First Woman Leaders Highlighted in Economics Duke History
Carter named her to his cabinet while she became the first woman to lead the New York Stock Exchange and the J.C. Penney Company. She also earned the James 8 Duke Professorship in Economics at Duke University.
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Carter
New York Stock Exchange
J.C. Penney Company
James 8. Duke
Durham
N.C
Jimmy Carter
Juanita Kreps
Duke University
Modern Christmas Eve Ride Names Kringle in Daring Heist
A playful verse reprints a manuscript about a roaming elf called Mr. 8. Claus who dodges state patrols in a red sleigh. It mocks police, emissions rules, and holiday whimsy as a spoof on Christmas Eve adventures across states.
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Claus
Rudy
Bathroom Dangers Linked to High Casualties
Government studies show at least 110000 injuries occur in American bathrooms annually, highlighting widespread safety risks and the need for preventive measures in homes and public facilities.
Mexico probes alleged sale of babies by Casa del Sur
Health officials and federal police opened an inquiry into Casa del Sur, Easter House Adoption’s Mexican unit, amid claims of selling Mexican babies to American families for 5000 dollars. Investigators also audit finances and probe a second Casa del Sur near Ciudad Juarez.
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Mexico City
API
Casa del Sur
Easter House Adoption ‘Agency
Chicago
Health Secretariat
Federal Judicial Police
Attorney General's Office
Insurgentes Sur Avenue
Easter House
Seymour Kurtz
UPI
Kurtz
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Ciudad Juarez
Texas
Fortune teller charged with grand theft
Rose Marie Yanis, 32, a fortune teller in San Bernardino, faces grand theft charges for allegedly bilking clients by claiming to cure illness with evil spirits and dead meat. Investigators say she used tomatoes wrapped in money to extract payments and instructed victims to bury the meat at a cemetery at midnight. An accomplice from Redlands, Teo dela Loera, 45, says she paid 1500 for cleansing.
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San Bernardino, Calif
UPI
Rose Marie Yanis
Miss Yanis
Tio Dela Loera
Redlands
Santa in Prison Becomes Beloved Visitor to Inmates’ Kids
Don Blansett, a 34 year old administrative clerk at Quentin Prison, posed as Santa for children of inmates. His stint drew big, lasting smiles as he readied gifts and listened to a hopeful five year old, Joy, revealing the unexpected warmth of a prison holiday outreach.
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Smokey
Blansett
Santa
Omy Uc
UPI
Santa Claus
Joy
Califo
St. Nick
Don Blansett
An Quentin
Don
Famous Naples Seaside Eatery Goes Bankrupt
Saples Italy reports Teresa a Naples landmark once run by a fisherman family and famed in the 1920s as the world’s most famous restaurant has entered bankruptcy after decades as a seaside tourist draw.
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Saples
Italy
Teresa
Naples
Zi Teresa
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Spokane
Wash
Prancer
Comet
Cupid
EPA
Greeti
Lio
Miny
Steve and
Joe Bordy
Ordys
Fleischer Rexall Drug
George D. Olson
George J. Olson
Darold B. Olson
Husker
Ig Raeul
Columbus, Nebraska
Michelob Cco
Jim Beam
Phillips
Phillips Vodka
Bob
Jack
Helen
Columbus Sales Pavilion, Inc
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