Friday, May 10, 2019

A Caravaggio painting discovered after going largely unseen for more than 400 years went on display Thursday in New York ahead of its planned auction in June. Maison de Ventes Marc Labarbe in Toulouse expects it to sell for between $112 million and $168 million.
THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST BY SALOME
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A Caravaggio painting discovered after going largely unseen for more than 400 years went on display Thursday in New York ahead of its planned auction in June.

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Scientists have documented some of the oldest trees in the world, including the bald cypress tree, inside wetlands along the banks of North Carolina's Black River.
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Scientists have documented some of the oldest trees in the world inside wetlands along the banks of North Carolina's Black River.

More people have been displaced in their home countries by events like war, violence and natural disasters than at any other time in history, a new report said Friday.
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More people have been displaced in their home countries by events like war, violence and natural disasters than at any other time in history, a new report said Friday.

AMERICAS FARMERS SCREWED BY TRUMP AND WEATHER

As America's agricultural commodity prices dropped further after Friday's tariff escalation on $200 billion of Chinese goods, Trump vowed to buy more domestic farm products for international humanitarian aid.


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As America's agricultural commodity prices crashed following Friday's tariff escalation on $200 billion of Chinese products, President Donald Trump vowed to buy more domestic farm products for international aid.

"These types of trade wars are a menace to everyone from the crews at Heathrow airport to a sheep station in New Zealand."

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These types of trade wars are a menace to everyone from the crews at Heathrow airport to a sheep station in New Zealand

A markedly wet spring means the majority of America's cornfields still are not planted. After Friday, farmers begin losing yield every day their seeds are not in the ground.
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A markedly wet spring means the majority of America's cornfields still are not planted. After Friday, farmers begin losing yield size every day those seeds are not in the ground.

Students who attend will get credits that count towards their degrees
THIS IS NOT JUST A SAFE SPACE FOR SNOWFLAKES BUT
A LITERAL BLIZZARD OF AVOIDANCE OF REALLY DEALING 
WITH THE UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THIS
THE POVERTY OF STUDENT LIFE!


Students will practice sleeping more and meditating as part of course

ARCHITECTURE

Notre Dame could provide energy for Paris with new roof (Vincent Callebaut Architectures)
Newly released pictures capture changing face of the capital in the 1980s
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Newly released pictures capture changing face of capital in 1980s

“There’s something wrong with a president having the power to decide which journalists can cover him.”
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'There’s something wrong with a president having the power to decide which journalists can cover him'

TRUMP TALES

Trump reportedly rushed ahead and decided that the 10-year-old’s ball was his. His caddy then backed him up


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President claims he has won as many as 20 championship titles, which experts say is not true


 "Wow, it's pretty impressive all the things that he's done in his life"

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The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening that Donald Trump had lost a cool $1.17bn (£897m) between 1985 and 1994 on failed business ventures, more than any other...

“Only the little people pay taxes...”
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It is hard to tell whether his losses are manufactured or the result of appalling business acumen, but there's no doubt that Trump lived pretty well for someone whose ...