smoke as fans on metal bleachers lean in toward the action. Max Eberle stands over his shot, oblivious to the buzzing crowd and wandering wait...
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Seeking to outmuscle frailty
PHILADELPHIA — It was 8 a.m., and 86-year-old Allan Ford had delayed his breakfast to help researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania figure out whether a hormone called ghrelin ...
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Associated Press Sister Clara Ternes, who recently retired from her position as the corporate director of mission, values and ethics at Southern Illinois Healthcare, poses for a photo April 11, on Lake of Egypt, Ill.
Nun retires after six decades of service
HERRIN, Ill. — For more than 60 years, Sister Clara Ternes served God by taking care of patients and inspiring change in the health care system. Her tenure in nursing came to a close last month,...
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Boston Bombing Spurs Demand for Video Monitoring
WASHINGTON — A pedestrian who strolls through Boston’s Financial District, an area of about 40 city blocks, can be seen by at least 233 private and public cameras. In the aftermath of the terror...
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