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Police Report The Savage Police Department responded to the following incidents Oct. 31-Nov. 6. This is not a comprehensive list of all incidents to which the department responded. ASSAULT Nov. 2: ...

The Prior Lake Police Department responded to the following incidents Nov. 2-8. This is not a comprehensive list of all incidents to which the department responded. Assault Nov. 4: A 17-year-old ...

Ivanka Trump has shared a rare look inside her deluxe private gym at her $US24 million ($A35 million) Miami mansion.

A rare 100-year-old racing boat has been donated to the Windermere Jetty Museum. The single sculler, which had been hanging in a boathouse for 60 years, has been restored and is now on display in the ...

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The largest fleet of the yachts since their heyday in the 1950s and 60s will race as part of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival this weekend. When 81-year-old Derwent-class yacht Mermaid arrived ...

An historic sailing boat has sunk on its way to Hobart's Wooden Boat Festival, Tasmania Police say. Declan Durrant is The Examiner's arts and culture reporter, theatre critic and occasional columnist.