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Reader's Digest — Connect with the Reader's Digest community on Facebook. Share our most talked about stories, enter contests, read our blogs and download our latest widgets. Plus, find our most popular photos and videos or upload your own. Connect with the ...More…
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Shocking Gullibility
Reader's Digest — The great lies and ruses perpetrated throughout history are as varied and nuanced as humanity itself -- as are the shocking amounts of gullibility on the receiving end. Here's a true-life treasury of some of the wildest pranks ever pulled. On ...More…
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Heist: The Case of the Stolen Rembrandt
Reader's Digest — It's Christmastime in Stockholm. December 22, 2000, 4:45 p.m., to be exact. Snow blankets the ground. The last visitors to the National museum are putting on their coats, ready to leave. They're talking and laughing, but the festive mood is about ...More…
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White House? You Mean That Place on Maple and Elm?
Reader's Digest — By Andy Simmons with additional reporting by Ed Goralski From Reader's Digest Do you remember what happened November 4, 2008? Took out the trash. Walked the dog. Voted for the 44th president of the United States. That last one was pretty big news ...More…
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Quick Study: A Look at the Lottery
Reader's Digest — From Reader's Digest America's fascination with the game of chance is as old as the nation itself. Lotteries were a common way to raise money for public works in Colonial America, but they fell out of favor in the 19th century, perceived as ...More…
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Checking and Savings
Reader's Digest — By Beth Kobliner From Reader's Digest Check out our online money guide for mortgage advice, calculators and more. The financial gurus will be debating for years how we got into the mess we're in-and how we'll get out of it. But while the ...More…
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
Reader's Digest — What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ...More…
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What Causes Stress?
Reader's Digest — From Looking After Your Body Regardless of the cause, stress sets in motion certain automatic changes in the body that are designed to give it a quick burst of energy. The pattern of changes has been called the "fight-or-flight" response because ...More…
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The Black Widow Killer
Reader's Digest — When a medical examiner reported the cause of death for Glenn Turner, 31, his mom, Kathy, refused to accept the findings. An outgoing police officer for Cobb County, Georgia, Glenn had no known health problems. In fact, he was strong as an ox; ...More…
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One Step Ahead
Reader's Digest — Baton Rouge was gripped by fear. A monster was on the loose, raping and murdering women who lived in this Louisiana city and its surrounding communities. Between September 2001 and March 2003, the killer claimed at least seven victims. Terrified ...More…
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Everyday Heroes: The Co-Workers
Reader's Digest — From Reader's Digest "Get out!" the scary-looking man yelled at DeeDee Neilson, who was enjoying a quiet lunch in her car. When she refused, the man grabbed her by the hair and neck, hurling her onto the pavement. She screamed loud enough ...More…
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Carjacked / Action Stories / Reader's Digest / Print Version
Reader's Digest — Marna Plaia strapped her children into their car seats in the back of her Mercedes SUV. On this lovely summer day, the petite 31-year-old mother had taken a golf break while Edie, 18 months, and Paul, 3 years old, enjoyed a day of pampering by ...More…