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Monet Painting Sells for $56 Million in France

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Iowa, Usually Red, Is in Play This Midterm as Economic Woes Mount

For Clues About How A.I. Will Change Work, Look to the Past

Children in care to get £10 a week savings

Woman 'scared to turn heating on' due to oil cost

'I can't afford to heat my home on my pension'

'An £8k service charge left me unable to pay bills'

Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s

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