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In Seoul, South Korea, a family hoping to cure their mother’s weak knees bid nearly $120,000 at an auction for a set of wild ginseng roots that included specimens 110 years old.

Carrying rosary beads and cameras, the faithful have been coming in a steady stream to a church on the outskirts of Sacramento for a glimpse of what some are calling a miracle: A statue of the Virgin Mary they say has begun crying a substance that looks like blood.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. postponed its first-ever satellite launch on Saturday after a series of last-minute snags.

Thousands of residents were evacuated in Tokyo on Sunday while authorities dug up an unexploded 550-pound bomb, believed to have been dropped by the United States during World War II, a local official said.