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The strange but true reason why GameStop's stock keeps surging
GameStop is expected to lose money this year and next year. Sales growth is sluggish as fewer gamers need to go to stores — or even shop online — when they can download new titles directly from their consoles, PCs, phones or tablets. So why are shares of the video game retailer up more than 275% so far in 2021?
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No, 'Deep State' is not a current-events show
Epix will premiere a new drama series this weekend, beefing up the pay TV service's lineup of original programming. But it's the title, "Deep State," which is creating some confusion in social-media circles.
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Democratic Senate candidates show fundraising strength in early 2nd quarter numbers
A series of Democratic Senate candidates announced substantial fundraising hauls this week, putting each campaign in strong financial positions ahead of races that will be critical to the Biden administration's goals.
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‘Power’ Adds Charlie Murphy And Larenz Tate To Season 4 Cast
If you’re already looking ahead to Power’s next season, even though it doesn’t return until June, at least the casting announcements are interesting so far.
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Simon Thew is named Houston Ballet’s new Music Director
Houston Ballet has appointed current Associate Conductor Simon Thew as the company’s next Music Director and Chief Conductor, effective July 1, 2024. He will succeed longtime Music Director Ermanno Florio, who is stepping down at the end of the 2023-2024 season after 32 years in the role.
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¡Bienvenidos! A New Way to Connect with METRO on Social MediaSty
METRO is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by launching the Authority's first Spanish-language social media account, @metrohouston_esp on Instagram. The social media platform will be home to video content exclusively produced to reach a wider network of customers.
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Let it grow: The ‘Januhairy’ movement wants us to embrace body hair
The first month of the year is traditionally a time of change and resolution. Gym memberships spike, people seek new jobs in record numbers and abstaining from alcohol and meat becomes a popular pastime.
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Arrest made 4 months after dog found shot in head in Cowlitz County
A woman has been arrested in connection with an animal cruelty case that happened in Nov. 2023.
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Iran tests medium-range ballistic missile, Pompeo says
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said Iran tested a medium-range ballistic missile, violating a United Nations resolution.
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A Question of Justice
In 1838, in a shameful chapter of American history, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott forced tens of thousands of Cherokee Indians - one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" that had embraced the customs and language of white settlers - to march 1,200 miles to what was designated "Indian Territory" across the Mississippi (centered in what is now Oklahoma). Their lands were confiscated; their homes looted. Along what became known as the Trail of Tears, whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, and starvation took a deadly toll, with an estimated one-quarter of the Cherokee people perishing along the way.
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5 things to know for February 22: Jussie Smollett, NC election, Vatican, Venezuela
Looking for a new way to beat the traffic? If you live in Mumbai, you can use Uber to summon ... a speedboat. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Award-winning actor Sean Penn appears Monday on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."/Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
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Actor Ines de Leon arrived in a floor-length pink cape. Mandatory Credit: David Benito/WireImage/Getty Images
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Actor Lance Reddick, seen here in 2010, died on March 17 at age 60. Mandatory Credit: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
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Soledad O’Brien hosts Oct. 8 conversation about race across Hearst outlets
Initiative Brings Together Hearst Consumer Media Resources, Encompassing Television Stations, Newspapers & Magazines to Share Program Live Across Digital Platforms
On Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. ET, the urgent conversation about race, equality and justice will be the focus of a live, multimedia, interactive forum across many of America’s most familiar media brands with the debut of “The Hard Truth About Bias: Images and Reality.” The one-hour digital program, originating from New York and featuring a wide array of topic leaders from across the nation, is a special project of Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, the Hearst Television public affairs program, now among the most watched weekend issues talk shows in the country.
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Trump Launches Military Strike Against Syria
The United States launched a military strike Thursday on a Syrian government airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week.
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Democrats won't get as much Obama as they want in the midterms. But he has some other plans.
Requests for Barack Obama are pouring in from Democrats around the country -- candidates are desperate for his help in what they feel is an existential midterms battle, one in which each race could help determine control of Congress and governments in the states.
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New Spanish-language Book Investigates Why People Forsake Church
Roberto Tinoco announces publication of ‘La deserción en la Iglesia’
“La deserción en la Iglesia: ¿Por qué la gente se va y qué podemos hacer?” (published by WestBow Press) by author Roberto Tinoco is an investigation to know why the people are leaving the church and if anything can be done to stop the desertion.
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Former NSC Employee: Putin Is Engaging in 'information warfare'
A former National Security Council employee who served in the White House under President Barack Obama has issued a harsh rebuke of Russia President Vladimir Putin, saying his actions during the 2016 election amount to "21st-century information warfare."
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Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned
BBC.com is reporting that US comedian Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction has been overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, paving the way for his release. Cosby, 83, has served more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia.
