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After more than three years as SVP of retail media at Albertsons, Kristi Argyilan is taking a ride over to Uber to lead its advertising business. She’s stepping into the role vacated by Mark Grether ...

OXFORD — It’s Christmastime in Oxford, and tiny gnomish tableaus have appeared outside businesses on the Square, delighting residents and spreading holiday cheer. For seven years now, Oxford ...

The writer Andrew Solomon recounts his enduring love for the cheerful little heroes of Swedish folklore, handed down from his late mother. By Andrew Solomon First, advent calendars; then gnomes ...

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Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA. "Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across ...