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Bengals talk scouting department additions and upgrades

The Bengals made some new hires last year and have started to talk about the results.

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Jan 23 • 4:14 PM EST • Sports • bengalswire.usatoday.com
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This startup will send 1,000 people's ashes to space -- affordably -- in 2027

Started by an engineer who worked on the space shuttle program, and at Blue Origin, Space Beyond has a spot on a 2027 Falcon 9 flight.

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Jan 23 • 11:00 AM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
Titans' Robert Saleh already making changes to his coaching staff

New Tennessee Titans head coach Robert Saleh has started to make some changes to his initial staff in Nashville.

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Jan 23 • 5:08 AM EST • Sports • titanswire.usatoday.com
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This Mom Quit Corporate and Started an ‘Accidental’ 8-Figure Business Above Her Garage — Here’s Her Underrated Secret for Explosive Success

Stacey Fraser saw serious white space in the childrenswear market.

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Jan 22 • 2:37 PM EST • Business • entrepreneur.com
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How a sibling duo built a 6-figure car rental business using Turo

Michael Rumph and Darlene Person, siblings in Atlanta, built a profitable 13-car Turo fleet that started with their mother's car in 2022.

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Jan 22 • 5:05 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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12 Samsung Galaxy phones now secure with January 2026 update

Samsung has pushed the January 2026 security update for 12 more Galaxy phones. This update makes the phones secure and helps them run more smoothly. Samsung started the rollout earlier this month and is now adding more Galaxy A, M, and XCover models to the list. These devices include Galaxy A05, Galaxy A07, Galaxy A14, […]

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Jan 21 • 4:03 PM EST • Technology • sammyfans.com
This U.S. Airline Is Making It More Affordable to Fly Business and First Class With 'Basic' Pricing

Delta's new fare rollout has already started and is expected to be fully executed in 2026.

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Jan 21 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • travelandleisure.com
Realme teases new phone with 10,001 mAh battery following questionable Oppo merger

Realme has started showing off the Realme P4 Power, a new smartphone with an absolutely massive 10,001 mAh battery that’s...

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Jan 20 • 1:45 PM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
YouTube has reportedly disabled and started removing specialized captions

YouTube videos have long supported the custom SRV3 caption format, which creators have been using in pretty creative ways. Apparently,...

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Jan 20 • 10:51 AM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
The US had a record-breaking year for measles. It may be the start of a deadly comeback

Tuesday marks one year since a measles outbreak started in West Texas, and there have been more new cases in the United States each week since.

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Jan 20 • 7:30 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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Pens Points: Kraken Slayers

Pens Points is here to help you get your Tuesday started right.

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Jan 20 • 6:00 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 Politicians Who Started in Finance — and Where They Are Now

From Elizabeth Warren to Mark Carney, discover some politicians who started their careers in the financial space. Plus, see where each of them is now.

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Jan 19 • 3:12 AM EST • Politics • finance.yahoo.com
New York Jets Flight Connections 01/18/26

We have two more games on this Divisional Sunday. Before they get started this afternoon, here are Jets links to read for your enjoyment. Connor Long – New York Jets DC search: Ranking candidates from F to A Tier Robby Sabo – Oh, the pain: NY Jets fans’ worst-case NFL playoff scenarios Michael Nania – […]

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Jan 18 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • ganggreennation.com
Two presidential elections, two seismic shifts... (Politics+) : The NPR Politics Podcast

In today's bonus episode, Don Gonyea (national political correspondent) and Deepa Shivaram (White House correspondent) each share the "most" memorable story they've worked on. Don talks about a moment in the 2016 presidential election when he started seeing a key voting group for Democrats shift to then-candidate Donald Trump. Deepa recalls the day President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and her experience covering Kamala Harris' first campaign rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee. Listen to find out how you can submit a most-type question for us to answer in a future bonus episode! To unlock this and other bonus content, and get sponsor-free listening, sign up for NPR Politics Podcast+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Regular episodes haven't changed and remain available every weekday!

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Jan 18 • 3:05 AM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Fourth Coast Entertainment “Up North Magazine” celebrates 20 years of championing North Country music and entertainment

CANTON – A homegrown music zine that started as an eight-page passion project in 2006 is celebrating two decades under the Fourth Coast Entertainment banner. Founded by North Country …

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Jan 17 • 7:00 PM EST • Entertainment • northcountrynow.com
ASUS shows first look at new AMD 800-series Neo UEFI BIOS with HD redesign and 64MB ROM

ASUS reveals updated UEFI BIOS on AMD 800-series Neo boards with search, profiles, and fan tools ASUS has started previewing the updated UEFI BIOS that

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Jan 17 • 7:00 PM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
The near death -- and last-minute reprieve -- of a trial for an HIV vaccine

A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started.

