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Russia hits power site by Kyiv, defends reserved land

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile strike seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine’s capital region, the country’s grid operator said Saturday as the Russian military strove to cut power in far-flung populated areas while also defending against Ukrainian counterattacks in occupied regions .

Kyiv region Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba said the strike on the unidentified facility did not kill or wound anyone. Electricity transmission company Ukrenergo said repair crews were working to restore electricity service but warned residents about further possible outages.

After a truck bomb explosion a week ago damaged the bridge that links Russia to the annexed

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How is Home Staging Different than Interior Design?

It is a common misconception that home staging and decorating are the same. Considering the fundamentals are the same and the result is a beautiful home, it’s easy to confuse. However, a few crucial differences will determine who you need to hire.

Keep reading to find out if your project requires home staging or interior decorating…

Home Stager’s Goal is to Sell

A designer and a home stager have very different goals. A designer designs and decorates to accommodate the home owner’s needs, tastes, and way of life. On the other hand, home stagers decorate based on the home buyer

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Goose on loose causes delay at Padres-Dodgers playoff game

BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A goose on the loose caused a brief delay during the National League playoff game between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.

The bird flew into Dodger Stadium and landed in shallow right field with two outs in the eighth inning. It sat on the grass as Gavin Lux of the Dodgers singled to right.

The grounds crew closed in on the goose, but the bird took off. It flew all the way to near the Dodgers’ on-deck circle, where Cody Bellinger was standing. He flinched

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What is the biggest continent? List of largest-to-smallest continents.

The Earth formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, according to National Geographic. If the world was captured all those years ago, the land masses would’ve been structured completely different to how they look now. Most continents were scattered chunks of land, located south of the Equator.

These chunks joined to form a single mass of land due to Earth’s inner tectonic activity. This single supercontinent was named “Pangaea” by geologists, which means “all lands” in Greek, National Geographic reports. Millions of years later, the same forces that formed Pangea started breaking the supercontinent into parts that formed today’s continents.

But

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Howard was a great but often overlooked American watchmaker

Over the years this column has covered a number of clock and watchmakers, some famous and others less so. Nearly everyone has heard of Rolex, and many other names are nearly as familiar: Omega, Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin, to name just a few.

And not all are from Switzerland, that great land of timekeeping. American brands such as Bulova, Elgin, Hamilton and Waltham have all made their own marks. Nonetheless, there are literally hundreds of other makers whose stars have risen and set in the firmament of horological history.

Today let’s take a gander at one outstanding but often