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California lawmakers are moving $125 million toward buying a 162-acre former Bay Area racetrack; the $175 million deal would turn it into a major public waterfront park

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California lawmakers are moving forward with $125 million in state funding to help purchase the former Golden Gate Fields racetrack and transform the roughly 162-acre Bay Area property into a major public waterfront park, according to reporting by Albany Scanner and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as information from the East Bay Regional Park District…

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In 1928, Al Capone bought a Miami Beach estate and spent about $200,000 fortifying it; after the mansion was demolished in 2023, its vacant site sold for $21 million

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In 1928, at the height of his reign as Chicago’s most notorious gangster, Al Capone purchased a sprawling estate on Miami Beach’s Palm Island, seeking a warm-weather retreat from the cold and his foes. He is reported to have spent some $200,000 bolstering the property with bulletproof walls, steel shutters and other security measures befitting…

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In 2011, up to 30,000 rats were eradicated from Palmyra Atoll; five years later native tree seedlings jumped from fewer than 150 to more than 7,700

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In 2011, conservation teams set out on one of the biggest rat eradications ever on a tropical atoll, targeting an estimated 30,000 invasive rodents on Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific. The goal was not just to remove a pest, but to restore an entire ecosystem that had been suppressed for more than a century….

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Amid ‘very long meetings’ and running chess world, has Viswanathan Anand lost ‘hunger’ to win? | Exclusive | Chess News

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NEW DELHI: The English vocabulary sometimes feels the loss for words while describing what Viswanathan Anand is to India and its chess legacy. There is a particular kind of stillness that follows the Chennai-born Grandmaster into a room, the stillness of a man who solved most of what chess could throw at him decades ago…

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‘Hanuman Ansh’: Who was Neem Karoli Baba, the guru whose teachings influenced Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Julia Roberts | Hindi Movie News

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Vishal Chaturvedi’s ‘Hanuman Ansh’ brings the life and spiritual journey of Neem Karoli Baba to the big screen. The devotional drama is inspired by the life of the spiritual teacher, who was widely known as Maharaj-ji. Vishal Chaturvedi has written and directed the film.Chandan Anand and Shobhinav Satyaa play the lead roles in the movie….

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In 2003, Nasa researchers found freshwater snails mated and reproduced in space, with gravity-sensing statoconia 50% larger by volume than ground controls |

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In 2003, Nasa researchers reported that freshwater snails carried into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle had mated and reproduced during their mission, allowing their gravity-sensing organs to develop entirely under microgravity. According to the study published in PubMed, tittled ‘Otoliths developed in microgravity‘ formed part of the results of the STS-90 Neurolab Spacelab mission, a…

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‘Sultan of Mappila songs’ Kozhikode Aboobacker passes away at 80; veteran composer leaves behind 3,000 melodies | Malayalam Movie News

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‘Sultan of Mappila songs’ Kozhikode Aboobacker passes away at 80; veteran composer leaves. Kozhikode Aboobacker, one of the most celebrated composers in the Mappila music tradition, has passed away at the age of 80. Known among Malayalis as the ‘Sultan of Mappila Songs’, he leaves behind a vast musical legacy.As reported by Mathrubhumi, Aboobacker had…

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