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Jan 17 • 7:54 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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LA's Fashion District resembled 'war zone' during immigration operation, business owner says

The Fashion District is where the first large-scale immigration enforcement operations started by the Trump administration in June 2025.

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Jan 16 • 7:55 PM EST • Business • nbclosangeles.com
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Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots: Injury Report

The Houston Texans handled business last weekend, dismantling the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round and setting up a road matchup against the New England Patriots this Sunday afternoon. C.J. Stroud came out sharp early, but the game started to slip a bit as turnovers crept in — an interception and multiple fumbles that […]

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Jan 15 • 8:14 PM EST • Sports • battleredblog.com
The next chapter: What to know about capturing your family business’ story

"This is their book. It’s their story." Has your family business considered capturing your legacy in print? This webinar will help get you started.

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Jan 15 • 10:32 AM EST • Business • siouxfalls.business
20 people indicted in alleged college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association point-shaving scheme

The scheme allegedly started in the CBA and then spread to college basketball.

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Jan 15 • 10:03 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
David Harbour reveals he recently started 'intense psychotherapy'

'Stranger Things' star David Harbour, who previously revealed he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, offers an update: 'I have not had a manic flare-up since I started psychoanalysis.'

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Jan 15 • 12:06 AM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Forza Horizon 6 Release Date Potentially Leaks In FH5

The release date for Forza Horizon 6 has potentially leaked early, after a pop-up in Forza Horizon 5 started appearing. Forza Horizon 6 Release Date |

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Jan 14 • 9:12 AM EST • Technology • xboxera.com
Trying to eat healthy in 2026? Get started with 3 new recipes

Eating healthier and paying attention to your diet does not mean you have to skimp on flavor.

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Jan 14 • 6:56 AM EST • Health • wbur.org
Little T’s Mini Golf & More named 2025 Entertainment Venue of the Year

What started as a dream inspired by a coffee shop in North Carolina has become one of the Twin Lakes area's favorite family destinations. The Mountain Home Observer has named Little T's Mini Golf & More the 2025 Entertainment Venue of the Year for its commitment to affordable family fun, community fundraising and inclusive employment. Scott

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Jan 14 • 2:58 AM EST • Entertainment • mhobserver.com
He Started a Business With $850 and Grew It to $2.5 Billion — After This Make-or-Break Moment

Varsity Brands is now a $2.5 billion company, but a mistake early on could have cut the company’s progress short.

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Jan 13 • 10:49 AM EST • Business • entrepreneur.com
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College watchdog group nixed 500-plus NIL deals

The College Sports Commission has rejected nearly $15 million in name, image, likeness agreements since it started evaluating them over the summer, representing more than 10% of the value of all the deals it has analyzed and closed.

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Jan 12 • 2:58 PM EST • Sports • espn.com
A blossoming Texas medical marijuana industry adds new businesses, products and patients

The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued provisional licenses to nine new medical marijuana operators while existing ones have started opening new manufacturing and cultivating facilities.

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Jan 12 • 6:00 AM EST • Business • texastribune.org
Fulham 3-1 Middlesbrough

A great first round win against a strong Championship side. We're still on this stunning run of form that we can hopefully bring into the Premier League and the next round of the FA Cup. Alan: Could have started with Tom Cairney because he ran the show when he came on.

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Jan 12 • 3:46 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
New Orleans City Council Member Eugene Green wants to continue the work started in District D

New Orleans City Council Member Eugene Green begins his second term representing District D. He wants to continue the work on infrastructure, blight reduction and public safety started in his first term.

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Jan 11 • 11:00 AM EST • Politics • nola.com
Register Now for Science Day 2026 at Randolph College

Registration opens January 15 for the annual Randolph College Science Festival, also known as SciFest. This event started as a science day for kids in 2005 an…

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Jan 11 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • lynchburg.macaronikid.com
We run a bakery out of shipping containers. It's a cheap way to scale our business.

Chrissy Traore and her husband Ben started a bakery in New York. When they needed more space, they turned to shipping containers as the solution.

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Jan 10 • 7:08 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Supermajority, group organizing women around politics, is shutting down

Founders of the group, which started in 2019, pointed to the legacy of women organizers responding to the Trump administration and how the country thinks about gender.

