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Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker bought Austin estate for $3.7m, sold for $4.65m

After extensive renovations, Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker sold their sprawling 15-acre estate in Austin, Texas. They bought the property in 2013 for about $3.7 million, and in 2019 sold it for approximately $4.65 million. The property showcased their tastes and aimed to be a family-friendly haven. The couple continues to hold several properties nationwide, including in North Carolina, while still thinking of Austin as home.

Jeffrey Archer: The Brit author who made Indians fall in love with English writing

Archer spent half a century writing about conmen, politicians, tycoons, rogues and impossible comebacks. In the end, none of his protagonists was quite as improbable, indefatigable or entertaining as Jeffrey Archer himself.

103-year-old WWII veteran still tends same Maryland bar after 63 years

Irv Koch, a 103-year-old World War II veteran, has tended the bar in the basement of his Pasadena, Maryland, home since 1963. More than six decades later, the cash-only tavern still has no fixed opening hours, with Irv starting the day when his first customer arrives and closing when patrons leave or he gets tired.

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