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A boy who started working in barbershops at 11 was named the worlds oldest working barber at 96, and 11 years later he was still cutting five days a week from noon to eight, spending much of the day on his feet in the same worn, cracked black leather sho
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Most people who reach 107 are not standing up for hours a day with scissors in hand, taking walk-ins. Anthony Mancinelli was. At 107 he still cut hair five days a week, from noon until eight at night ...[Continue Reading]
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In 1977, an Ohio State radio telescope called Big Ear recorded a 72-second burst of radio noise from deep space so much stronger than the background static that an astronomer circled it on the printout and wrote Wow! in red pen, and nobody has ever dete
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For one night in August 1977, it is genuinely possible that a radio telescope in rural Ohio picked up a signal from another civilization. That sentence is not an exaggeration for effect. Nearly fift ...[Continue Reading]
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Viewpoint: Global Reinsurance Pricing to Remain Under Pressure Through 2027
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S&P Global Ratings maintains a stable view of the global reinsurance sector. Reinsurers entered the 2026 hurricane season from a position of strength, supported by record-high capital adequacy an ...[Continue Reading]
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New Jersey Takes Fight Over Kalshis Prediction Market to US Supreme Court
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New Jersey authorities on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated by Kalshi and competing p ...[Continue Reading]
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Three crucial questions facing Farage at Reform conference
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"There aren't going to be any singalongs at conference this year," says a Reform aide. "Or any COVID deniers." At last year's event, regional mayor Andrea Jenkyns sang a self-penned rock song on sta ...[Continue Reading]
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Diarmaid Ferriter: One significant block to unity hasnt changed: apathy and ignorance south of the Border
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According to the historian DG Boyce, the British Labour Party a century ago had no Irish past to live down or to live up to. Despite the new British prime minister Andy Burnhams references to his gre ...[Continue Reading]
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