This Howard County hardware store has seen and sold it all

Well into the 1970s, customers would walk into Andy Clark's hardware store in Ellicott City, Md., looking for parts for their Ontario seed drills. “It was a super-durable piece of gear,” Andy said. How durable? Well, the Ontario drill — used to plant grain — came on the market around 1900. Back then, it would be pulled across a farm field by a team of horses. “Once the horses were gone, they’d just hitch it up behind a tractor,” Andy said.

Trump admirer leads race for Argentina presidency

By Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News Getty ImagesJavier Milei describes himself as an anarcho-capitalistFar-right economist Javier Milei, who admires US ex-president Donald Trump, has received the highest share of votes in Argentina's primary election. The primary, in which presidential candidates from all parties take part, is seen as a key indicator for the presidential election on 22 October. Mr Milei exceeded expectations by winning 30% of votes, ahead of more established politicians.

UAW strikes at profitable General Motors SUV plant in Texas

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union turned up the heat on General Motors as 5,000 workers walked off their jobs Tuesday at a highly profitable SUV factory in Arlington, Texas. The move comes just a day after the union went on strike at a Stellantis pickup truck factory in Sterling Heights, Michigan, north of Detroit. READ MORE: GM profit hit by strikes, more losses loom if pickets spread

Carl Hiaasens Hoot is just that

By Carl Hiaasen Best for age 9 and older. 292 pages. Pity poor Roy Eberhardt. He’s the new kid in school — again. Share this articleShareAnd the first kid he meets at his new school in Florida is well-known bully Dana Matherson. But Roy is always looking on the bright side. Roy figures if Dana had not smushed Roy’s face into the window of the school bus, he might never have met Mullet Fingers — and might never have embarked on a very strange ad­ven­ture involving a pancake house, burrowing owls and a fake fart champion.

Daughters earrings pierce one fathers perception of his parental influence

Like a once-mighty citadel that, battered by years of wind and rain, starts to crumble — its stone foundations undermined, its cracked and fissured turrets toppling — I feel my paternal authority beginning to slip away. Against my express wishes, my daughter got her ears pierced. Oh, Gwyneth had already had them pierced once, back when she was in the fourth grade: a single, tasteful hole in the center of each lobe.

Dollywood flash flooding pushes fans in Tennessee to flee high water

Dollywood fans enjoying a summer weekend had to flee the Tennessee theme park Sunday after strong storms sent floodwaters rushing through the park, forcing some to wade through nearly waist-deep water to get to their cars. Photos and videos captured on social media showed brown water surging through pedestrian areas and building up in the parking lot. “Craziest Dollywood experience in my almost 32 years of going,” one person wrote in a TikTok video that showed torrential rains and crowds in ponchos exiting the park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Fox News to pay $787M settlement to Dominion Voting Systems over stolen election lies

David Folkenflik: Well, on the one hand you can look at it and note that it is exactly $12.5 million less than $800 million, which would be the halfway mark to the $1.6 billion damages that Dominion had sought in this case. So, FOX can say, we settled for less than half. But it is an astronomical figure, more than FOX and the Murdochs have ever paid for any single settlement, far more.

K-Pop group STAYC tell Ibrox crowds 'we love Rangers' after top 'mix-up'

STAYC tell crowds at Ibrox 'we love Rangers'Popular K-Pop band STAYC have told a crowd at Ibrox "we love Rangers" after they wore one of the club's retro tops during a gig in Texas - apparently by accident. The group made headlines over the wardrobe choice in Dallas last month, part of their US tour. Instead of wearing local baseball team Texas Rangers tops, they appeared in 1990s kits worn by Rangers FC.

Ketanji Brown Jackson family photo

During her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson stressed her family and faith as part of her introduction to Congress. “I can honestly say that my life has been blessed beyond measure even previous to today,” Jackson remarked on Monday before thanking and loving various members of her family. Here’s who’s who in Michael Jackson’s family: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband, Patrick Jackson, is a Supreme Court nominee.

Les Gold Net Worth

Les Gold is a reality TV star who was born on June 20, 1950 in Detroit, MI. He gained fame as a pawnbroker on the series Hardcore Pawn, which premiered on truTV in 2010 and became the most-watched premiere in the network's history. Les Gold is a member of Reality Star Age, Biography and Wiki 💰 Net worth: $5 Million Some Les Gold images About Reality TV star who gained fame as a pawnbroker on the series Hardcore Pawn.