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New York Post 

John McEnroe sells mansion for $3.25M less than asking price

Former tennis star John McEnroe has offloaded his Southampton estate with a tennis court where he has played leisurely for years. The 8,000-square-foot beach house sold for $11.25 million last month, according to property records filed this week. McEnroe, 58, first put the property on the market for $14.5 million in May 2016. Five months...

AP.org 

Minnesota police shooting isn't only death of 911 caller

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman in Minnesota isn't by any means the first time police in the U.S. have mistakenly killed someone who called them for help or to report a crime....

Vox 

“Despacito” is breaking records, making memes, and crossing cultural barriers

Not bad for the hit of the summer.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s what’s up with “Despacito,” which you’ve undoubtedly heard even from under that rock.

The summer’s Spanish-language megahit from Puerto Rican musician Luis Fonsi and guest Daddy Yankee has been taking over the internet at, ironically, lightning speeds. (“Despacito” means “slowly.”) This week it became the most-streamed song of all time, racking up a staggering 4.6 billion listens across the internet’s streaming services. Читать дальше...

AOL.com 

Melissa McCarthy fans mourn loss of her Sean Spicer impersonation after he resigns as Press Secretary

Filed under: Entertainment, TV, TV News


Both Sean Spicer and Melissa McCarthy said goodbye to big jobs on Friday.

How DARE Sean Spicer deny us 3.5 more years of Melissa McCarthy as #Spicypic.twitter.com/217Z6sVvAO

— Danielle Rain (@DannyRain123) July 21, 2017

But can we keep Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer ???? pic.twitter.com/5lwBNhw0Jr

— Christian Cowart (@ChristianCowart) July 21, 2017

The true loss today is @melissamccarthy's Sean Spicer pic.twitter.com/qhA0gYjmYY

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New York Post 

Cop accused of sex with teen cadet is a ‘scapegoat’: attorney

A longtime cop in Los Angeles charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old is being made into a “scapegoat” for larger issues with the LAPD’s cadet program, his attorney claims. Robert Cain, a 10-year LAPD veteran, was charged late Thursday with two counts each of oral copulation of a person under the age of 16, lewd...

Yahoo Autos 

How to Avoid Type 2 Diabetes

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds that a staggering 30 million people—roughly 1 in 10 Americans—have type 2 diabetes. Most concerning: nearly a quarter of them don’t e...

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Yahoo! News 

How to Avoid Type 2 Diabetes

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds that a staggering 30 million people—roughly 1 in 10 Americans—have type 2 diabetes. Most concerning: nearly a quarter of them don’t e...

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«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Creative lending options enables Sea Ranch home purchase

First mortgage: 30-year fixed at 4.125 percent with no points; HELOC: 5.99 percent. The buyer already owned a home at the Sea Ranch seaside community and wanted to buy one larger before selling his current residence. The buyer’s agent, Hanne Liisberg of the Coastal Real Estate Company, knew that Holmgren had access to many funding structures as a mortgage banker/broker. Since the buyer had enough equity in his original home to completely pay off the HELOC after sale, he would be left with an... Читать дальше...

The Jerusalem Post 

Walking stick always at hand

A new translation of the insights of a non-Jewish reporter in 1929 provides a rare backdrop to the Holocaust.

BusinessInsider.com 

10 iconic products that brands brought back from the dead

Screengrab from elithecat on YouTube

This week, Pepsi announced that it was bringing back Crystal Pepsi, a popular drink from the 1990s, for one last time. But it’s hardly the first brand to bring back a product from the dead.

Appealing to nostalgia — that yearning for yesteryear — has emerged as a strategic and highly effective marketing technique in recent years, with marketers of all stripes rolling out comebacks for classic and retro products.

Here are some of the most... Читать дальше...