Gypsy con games rise across New England
Laurie Horn reports that Roma families, often women, travel in caravans and pull ageist scams targeting isolated elders. Recent arrests in Pawtucket Rhode Island West Hartford Connecticut and southern Massachusetts show a pattern of telephone fraud break-ins with aliases, illiteracy and alleged high interest schemes used to fund travels.
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New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Pawtucket
R.L
West Hartford
Conn
R.I
Newark
Roger A. Lanoue
Tokyo Tops Global City Cost Rankings in UBS Survey
The UBS cost of living survey ranks Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, with Bogota cheapest. It covers 41 cities and tracks prices for food clothing apartments and hospitality, using Geneva and Zurich at 100. Tokyo reaches 121 while New York sits at 92 and Paris at 91.
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Zurich
Switzerland
UPI
Union Bank of Switzerland
Tokyo
Bogota
Colombia
Stockholm
Geneva
Copenhagen
Buenos Aires
Dublin
Manama
Bahrein
Paris
Hong Kong
Caracas
London
Singapore
New York
Panama
Manila
Vienna
Johannes
Burg
Madrid
Istanbul
Union Bank
Brussels
Oslo
Tel Aviv
Montreal
Toronto
Chicago
Helsinki
Duesseldorf
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sydney
Mexico City
Amsterdam
Luxembourg
Lisbon
Tehran
Athens
Rio de Janeiro
Johannesburg
Milan
Sao Paulo
Haunted mansion and tomb mark family tragedy in Vermont
In Laurel Glen Cemetery, a granite statue of John P. Bowman guards a family story from 19th century tragedy. Bowman built mausoleum and a nearby mansion for his infant daughter Addie Ella and Jeanie, died within a year of Addie. The house, famed for its stained glass and dining table, later became a haunted mansion bookstore drawing ghost hunters and occult interest.
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Cuttingsville
UPI
John P. Bowman
Bowman
Vermont
Laurel Glen Cemetery
Addie
Ella
Jeanie
Haunted Mansion
Blood sugar control questioned in diabetes debate
Hartford report says strict glucose control may not prevent complications or death from diabetes. Doctors warn daily glucose fluctuations persist despite careful dieting and insulin use. Researchers note no clear data showing clear benefit for adults, with mixed results in juveniles. Obesity highlighted as a major risk factor.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Harvey C. Knowles
University of Cincinnati
Knowles
American Diabetes Association
Oscar B. Crofford
Vanderbilt University
John Paul Jones in Russian Navy Battles with Turks
Rear admiral John Paul Jones led Russian naval forces in the Black Sea during 1789 engaging the Ottoman Turkiye. He directed several successful actions against Turkish ships and forts, enhancing Russian maritime power in the Black Sea theater.
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John Paul Jones
Black Sea
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