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A woman was left out of her aunt’s £400,000 will after the pensioner branded her family ‘The Rats’; a court rejected her inheritance challenge | World News
Ben Chiswick (R) and father Brent Chiswick (L). Image Credit: The Independent/Champion News A woman who was excluded from her…
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A Vermont aviation CEO won approval for a 900-foot runway on his 130-acre estate, but a neighbour says she has spent $300,000 fighting the plan as appeals continue over the private airstrip
Despite regulatory approvals, the runway remains inactive until Clark fulfils federal and state operating requirements. Community spirit has turned to…
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Netanyahu’s grip on power weakens as key ally withholds support after Israel election deadlock
File photo: Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a another…
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A Florida man sold his Georgia home and paid money from a joint account toward a new marital house; after a two-year marriage ended, an appeals court ruled he could not get separate credit for that down payment
The court found the funds had become marital property after entering a joint account and financing their jointly owned home.…
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UK’s Burnham won’t invite Putin to G20 summit next year; he skips them anyway
When asked whether Putin would be invited to the meeting, Burnham replied: “No” (Photo: AP). British Prime Minister Andy Burnham…
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In 2014, Rory McIlroy committed £1 million to help establish Daisy Lodge, a support centre for children with cancer; by its 10th anniversary, the centre had provided more than 4,000 breaks to families.
Rory McIlroy loves to win. The Northern Irish golfer has four major titles, and he has never pretended otherwise. But…
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Two Michigan neighbours agreed to split the cost of removing trees that threatened a barn, but the work never happened; after a $2,000 dispute, an appeals court ruled the homeowner could not sue over the same trees
Hagopian went to court after the trees were not removed and his money was not returned. (AI image) A disagreement…
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An Iowa landlord lost $700,000 in what he described as a Ponzi scheme as his marriage fell apart; a court upheld a $351,446 divorce payment despite his claim that much of the property belonged to him before marriage
An Iowa landlord who said he lost roughly $700,000 in what he described as a Ponzi scheme has failed to…
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‘We are doing what the government won’t’: Greenpeace dumps nine giant boulders signed by celebrities including Benedict Cumberbatch and Simon Pegg into the North Sea to create a 45-square-mile underwater barrier against industrial fishing
The Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area (MPA), designated to safeguard marine wildlife, has recorded the highest level of bottom-trawling…
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Titanic’s owners received $5 million within 30 days of the sinking; 114 years later, original insurance document resurfaces and could fetch $67,000 at auction
More than a century after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, an unusual piece of paperwork connected to the…
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