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☆ After my brother tragically died, I knew I wanted to pursue adventure. Now my family and I live on a catamaran.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We're pretty sure Kerry was executed there exactly two months later, in October 1978. So we had a memorial for Kerry, and then a few months later, John took his life. Rob Hamill rowing. Rob Hamill with Phil Stubbs, his teammate in the inaugural Atlantic rowing race in 1997. We got married about six months later, in 2001.

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☆ Appeals Court Overturns Vybz Kartel’s Murder Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Christopher Kuo | More About Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The murder conviction of the dancehall artist Vybz Kartel and three co-defendants was overturned on Thursday by the highest court of appeal for Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries. Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, had previously been convicted and given a life sentence for the 2011 murder of Clive Williams, known as Lizard. On Thursday, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London overturned the conviction because of allegations of jury misconduct in the 2014 trial. A juror, described in court documents as “Juror X,” was allowed to remain seated after a claim that the person had attempted to bribe other members of the jury. “Allowing Juror X to remain on the jury is fatal to the safety of the convictions which followed,” the court ruled.

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TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant paper-mache bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Unlike past occasions, the nighttime lighting of the bulls didn’t take place in the streets of Tultepec, but rather in an open field nearby. One of the best-known workshops is the family-run business, Los Chavitos, which has been producing cardboard figures for fireworks for 15 years. Their figures range from very small bulls to giant ones, to figures of saints and imaginary animals known as alebrijes. The shop also produces “Judas” figures of villains and politicians that are traditionally burned during Easter Week in Mexico.

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The report comes as access to sensitive taxpayer information has sparked calls for investigations — and calls for reform on taxes for the wealthy. Littlejohn had applied to work as a contractor to get Trump’s tax returns and carefully figured out how to search and extract tax data to avoid triggering suspicions internally, prosecutors said in court documents. Werfel said that since the agency has received funding through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, it has been able to markedly improve the security of sensitive information, including audit trail deficiencies. “Our data security and environment is dramatically better today than it was in 2017 to 2020 when this unauthorized access occurred," Werfel said. "And it’s dramatically better today because we now have the resources to make the right investments to strengthen our data security.

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☆ Elton John achieves elite EGOT status with Emmy win
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Elton John officially joined the elite EGOT club when he won an Emmy on Monday for his Disney+ special “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium.”John joins the ranks as the winner of an EGOT – the acronym reserved for those who win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony – and finds his place among other legendary performers including Jennifer Hudson, Mel Brooks, John Legend, Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, and more. In 2000, John won a best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater Tony for the play “Aida.” He is also a six-time Grammy award winner. The rock star’s EGOT was completed on Monday with his win in the outstanding variety special category for the 2022 “Dodger Stadium” special, which captured his final North American tour performance at the Los Angeles baseball stadium amid John’s farewell tour. Tonight is a testament to the power of the arts and the joy that it brings to all our lives,” he said. “Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout my career, I am incredibly grateful.”

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☆ Some Ukrainians Helped the Russians. Their Neighbors Sought Revenge.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( James Verini | Paolo Pellegrin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

It seemed obvious to me that some townspeople would have collaborated out of fear or the need to survive. (I could not reach any of the accused collaborators from Bilozerka or Volodymyr Saldo.) A researcher with a nonprofit government watchdog group in Bilozerka, Zelinska investigated Kozlyonkova for misusing state funds before the war. As far as I could determine, none of the accused collaborators had. The administrators of the partisan forums clearly wanted to raise suspicion — to let accused collaborators know that they were being monitored, too.

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☆ Former IRS contractor accused of stealing Trump’s tax returns pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The former IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and stealing tax information on thousands of the wealthiest people in the US pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday. Prosecutors say Charles Littlejohn of Washington, DC, sent Trump’s tax returns and other data to two media outlets that “published numerous articles describing the tax information they obtained from the Defendant.”Littlejohn pleaded guilty to the one count of disclosing tax information, which he was charged with in late September. The contractor’s crime affected so many individuals that prosecutors plan to create a public website to notify the victims of any developments in the case. Habba said Trump was opposed to the plea deal and called for the maximum sentence of five years in prison for Littlejohn. “Make no mistake, this was not acceptable.”A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for January 29.

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☆ As retirement confidence drops, experts say focusing on these 4 factors can help
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Decide where you will live in retirement— Key deadline to watch: The sooner, the better. While you may start your Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62, eligibility for Medicare generally does not start until age 65. Choose when to claim Social Security benefits— Key deadline to watch: By age 60, you should go to the Social Security Administration website and review your statement, recommends Copeland. When to claim Social Security retirement benefits is one of the big questions retirees face. "The later you can file for Social Security, the better it is as far as the amount you're going to get," John said.

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☆ 500-year-old spices, including saffron and peppercorns, discovered in the king of Denmark's shipwreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Archaeologists have found a collection of well-preserved 500-year-old spices in a shipwreck. The ship belonged to King John of Denmark and sank off the coast of Sweden in 1495. The spices, which include saffron, peppercorns, and ginger, would have been a symbol of high status. The royal ship, called Gribshunden, belonged to King John of Denmark, and it caught fire and sank off the coast of Sweden in 1495. King John traveled to Sweden on the ship as part of a mission to unify Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under his rule, according to ABC News.

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