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Wallet Missing for 40 Years Found in New York

A New York man whose wallet disappeared from his jacket pocket has gotten it back -- 40 years later.

Rudolph Resta was working for The New York Times as an art director in 1970 when he left his jacket in a closet at the old Times building in Manhattan just off Times Square. When he went to fetch the jacket, the wallet was gone.

Fast-forward to last fall, when a security guard checking a gap by an unused window came across the wallet -- apparently stashed there by a thief who'd pulled out the cash....

Read entire article at AP