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Andy Warhol portrait Marilyn Monroe sells for $195 million, smashing record for most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction

New York — Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up – hair yellow, eyeshadow blue …

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Why do terrible things happen to the men in Catherine Shelton’s life?

Ask anyone who’s been around the Houston, Texas, courthouse for a while about Catherine Shelton, and they’ll know the name. She was “a nice-lookin’ young lawyer,” said attorney Lloyd Oliver, who knew her when she came on the legal scene. “She had beautiful blonde hair. She was shapely. And she …

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Musk gets $7 billion in backing for Twitter bid from tech heavyweights

Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter  with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley titans like Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Other investors include Sequoia Capital Fund, which pledged $800 million, and VyCapital, which pledged $700 …

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