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Jan 8 • 11:35 AM EST • Politics • 19thnews.org
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UConn women’s basketball runs past St. John’s, 88-43

The Huskies started fast and never looked back.

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Jan 7 • 9:20 PM EST • Sports • theuconnblog.com
Opinion | How the internet changed politics — and our lives — forever

Matthew Yglesias has been a disrupter his entire career. He started as an early adapter to the web, running a blog before blogs were a thing. He went on to co-found the media company Vox and has written all over the internet. He joins host Megan McArdle to discuss their career trajectories and how the internet has changed both media and politics.

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Jan 7 • 6:07 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Kari Lake's trust buys Iowa condo, renewing political speculation

The purchase has again jumpstarted speculation the Iowa native could be eyeing a future political run by establishing residency in the Hawkeye State.

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Jan 7 • 3:42 PM EST • Politics • desmoinesregister.com
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Personnel note: Deirdre Finn named Executive Director at ACEC Florida, FES

Finn started the job on Jan. 1.

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Jan 6 • 4:30 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
It’s all mental: Science-backed tips to get you moving in 2026

Is this the year you – finally – incorporate exercise into your routine? An expert in the brain-body relationship, Assistant Professor Marcelo Bigliassi offers advice to get started and keep going.

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Jan 5 • 5:52 AM EST • Science • news.fiu.edu
A trainer says returning to exercise in your 40s and 50s should look different to what you did in your 20s—here’s how to get started again

Coming back to exercise later in life can feel disheartening—here’s how to rediscover your mojo

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Jan 4 • 2:00 AM EST • Technology • fitandwell.com
Shrewsbury woman's six-figure business started from doing nails at home

Becci Hollis started off teaching people from her bedroom, now she sells products worldwide.

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Jan 3 • 2:31 AM EST • Business • bbc.com
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Gabelli Looks to Score With New GOLS Sports ETF

Gabelli has started the new year by launching GOLS, an active ETF that invests in companies engaged in sports and live entertainment.

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Jan 2 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • etfdb.com
Durant leads Rockets past Nets for fourth straight victory

Kevin Durant had 22 points and a season-high 11 assists, Amen Thompson scored 23 points and the Houston Rockets beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-96 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory. Alperen Sengun had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists after a two-game absence for the Rockets, who started fast in both halves to win in Brooklyn for the first time in seven years.

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Jan 2 • 1:25 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Bird flu cases affect one Arkansas duck hunter’s business

ENGLAND, Ark. – Duck hunting season started at the end of November in Arkansas with hunters looking forward to a successful season. When the season first kicked off news crews went out to England t…

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Jan 1 • 11:21 PM EST • Business • kark.com
Cards Defeat SMU 91-58

There was no New Year’s Day hangover for Louisville today. After a long holiday break they started 2026 the same way they finished 2025 with a big victory. That said, it did take a quarter for the team to assert dominance. Coach Walz said, “First game back after the break so I anticipated a little […]

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Jan 1 • 5:40 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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When I started my company, my wife and I were in our 20s. Ten years later, we've made over $250 million in sales.

Chirp wellness, founded by Tate Stock, grew from $450 and a barn to $250 million in sales, pivoting from yoga wheels to pain relief tools.

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Jan 1 • 11:33 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Broncos-Chiefs game set Prime record with 21.1 million viewers

Although the Chiefs started their third-string QB, Bo Nix and the Broncos teamed up for the biggest Prime game of all-time.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 9:05 PM EST • Sports • broncoswire.usatoday.com
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I cover side hustles and started my own in 2025. Here's the best business advice I heard all year.

Among the flood of advice I've received, read, and reported on in 2025, here's what stuck with me the most.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 5:45 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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All The Video Games I Started But Did Not Finish In 2025

If the commenters of this site and also the Defector Twitch chat are to be believed, I have many problems, but there’s one that haunts me every single day: I am terrible at finishing video games. Just an absolutely dog shit completionist, that’s what I am. I played a lot of games in 2025, thanks…

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Dec 30, 2025 • 1:02 PM EST • Technology • defector.com
Greg Lopez, Republican candidate for Colorado governor

Former congressman Greg Lopez joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Lopez, a veteran, started his political career at age 27 as mayor of Parker. He later served as Colorado’s state director for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In […]

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Dec 30, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
A look back at the year's top stories in Georgia politics

Looking back, a year that started with the funeral of the only Georgian to ever serve as president and snow storms in the South was destined to be an especially wild ride. But some stories stood out amid the chaos of 2025. Here is our list of the biggest, most memorable moments of the year. […]

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Dec 30, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • georgiarecorder.com
Analysis | Is anything real anymore? In 2025, even sports fans started to doubt.

