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• BC-OLY--Doping Report,0590
Observers applauded the work of the hundreds of sample collectors and chaperones, many of whom were put in awkward situations, needing to keep athletes in their sight after competition and through the testing process. This led, however, to a few ...
• N.Y. card collection includes 6,356 decks
London's Guildhall Library has a similar-sized collection, curator John Fisher said; some other institutions boast as many as 10,000 decks, according to the International Playing-Cards Society, a group of collectors and enthusiasts. Earliest playing ...
• Tribe calls sale of meteorite slice 'insensitive'
According to Pitt, about 20 pieces of the Willamette are in the hands of private collectors. The meteorite was discovered in 1902 in the Willamette Valley by a part-time Oregon miner, who removed it from land belonging to a local iron company. The ...
• What an expensive piece of scrap!
It was removed in 1983 to make room for new elevators and was cut into 24 pieces that were auctioned off to museums and collectors around the world. One section remains on display at the Eiffel Tower, while others are owned by the Statue of Liberty ...
• Inside the strange world of 'reborns'
But collectors, some of whom treat the dolls as real children, feel there’s nothing unusual about their passionate hobby. Monica Walsh, a 41-year-old wife and mother of a 2-year-old daughter from Orange County, N.Y., has one doll – “Hayden ...