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Amazon.com Inc. has signed a lease for one of its new grocery stores in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, according to sources familiar with the deal tell the Philadelphia Business Journal. The online retailer has taken 40,000 square feet of 60,000 square feet that is proposed for a new apartment complex at 5th and Spring Garden streets, the sources… Philadelphia Sep 10, 2020
Becky Cooper - - - When Becky Cooper was a junior at Harvard, her friend's boyfriend told her a story about the murder of a graduate student in the university's archaeology department. This was in the 1960s, he said. The victim had been having an affair with one of her professors — a romance that began while they were on a dig together in Iran. When he tried to end the relationship, she wouldn't let it go. So he murdered her, then hid her body under his coat and carried her to his office. There, he adorned her naked body in the necklaces they'd unearthed on the dig. He covered her in red oc...
Becky Cooper: Harvard Detective Becky Cooper '10 published her new non-fiction book, âWe Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and Half a Century of Silence" on Nov. 10. The book dives into a story Cooper stumbled upon as an undergrad, which started out as little more than a rumor. The whispers told of a young Anthropology graduate student named Jane Britton. Rebecca âBeckyâ A. Cooper â10 actually remembers her freshman convocation speaker. Her voice deepens and her vowels lengthen as she mimics the âvery illustrious Harvard accentâ of Jeremy R. Knowles, a for...
Lima Public Library Book Reviews LIBRARY OPEN • The Lima Public Library has reopened. Main library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Branch hours are noon to 6 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, except Lafayette is closed Wednesdays. • The main library has curbside pick up. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 567-712-5239, contact the library through Facebook Messenger or put a hold on a book through the online catalog. Give workers 24 hours to gather. Park near the main entrance. Call when you arriv...
30 Thoughtful Book Choices for Everyone on Your Holiday List On 12/12/20 at 8:00 AM EST Having trouble picking out the perfect gift for everyone on your list? Did you wait till the last minute? Never fear, Newsweek has curated a list of book choices for you, with a selection of photo essays, biographies, novels, thrillers and more—all from 2020, each one proving that something good came out of this year after all. These great reads are available for pick up at nearby bookstores, or online for contactless purchases with shipping in time for...