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In 2018, Ron Burkle bought Bob Hope’s 5-acre Los Angeles estate for $15 million; after restoring it while preserving Hope’s oak library and golf hole, he sold it for $26 million in 2023

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In 2018, Ron Burkle bought Bob Hope's 5-acre Los Angeles estate for $15 million; after restoring it while preserving Hope's oak library and golf hole, he sold it for $26 million in 2023

An iconic piece of Hollywood history in Los Angeles has changed hands for $26 million (£20 million) after undergoing a sensitive multi-year restoration project. American businessman Ron Burkle acquired the sprawling five-acre Toluca Lake compound that once belonged to the legendary entertainer Bob Hope in 2018 for $15 million (£11.5 million). Following a meticulous restoration … Read more

A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool in US; one Chicago-area library partnered with local businesses for discounts, while Brooklyn added 150,018 cardholders through August, up 16% from 2 years earlier

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A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool in US; one Chicago-area library partnered with local businesses for discounts, while Brooklyn added 150,018 cardholders through August, up 16% from 2 years earlier

A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool for Americans, as public libraries expand beyond books and offer access to free entertainment, technology help, community services and, in some places, discounts at local businesses.In Glenview, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, the local library partnered with businesses during September’s Library Card Sign-Up Month to offer special … Read more

New Hampshire man returns a magazine 132 years late after library introduces fine freeze, avoiding a potential $12,055 fine

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New Hampshire man returns a magazine 132 years late after library introduces fine freeze, avoiding a potential $12,055 fine

Image: Concord Public Library/ The Guardian An overdue library magazine has returned to its original home in New Hampshire after more than 132 years. John Hanson, an 84-year-old man from Barrington, recently brought a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine back to the Concord Public Library. The publication had remained in his … Read more

Amazon: Scientists have discovered a spider in the Amazon that looks so much like a parasitic fungus that they first mistook it for a mushroom

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Amazon: Scientists have discovered a spider in the Amazon that looks so much like a parasitic fungus that they first mistook it for a mushroom

A new spider from the Ecuadorian Amazon: Taczanowskia waska. Photo credit: David Diaz-Guevara Researchers are exploring Ecuador Amazon Tropical Rainforest believes they discovered a small mushroom stuck to the underside of a leaf during a nighttime investigation. A closer look revealed something very strange. It’s a spider that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus, fooling … Read more

Turning waste into treasure: Garbage workers create a 40,000-book library from people’s discarded books | World News

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Turning waste into treasure: Garbage workers create a 40,000-book library from people's discarded books | World News

What started as a daily activity of collecting trash on the streets of Ankara slowly turned into one of Türkiye’s most inspiring community projects. Sanitation workers in the city’s Kankaya district noticed that readable books were often thrown away with household waste. Instead of sending them to landfills, workers began putting the books aside in … Read more