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Prevent brain decay, according to science - how?
When my mother was in her 80s, her daily call to her older brother always started with the same question: “Did your bowels move today?” I used to roll my eyes and pray to the old-age gods that I would never do the same.
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Rockets Name Julian Duncan Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
The Houston Rockets today announced they have hired Julian Duncan as their Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer. He most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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China orders Tencent and other big tech firms to curb their finance businesses
Chinese regulators have ordered more than a dozen tech companies to fix the most "prominent problems" of their financial units, escalating a historic crackdown on the sector that has already engulfed some of the country's top players.
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Election 2018: Voters head to the polls to deliver their verdict on the midterms
It's Election Day in America, again. Two years after a shock election launched Donald Trump into the presidency, voters are again set to render a verdict on the direction they would like to take the country.
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2nd Annual HBCU All-Star Game to Be Held at Texas Southern University in Houston During Final Four Weekend
HBCU All-Star Game to Air Live on CBS at 4:00 PM ET
HBCU All-Stars LLC have announced that the 2023 HBCU All-Star Game, a college basketball showcase highlighting the best HBCU players in the country, will be held at Texas Southern University H&PE Arena in Houston on Sunday, April 2 at 4:00 PM, ET.
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'Impeachment: American Crime Story' dissects the Clinton scandal with Monica Lewinsky's input
The "American Crime Story" banner launched by O.J. Simpson's trial is an odd one for FX's "Impeachment," an otherwise engrossing, undeniably juicy limited series that puts the women front and center in the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal. Sarah Paulson's portrayal of Linda Tripp steals the show, but there's no shortage of remarkable work in a production that deserves an Emmy for its prosthetic makeup alone.
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Bridgeland Offers New Best Move Home Promotions
New Homebuyers Can Receive $2,000 for New Home Purchase in Cypress Community
Bridgeland®, northwest Houston area’s premier master planned community, is offering Houston homebuyers one more reason to make the Cypress community their next destination – a Spring promotion worth $2,000 to each new homebuyer. Houston buyers who purchase a new home in Bridgeland from March 20 to May 31 will receive $2,000 toward their moving costs. Promotion details and regulations are available by visiting www.bridgeland.com/bestmove.
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Joy Priest Has Been Writing Ever Since She Could Hold A Pen
Joy Priest is a first-year doctoral student in the UH Creative Writing program in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the
I’ve been a poet all my life, but I was a reader first,” said the first-year doctoral candidate in the University of Houston’s renowned Creative Writing Program. “My mother would read to me every night, and when I was about three years old, I started taking the book from her because I wanted to read it myself.”
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Ticketmaster to Bring Latest Technology Innovations to All Live Events at MetLife Stadium
Ticketmaster, the global leader in advanced ticketing technologies, has renewed its partnership with the award-winning MetLife Stadium to serve as the official ticketing partner for all events, including home games for the New York Jets and the New York Giants. Under this renewed partnership, Ticketmaster will power the primary and secondary ticketing marketplaces for the New York Jets and the New York Giants and all other live events at MetLife Stadium on Ticketmaster.com and the Ticketmaster mobile app, providing fans with the safest ticket buying experience available.
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Louisiana hospital staff stayed behind to care for 19 babies as Hurricane Laura hit
Even as Hurricane Laura bore down on a hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, someone had to watch the babies.
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The number of NYPD officer suicides this year has risen to 8
Another New York Police Department officer has died by suicide -- becoming the eighth to do so this year -- a law enforcement official told CNN.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Co-Sponsors the Jobs and Justice Act Promoted by the Congressional Black Caucus
Jackson Lee—“I am pleased that the CBC’s Jobs and Justice Act includes five bills that I have introduced that will build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve; provide economic opportunity to young persons and small businesses; and provide greater transparency and accountability to all who interact with the criminal justice system.”
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Anderson Cooper's Stormy Daniels interview draws highest ratings for '60 Minutes' in 10 years
- Anderson Cooper's interview with Stormy Daniels propelled "60 Minutes" to its highest-rated episode in 10 years, according to Nielsen ratings.
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The Olympic Spirit Shows Us the Way Out and Up
The 32nd Summer Olympics that just ended in Japan was held in a bubble but could not escape the calamities of this time. Rows of empty seats paid sad tribute to the pandemic that is spiking in Japan and elsewhere across the world. Athletes competed under severe, even crippling heat, harsh testament to the extreme weather that is the product of heedless human impact on our climate.
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Buzz Pop Cocktails Partners With Drake's Award Winning Organic Spirits
After a fun filled 1st year full of bikinis, fashion shows, pool parties and red-carpet events, Buzz Pop Cocktails is proud to announce it has partnered with Drakes Organic Spirits which will now become our premium Rum & Vodka, of choice, used to produce our line of Buzz Pop Cocktails. "We are honored to have had the opportunity to partner with such an award winning and super premium brand," says Buzz Pops CEO, Joseph Isaacs.
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Lady A, the singer, is fighting back against Lady A, the group
The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A.
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PVAMU to award nearly 1,000 degrees at its 140th Spring Commencement Convocation
Prairie View A&M University will award nearly 1,000 degrees to its spring graduates this Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Panther Stadium.
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There's a new Democratic agenda taking shape. It's more and more progressive. Can it survive success?
Entering 2017, and the dawn of the Trump era, the prevailing hit on suddenly powerless Democrats was that they had no message and, worse, no ideas. When it came to political combat, the party had been schooled by the President-elect, who understood that millions of Americans were hungry for some sort of populist revival.
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Witnesses are urged to come forward after shooters left 3 dead and 11 wounded in a Philadelphia crowd
A night of revelry on Philadelphia's South Street turned chaotic Saturday as gunmen opened fire into a crowd, leaving three people dead and 11 wounded in one of at least 10 weekend mass shootings across the United States.
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Biden’s Walk Can Beat Trump’s Talk with the Working Class, But He Needs to Speak Up
Spoiler alert! Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on the ballot this fall.
