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The superfast 140-mile rail line between London and Birmingham will cost up to $971 million a mile by the time it’s fully open—currently estimated for 2040 at the earliest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"They really do go straight to surgery only for the earliest stage tumors, which makes me think this was a very early stage tumor, and has a quite good prognosis."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Invictibellatrix, meaning "unconquered female warrior", is one of the smallest and earliest of the group to be found, living in the Early Cretaceous period about 120 million years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"It is the earliest evidence of an aquatic lifestyle in mammals," says the paleontologist from the University of Bonn.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Paul Jennings spent his earliest years doing small chores—“a boy under his mother’s feet in the big house enlisted as errand runner.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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