The integrity of games might be sports’ most precious commodity. This year’s gambling scandals have fans questioning it — a trend some view as an existential threat.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • washingtonpost.com
Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data

In recent days, though, Google has quietly started to roll out a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, and keep all their emails — no matter how old their account.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 8:16 PM EST • Technology • seattletimes.com
Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Science • theconversation.com
Column: Starting a healthier sports diet in 2026 is easier than you might think

Want to start 2026 by sticking to a healthier diet of sports-observing? Here are some handy tips to get you started.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • chicagotribune.com
Japan retailers impose purchase limits as 16GB RTX 5060 Ti and RX 9600 XT stock tightens

High VRAM GPU restocks look shaky in Japan as memory costs rise A report from ITMedia claims that a Japanese retailer has started restricting graphics

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Dec 28, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
8 exemplars to guide us into the new year

It started as a one-off in my first year of writing this regular column. To ring in the new year back in the eventful year of 2020, I offered a shoutout to eight Coloradans who served as models of how to lead lives to meaning, decency and contribution. The response to that initial piece quickly […]

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Dec 27, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
The top Dallas-Fort Worth business stories of 2025 hint at what’s coming for 2026

The Dallas-Fort Worth economy is ending 2025 in a much different manner than it started this year. In a year that started with all eyes on Washington, D.C....

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Dec 27, 2025 • 1:52 PM EST • Business • dallasnews.com
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Jay M. Savage, witness to disappearing frogs and builder of tropical science

In the late 1980s, something began to go wrong in places that were supposed to be safe. Protected cloud forests, buffered from chainsaws and bulldozers, started losing animals that had persisted through far rougher times. Amphibians—often abundant, often overlooked—were vanishing in patterns that did not fit the usual explanations. Field biologists, trained to distrust drama, […]

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:38 PM EST • Science • news.mongabay.com
My 65-year-old mom is healthy, but she started purging her stuff. Being part of the process is helping me learn about my family.

My mom began Swedish death cleaning to prepare for the future — but what she really gave me was peace, connection, and understanding.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 2:38 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Whiskey, Soup, Parody and Politics: Lessons from Two Key District Court Trademark Decisions of 2025

This year started with a district court decision defining the parameters of parody and trademark infringement and ended with a case that could have taken the overlap of parody and political free speech to a new level, had it not settled.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:15 AM EST • Politics • ipwatchdog.com
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The year human evolution’s greatest mystery got a face

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:30 AM EST • Science • cnn.com
Contributor: The 5 key plotlines in the politics of 2025

This was not a year of triumph, but of transition. A year when Trump’s dominance began to fade and successors started circling.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Politics • latimes.com
Contributor: The 5 key plotlines in the politics of 2025

This was not a year of triumph, but of transition. A year when Trump's dominance began to fade and successors started circling.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Politics • yahoo.com
Eastern Shore Family YMCA expands girls-only sports programming

It started with a simple question from a 9-year-old basketball player. “Coach Liz, can I have another girl on my team?” That moment, recalled by Liz Klenke, sports director with the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, highlighted a reality many girls face as they grow older in sports: fewer female teammates, fewer opportunities, and fewer spaces where they feel they ... Read More

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:25 AM EST • Sports • shoredailynews.com
School, first responder uniform store closes after 62 years

Rush Uniform was started in 1963 by Edward Rush Sr., who sold clergy apparel to local churches from the trunk of his car.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 4:20 AM EST • Business • delawareonline.com
I started jewelry brand after high school instead of going to college

Kiana Mei, 20, runs a jewelry brand and opted out of college. It's tiring, isolating work, but she says she doesn't regret it.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Family business shares tradition of holiday tamales

Nietos Mexican Cuisine is a mother-daughter business that started from humble beginnings. We caught up with the duo to talk about the tradition of holiday tamales.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:37 PM EST • Business • nbcdfw.com
Backed by Swifties and social media, an NC business has put its town on the map

Sparta Candle Co. started with a daughter’s loving gesture. A million followers on social media later, doing good is still the heart of the mission.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • charlotteobserver.com
From paperboy to vacuum salesman, the unglamorous early jobs of 15 CEOs

Though some of the most prominent CEOs are now worth billions, many started their careers far from the C-suite.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 4:29 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Craft Brewing Business is closing up for the holidays — thank you for another great year

As the year winds down, Craft Brewing Business is taking a break for the holidays. Before we do, we want to pause and say thank you. This year reminded us why we started this site in the first place — to cover the independent brewing industry honestly, thoughtfully and without hype. It has been anotherRead More

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Dec 24, 2025 • 9:32 AM EST • Business • craftbrewingbusiness.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • iai.tv
I started using Gemini to create notes in Google Keep, and it's been a game-changer

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How this 30-year-old turned her junk journaling hobby into a business after being laid off from her dream job

Nandi Owolo started junk journaling in June 2024. A year and a half later, she's turning the crafting hobby into her full-time business.

