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Grant Hardin, a one-time police chief, evaded authorities for more than 10 days in the rocky terrain and dense vegetation of rural northwest Arkansas. His prison escape plan, hatched over several months, included Sharpie markers and a handmade badge.
Americans started their back-to-school shopping earlier this year, worried that tariffs would raise prices. Families looking for deals on sneakers and laptops are finding them in a less traditional place — and at a fraction of the cost of major retailers.
This summer has been one to remember for cryptocurrency. A growing number of enthusiastic investors are embracing it — spurred in large part by White House support and sweeping legislative changes in Washington.
The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79 buried everything under a blanket of ash. But new findings reveal a little-known postscript.
Do people cancel plans with you at the last minute, flake out for no good reason or just go MIA? It could be because you're a bad friend.
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