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Darth Vader's light saber used in âI am your fatherâ duel sells for nearly $5 million
A light saber used by Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” movies “The Empire Strikes Back” and ”Return of the Jedi" sold Thursday for nearly $5 million in an auction.The light saber, which was used in the climactic duel in Cloud City where Vader tells Luke Skywalker “I am your father,” sold for $4.875 million at the Ultimate Star Wars Auction held by Heritage Auctions. The sale marks a world auction record for any “Star Wars” collectible, according to Heritage Auctions.
The sale also established a new auction record for a screen-used “Star Wars” prop,... Read More
Coco Gauff storms back from 5-1 down to beat Marta Kostyuk at the WTA Finals
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Coco Gauff rallied to win the final six games of the match and beat Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 7-5 in her round-robin group at the WTA Finals on Thursday.Then came more suspense.
Gauff's eventual fate depended on the outcome of fellow American Jessica Pegula's match against Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova later. A victory by Pegula would knock Gauff, her former doubles partner, out and advance Pegula to the semifinals of the season-ending championships. Gauff beat Pegula in three sets in their opening Group 1 match.
Noskova had already... Read More
Nelly Korda returns to golf and gets right back in the mix, trailing Katsu and Choi by 2 shots
BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Two months later, Nelly Korda didn't miss a beat. She played bogey-free Thursday at The Annika and opened with a 7-under 65 to trail Minami Katsu and Hye-Jin Choi by two shots in her first competition since the Solheim Cup.“It was nice to kind of feel those juices flowing again, especially playing with Hye-Jin who just had a great round today,” Korda said.
She already has clinched LPGA player of the year based on points, and Korda can qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame with a victory in one of the final two events of the season.
Democrat Cindy Holscher is elected Kansas' next governor, extending her party's wave of victories
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Cindy Holscher has been elected Kansas' next governor, fending off Republican Ty Masterson to keep the office in her party's hands and extend a massive wave of Democratic victories across the country.Democrats had already secured a majority of governorships in the U.S. for the first time in two decades, even prior to the narrow win in Kansas, where Holscher had already declared victory following Tuesday's midterm elections. The Associated Press did not call the race until Thursday.
Holscher, a state senator, promised to halt new data... Read More
Witnesses who watched a Brooklyn building come crashing down felt helpless amid the chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — Before the screams started, Dervie Mapp heard loud popping noises outside her Brooklyn apartment. She bolted out of bed to the kitchen window and watched as a neighboring building came crashing down, raining three stories of bricks and twisted metal.Stunned survivors cried out amid thick dust and piles of rubble that moments earlier had been people’s homes.
“I saw the whole thing come down,” Mapp, a 67-year-old retiree, told The Associated Press on Thursday. “People were running up out of the pit, screaming and hollering. I couldn’t believe... Read More
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- Darth Vader's light saber used in âI am your fatherâ duel sells for nearly $5 million
- Dan Hicks shared the TV stage in golf and got plenty in return. Expect anything different?
- Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
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- Coco Gauff storms back from 5-1 down to beat Marta Kostyuk at the WTA Finals
- Nelly Korda returns to golf and gets right back in the mix, trailing Katsu and Choi by 2 shots
- The coach who energized U.S. soccer at the World Cup is on the verge of leaving for a job in England
- Dan Hicks shared the TV stage in golf and got plenty in return. Expect anything different?