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He Started a Business Legally. Now Trump's Mass Deportations Threaten Him and Other Immigrant Entrepreneurs.

Immigrants start businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans, benefitting not only themselves but also their American workers and customers.

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I drive for Uber and Lyft after retiring from Wall Street. The principles I learned as a trader help me make more money.

Sergio Avedian started his career as a Wall Street trader before becoming a rideshare driver. Now, he makes videos for The Rideshare Guy on YouTube.

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Valve discontinued the last remaining LCD model of the Steam Deck

The entry-level Steam Deck LCD, which started at $399, is gone for good.

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Top 25 And 1: Stakes high for Kentucky vs. St. John's in CBS Sports Classic

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Don't Want to Upgrade to iOS 26? Here's How to Stay on iOS 18 (For Now)

Since the beginning of December, Apple has been pushing iPhone users who opted to stay on iOS 18 to install iOS 26 instead. Apple started by making the iOS 18 upgrades less visible, and has now transitioned to making new iOS 18 updates unavailable on any device capable of running iOS 26. If you have an iPhone 11 or later, Apple is no longer offering new versions of iOS 18, even though there was a security update that came out alongside iOS 26.2.

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The ironic case for Tom Brady as my sports media person of the year: Deitsch

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Pumas in Patagonia started feasting on penguins — but now they're behaving strangely, a new study finds

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Apple Tested a MacBook With the A15 Chip

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Nonprofit for disabled adults shines as Loudoun's small business of the year

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You can now build AI-powered mini apps directly from Gemini

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Next iPad Mini With OLED Display Now Rumored to Feature A20 Pro Chip

Apple's next-generation iPad mini will be equipped with an A20 Pro chip, according to a MacRumors tipster who analyzed a macOS kernel debug kit containing internal Apple codenames. The kit was accidentally released on Apple's website earlier this year, but it was quickly pulled after information started leaking out of it.

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Legendary radio host claims politics split Mets’ clubhouse: ‘It started over Trump’

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Crews respond to fire at Woodville business

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OnePlus Turbo may have a battery so big that even the OnePlus 15 will seem underpowered

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Netflix Co-CEOs Insist Warner Bros. Deal Is 'Not the End' of the Entertainment Industry

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LG webOS TVs are now installing Microsoft Copilot automatically with no option to remove it

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Small Business Promotion Week: Ritzy Glitzy

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Lara Croft actress Camilla Luddington bids farewell to Tomb Raider, as Alix Wilton Regan teases "we're just getting started"

Tomb Raider's Lara Croft actress Camilla Luddington has passed her bow and arrows to Alix Wilton Regan with a farewell post to the character.

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Waze may be finally catching up to Google Maps with this highly-requested feature

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🚨 Ligue 1’s autumn champions revealed...

The Big Surprise!That's it, except for Monaco and Marseille who play tonight at 8:45 PM, all the top French teams have started their winter break. We now know who the autumn champion in Ligue 1 is, an...

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Column | More money, more corruption requires more attention, nonprofit says

OpenSecrets, which started four decades ago, is renewing its drive to help voters follow the money between special interests and government officials.

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Packers vs Broncos Props & Best Bets for Week 15

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NASA’s TRACERS Spacecraft Begin Preliminary Science Data Collection

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First look at One UI 8.5 on Galaxy S23 Ultra: What’s new and what’s missing

Samsung has started working on One UI 8.5 for Galaxy S23 Ultra, which was confirmed through the software server’s listing. The update will bring plenty of new features to the device, and the first hands-on video has just arrived. Folks over at SamMobile gained access to internal One UI 8.5 and installed the firmware on […]

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The Legacy of Lara Croft Continues in Two New Tomb Raider Games

30 years after it all started, Lara Croft returns in one new adventure, Tomb Raider: Catalyst (2027) and a complete reimagining of her first, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (2026). Learn more inside:

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Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you

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Burton entrepreneur delivers salt to area businesses

Christina Berry started a new winter business delivering buckets of sidewalk salt to businesses in the Burton area.

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