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Prince Harry ends US visit with Conn. polo match

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:09 -0400

GREENWICH, Connecticut - Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour.

Revealing Andy Warhol's drawing of Andrew Carnegie

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:15 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish immigrant whose steelmaking empire made him the richest man in the world by the early 1900s, frequented the elegantly appointed rooms of Downtown's Duquesne Club.

San Diego teen's essay wins national writing award

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:02:18 -0400

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego teen is headed to New York City to accept a prestigious writing award once won by young literary giants like Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates and John Updike.

NY socialite gets 19 months for corporate fraud

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:33:06 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - A New York socialite who pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge that she duped corporations out of millions of dollars was sentenced Tuesday to 19 months in prison and ordered to pay her victims $7 million in restitution.