A duplex penthouse perched near the pinnacle of the coveted park-side “House” portion of 15 Central Park West, the twin-towered limestone condominium where resale residences are appreciating in value much like vintage wine, sold for $48 million and was the most expensive sale of the week, according to city records. The monthly carrying costs are $14,262.20. With 11 rooms and six-and-a-half baths, the 5,610-square-foot duplex on the 18th and 19th floors, PH18/19B, is just beneath the record-setting $88 million PH20 that once belonged to the financier Sanford I. Weill. This unit, with a 392-square-foot terrace that faces Central Park, […]

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 JACKSON, Tenn. (KSDK) – Meet one woman who really, really wanted to get baby involved in her wedding. So much so, in fact, that she allegedly tied one-month-old Aubrey to her wedding train and dragged her as she walked down the aisle. Shona Carter-Brooks said on Facebook that Aubrey was “awake and well-secured” and “covered in Christ.” Here’s the full Facebook post from Carter-Brooks defending her decision: “People questioning what we do, commenting all negative, and just doing the […]

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A four-year-old boy’s drawing on his dad’s passport has left the man stranded in South Korea and unable to get home to China.news.com.au A Chinese man is stuck in South Korea after his 4-year-old son doodled all over his passport, leaving him unable to fly home with his family. The budding artist took to his father’s passport with a black felt tip pen, making his dad’s eyes and lips bigger and drawing extra facial hair all over his head. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The boy also drew some animals, a few additional people and some flowers. The man — […]

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Our new ambassador to the court of St. James was sworn in with his hand on a Kindle purportedly containing a download of the Bible.

A very 21st century swearing in; @AmbSuzi becomes the 1st U.S. Ambassador to take the oath over an electronic device. pic.twitter.com/5E4bjIRQ2x

— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) June 2, 2014

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A shift to a bigger, more permanent Washington-controlled health system is underway. | AP Photo Liberals wanted a national enrollment system under Obamacare. They might just get it. Continue Reading Text Size – + reset Right now, 36 states rely on HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange, to enroll people in health coverage. At least two more states are opting in next year, with a few others likely to follow. Only two states are trying to get out. That’s precisely the opposite of the Affordable Care Act’s original intent: 50 exchanges run by 50 states. The federal option was supposed to […]

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Don’t try this at home. Even if your home is the ocean, and you are Aquaman, this is still a risky proposition. Filmed during Bahamas Underwater Photo Week, this video shows professional shark handler (a terrifying job description if we’ve ever heard one) Cristina Zenato summoning a Caribbean reef shark to her lap and scratching it on the nose like a puppy. The factoid that sharks can be calmed or rendered docile through nose contact has been floating around (no pun intended) for a while now (it’s called Tonic Immobility ), but no matter how many times we see […]

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