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Used by engineers for centuries, they were displaced by pocket calculators and all but forgotten until Mr. Shawlee created a subculture of obsessives and cornered the market.

Step Back in Time features news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Owners Ken and Karen Martin believe their newly opened Score Big Collectibles shop in Crystal City brings back something unique to the area.

The Brooklyn Museum exhibits art works collected by the musical superstars Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys — and it makes a show of the collectors, too.

Step Back in Time features news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Skulls from a collection used to further racist science have been laid to rest. Questions surrounding the interment have not.

After decades of plunder, museums are coming in for a reckoning. They should be thrilled.

Re: Bookmans cutting staff and being forced to strategize in this economic climate: Just curious — does Flagstaff’s increase in minimum wage yet again this January have anything to do

Patty Hansen has been an outstanding county recorder who has always done her best to get out the vote. Ever since she was elected in 2012, shes done everything possible

Online forums such as Postcrossing and dedicated Facebook groups enable users to exchange postcards with like-minded strangers around the world who still appreciate their joy.