“I did see some stones that looked a little too perfect,” said the winner of the Stone Skimming World Championships. The offending contestants were disqualified.

Marianne Smyth was convicted in Northern Ireland, and could face up to 10 years in prison.

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“Portrait of a Lady,” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, had not been seen publicly for 80 years until journalists spotted it in a real estate listing last month.

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The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina.

A 17-year-old was stabbed to death as she rode home after a night out. Her killing has shaken a city where cycling safely at any hour is taken for granted.