Concealed behind a rotating bookcase is a hidden room.
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Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
These same individuals are instrumental in assisting Nell in explaining her mother’s behavior and a mysterious birth certificate for Evie found in a copy of Jane Eyre in their mother’s bookcase.
Burnett, a trucker from Deer Park, New York, and Florida, pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed him at least eight times in the chest, abdomen and arms, records allege.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
While the fellow players tried to talk themselves into a grand theory of gamers and/or Housewives betraying one another, Rob kept things close to the chest — developing relationships in thoughtful, quiet ways but always willing to turn his back on his friends when the timing was right.
Trinidad ran away but was found later hiding in a cabinet in a home nearby, according to authorities.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
Most of the changes to the home were made to meet the fire marshal standards, such as self-closing fire doors, emergency lighting and locking cabinets and drawers to protect memory care patients.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
Sullivan said budget estimates show the district could save about $208,000 a day by furloughing district-level administrators, $370,000 by furloughing principals and assistant principals and $101,000 a day by furloughing district secretaries.
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Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
If minutes are not overdone, secretaries should be able to participate in deliberations and promptly have draft minutes available for member review to comply with Civil Code Section 4950(a).
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Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet.
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Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.
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