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Homebody Finance: Gifting the down payment
Gifts are great aren’t they? As the holiday season approaches, the spirit of giving is in the air. Gift giving reinforces appreciation between people. The recipient feels grateful and the giver gets to feel a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment – especially when the gift fits the person set to receive it. Why am I…
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As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits
Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers are resistant. It seems like something out of science fiction: swarms of killer robots that hunt down targets on their own and are capable of flying in for the kill without any human signing off.…
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News roundup for Nov. 21
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Carmen Maria Machado on video games! Murder mysteries! 17 new books out today.
November 21, 2023, 5:00am For readers in America, the holidays are just around the corner, and, if you’re like me, you’ll eventually want some time away from family and friends to yourself, where having a new book to read after sneaking away will feel like a godsend. In general, this is a slower week for…
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Giving Your Christmas Tree A Perfectly Cohesive Look Is So Easy With This Budget-Friendly Hack
As demonstrated by TikTok user @illustriusandy, covering your Christmas tree ornaments with balloons is not at all a difficult process. All you need to do is cut the lip off of a balloon and remove the ornament’s base. Then, carefully slide the balloon over the ornament. Once the ornament is fit snugly inside the balloon,…
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How a Mutiny on the Somers Changed America
I’m fortunate to have spent much of my career at American Heritage magazine, whose spacious franchise is everything that ever happened on this continent. I’ve also written some popular (or so I hoped) histories on various subjects — the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, Henry Ford, the creation of Disneyland, and when…
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Famous birthdays list for November 21, 2023 includes celebrities Carly Rae Jepsen, Jena Malone
Birthday wishes go out to Carly Rae Jepsen, Jena Malone and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on November 21st and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Top celebrity birthdays on November 21, 2023 Goldie Hawn, right,…
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NFL Week 12 odds, schedule: Eagles host Bills, Ravens travel to Chargers on Sunday night
Week 12 of the 2023 NFL season features three Thanksgiving games, a Black Friday game and no teams on bye. There are six standalone games to watch in the next week, but only two of those games feature spreads of less than a touchdown. The full NFL Week 12 schedule, spreads and totals are below.…
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Staff at Pure Barre and other boutique gyms say a major franchisee stiffed them on pay, sent bizarre emails, and talked about drinking his own urine
Getty; Rebecca Zisser/BI p” class=”inline-offer pre-churn-offer”> Redeem now Staff at some Pure Barre, CycleBar, Row House, and other high-end fitness studios aren’t being paid. The employees work at locations bought by Mitch Brown from franchisor Xponential Fitness. Brown’s two-month tenure is marked by bizarre emails and strange Zoom calls mixed with radio silence. Advertisement There’s…
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Oklahoma TSET awards nearly $4.6 million to health improvement projects
The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust awarded nearly $4.6 million to fund 11 community projects aiming to better health outcomes in Oklahoma through enhanced infrastructure. TSET will fund things like the development of plans for community parks and trail systems, improvements to community fitness centers and ADA-compliant sidewalks and playgrounds. There are 11 awardees, and…
