A number of different companies all try to outdo themselves when Halloween starts to loom over the horizon, with decorations getting more complex and frightening every fall, though The Home Depot emerged as one of 2020’s biggest winners with the debut of their 12-foot skeleton. Arriving seemingly out of nowhere, […]
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Giant diamond goes on the auction block
QUEENSBURY – A rare 10-carat diamond ring estimated to have a value of up to $300,000 headlines the estate state and auction of the late Josie Beckos Wood, wife of the late entrepreneur Charles R. Wood who created the Lake George theme park Storytown, U.S.A./the Great Escape. The estate sale […]
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Giant ‘Happy Birthday’ letters have been passed around Arlington for months. They’ve become so popular, there’s a waiting list to claim them for a day
For Diamond, the vagabond decorations were a letter-perfect touch of cheer in an otherwise dreary year. When she received the letters, she set them up in the couple’s living room. Harold loved them. “It made for a really fun birthday celebration,” said Diamond, who had to borrow her sister’s car […]
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What Giant Radio Pulses could teach us about radio signals from beyond the Milky Way
Pulsars are one of the more intriguing objects in the sky, radiating regular flashes of electromagnetic energy, which can (sometimes) be seen from Earth. Flashing with astonishing regularity, these objects are stellar corpses of massive stars that met their demise in supernovae. When beams of energy are aligned just right, […]
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Crave Kabob slowly cooks giant cones of hand-stacked shawarma for falafels, kabobs in Chicago’s West Loop, Skokie
CHICAGO (WLS) — Shawarma stands selling falafel, kabobs and other Middle Eastern dishes are all over the region. But our Hungry Hound says a locally-owned concept – with locations in Skokie and the West Loop – differentiates itself, by hand-stacking their shawarma each day into giant cones that are cooked […]
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CES 2021 Day 1: Rolling phones, giant TVs and tech for the coronavirus era
TCL’s printed OLED scrolling display. TCL This story is part of CES, where our editors will bring you the latest news and the hottest gadgets of the entirely virtual CES 2021. It’s Day 1 of the weirdest CES ever. Instead of hundreds of thousands flocking to Las Vegas to see […]
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A Dutch grocery giant is buying FreshDirect
The two companies announced the agreement Wednesday, but did not disclose terms of the transaction. The deal is expected to close next year. FreshDirect will retain its name and continue to operate out of New York City, where it was launched in 2002. Ahold Delhaize (ADRNY), which was formed in […]
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Artist Takes Giant Anti-Trump Sculpture On Dumpster, Junkyard ‘Tour Of Shame’
Dutch artist Arjen van Lith protested against President Donald Trump in the final days of the 2020 election by taking a giant golden sculpture of Trump’s head on a “tour of shame” around the junkyards, dumpsters and car cemeteries in his current home city of Pittsburgh. “As a (legal) immigrant, I […]
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This Giant Inflatable Frosty the Snowman Is Taller Than Your House and Puts on a Dazzling Light Show
Photo credit: Hammacher Schlemmer Reviews From Best Products Prepare for an decoration so big that there’s a very real chance that you’ll have to set it up outside. Hammacher Schlemmer is selling an 18-foot inflatable Frosty the Snowman that will tower over every other decoration in the neighborhood. It’s even […]
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The 14 Best Giant Bikes You Can Buy Right Now
Photo credit: Trevor Raab From Bicycling The Giant Manufacturing Company in Taiwan has not, as one might suspect, always produced Giant brand bikes, but it has always manufactured bicycles. King Liu founded his company in 1972 as a frame manufacturing subcontractor for a variety of bicycle brands. It wasn’t until […]
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Mississippi rejects new flag design featuring giant mosquito
Officials in Mississippi said a proposed design for its new state flag featuring a giant mosquito has been rejected and mistakenly made it past the screening process. After years of criticism and attempts to change the state flag, Mississippi recently enacted legislation to remove the Confederate flag symbol and include […]