A rare 75-year-old comic book featuring the debut of Superman found in a Minnesota home's wall fetched $175,000 at auction, comic book seller Comicconnect.com said on Wednesday.
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The world is hottest it has been since the end of the ice age - and the temperature's still rising
Thursday 07 March 2013
Report claims that by the year 2100 the earth will see temperatures not seen since the dawn of civilisation
Ground Zero architect: 'Building gleaming streets for despots is morally wrong'
Friday 22 February 2013
Daniel Libeskind urges rivals to exercise ‘cultural discipline’
B&Q's sales are really under the weather
Thursday 21 February 2013
Kingfisher's DIY chain B&Q has followed rival Wickes in reporting a slump in UK sales after January's heavy snowfall.
Editorial: A poorly disguised raid on Britain's aid budget
Thursday 21 February 2013
If David Cameron wants to up military spending he should have the courage to say so
'Was the Iraq war worth it?' is a question unworthy of debate - so why are we still asking it?
Monday 11 February 2013
Fretting that any involvement in a conflict is going to be ‘another Iraq’ is simply a cliché. The world has changed since 2003
Art review - Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind - From the depths of the Ice Age, the Lion Man roars still
Sunday 10 February 2013
Don't forget your glasses at the British Museum's new exhibition: most of the pieces in Ice Age Art would fit on a reindeer rib. Whatever this work was for, it was not intended to be displayed in a museum.
Alex Ferguson 'gave permission' for Wayne Rooney to play 90 minutes against Brazil
Thursday 07 February 2013
Roy Hodgson reveals conversation with Manchester United manager before deciding to play striker for entire match
Mali's religious scholars cunningly save ancient Islamic manuscripts from Salafist fighters in Timbuktu
Wednesday 06 February 2013
The home of Dramane Maulvi Haidara is down a dusty alleyway of pot-holes with an open drain alongside. There, behind a heavy wooden door studded with metal in a dark, windowless room, lay a rich treasure trove that has been guarded with utmost care from a determined enemy.
Bling it on: Vanilla Ice turns interior designer
Tuesday 05 February 2013
The rapper has recently launched his own range of chandeliers
Now we can see his face: the next step of the Richard III discovery story
Tuesday 05 February 2013
Facial reconstruction is based on the skull found under a car park in Leicester
The News Matrix: Tuesday 5 February 2013
Monday 04 February 2013
Children groomed for online sex abuse
DNA tests prove skeleton found in Leicestershire car park really is King Richard III
Monday 04 February 2013
528-year mystery of what happened to the body of the last Plantagenet King has been solved
The News Matrix: Monday 4 February 2013
Monday 04 February 2013
French hit Islamist camps from the air
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Diary of Second World War German teenager reveals young lives untroubled by Nazi Holocaust in wartime Berlin
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'Jail reckless bankers': Report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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