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Industrial output in April rose 4.1% from a year earlier, easing from the prior month’s 5.7% increase and disappointing economists’ expectations for a 5.9% rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
To qualify, you must have owned and lived in the home as your main residence for at least two of the five years prior to the sale.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
According to a release from Santa Monica officials on Friday morning, security footage from a nearby business captured the woman moving underneath the Metro bus prior to the accident.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Unlike Stephen, she did have prior experience, although it was horses rather than donkeys.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
It is still unclear whether the owl had any name at all prior to the one Duane gave her.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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