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• Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sells for record $16.5M at auction

  NEW YORK (AP) — Logan Paul has set a new world’s record — for the auction price of a trading card. The wrestling and social media star’s rare Pickachu Illustrator Pokémon card, a “Holy Grail” for collectors, sold for $16.5 million Monday at Goldin Auctions after 41 days of bidding. Paul had purchased the card [...] Read More »

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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 22-28 includes Dakota Fanning and Drew Barrymore

  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 22-28: Feb. 22: Actor Paul Dooley is 98. Actor Julie Walters (“Harry Potter” films, “Mamma Mia!”) is 76. Actor Ellen Greene (TV’s “Pushing Daisies,” film’s “Little Shop of Horrors”) is 75. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 67. Comedian Rachel Dratch (“30 Rock,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 60. Actor Paul [...] Read More »

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• The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Abdul-Razzaq Ahmad Saryoul began publishing books in Syria in 2003 but he used to abstain from participating in the annual International Damascus Book Fair because of tight measures by the country’s security agencies and bans on many books under Bashar Assad’s rule. In the first post-Assad book fair to be held [...] Read More »

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• Producer of hit Israeli TV series ‘Tehran’ dies suddenly in Greece

  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning drama “Tehran,” has died suddenly in Greece, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Monday. Eden, 52, was found dead in a hotel in the Greek capital, Athens, a Greek police official said, adding that initial indications suggested she had taken her own [...] Read More »

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• Brazil’s Lula gets image boost at Rio Carnival, but also faces legal risks

  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome hosted a glitzy parade Sunday evening celebrating Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a year he bids for his fourth inconsecutive term. However, his adversaries are crying foul and seeking legal action against the 80-year-old leader and the samba school, alleging the tribute kicked [...] Read More »

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