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Centuries-old sea creatures data suggest world overshot climate limit - some scientists disagree

Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean temperatures and concluded the world has already overshot one crucial global warming limit and is speeding toward another.

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Ventana BigSur Announces MultiMillion-Dollar Resort Re-Imagination With Fall 2017 Opening

First North American Property from Alila Hotels & Resorts

Ventana Big Sur, the celebrated California resort perched at the edge of the continent overlooking the Pacific coastline, announced a multimillion-dollar re-imagination to coincide with a fall 2017 reopening. The intimate 59-room resort will introduce distinctive experiences that invite guests to discover, inspire and create.

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Should Apple Buy Disney? Tesla? The Raiders?

It's time to play Wall Street's and Silicon Valley's favorite game -- how to spend Apple's ginormous (iNormous?) mountain of cash.

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The iFly Experience: Fly Like a Dragon

Stand tall. Arch your back. Bend your legs. And let your body go. Allow the high-speed air to lift your body as your flight instructor guides your body through swoops, turns, circles, up and down through a vertical wind tunnel. Nothing but you and the wind as you weightlessly float above the safety net. iFly Houston is giving exhilarating experiences in flight travel in a fun, safe environment with amazing, knowledgeable instructors for folks from 3 to 103. It is fun that won't break your back or your bank.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Awards $4.8 Million in Recreational Trail Grants to Texas Communities

During Thursday’s meeting, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $4.8 million dollars in grants funding 17 motorized and non-motorized recreational trail-related projects across the state.

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2017 NYC Winter Jazzfest Opens 13th Season

2017 marks the inauguration of Winter Jazzfest Talks, a series of panel discussions and artist interviews exploring the festival’s themes and including its featured artists as well as noted journalists and scholars.

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President Obama to Offer 'admonitions' in Farewell Address

President Obama's farewell speech. President-elect Trump's strategy on government inaction. And Team Trump's influence over state party organizations.

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Latino Leaders Ask: When Will Trump Reach Out to Hispanics?

Latino leaders around the country say they want to keep an open mind about Donald Trump's presidency, but less than one month before Inauguration Day, many are disappointed he has not done more to reach out to them.

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Coalition Government with Far-right Party Takes Power in Austria

Austria's new coalition government, which includes the far-right Freedom Party, was sworn in on Monday as demonstrators protested outside. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the Green Party, presided over the ceremony on Monday at Vienna's Hofburg Palace.

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The biggest fashion icons of the 20th century

Throughout the 20th century, fashion influenced — and was influenced by — the culture and social movements of its time, across global and hyperlocal spaces. Today, for instance, we still associate flapper dresses with the Prohibition era, for example, or Kangol hats with the birth of hip-hop.

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4 People Found Dead in Basement in New York

New York authorities are investigating the deaths of four people after the bodies were found in a basement apartment in Troy a day after Christmas.

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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: 16 sentenced to death for Bangladesh student's murder

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 16 people to death for the murder of a teenager who was set on fire after she reported sexual harassment.

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A shooter is on the run in Paris after killing one and injuring another outside a hospital

One person was killed and another injured after a shooting in front of a private hospital in Paris on Monday, a police source told CNN.

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Revanche Cognac Earns Gold Medal in the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Revanche Cognac has been awarded a Gold Medal for the Best Cognac VS by the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) today. Revanche is a versatile and smooth proprietary blend cognac launched in 2019 by fifth generation-producer Kim Birkedal Hartmann and partner Gigi Olah.

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'Sharknado 5' Rains Down Swarm of Silliness

"Sharknado" jumped the you-know-what three movies ago, once Syfy parent Comcast sought to turn this unexpected social-media sensation into a money-munching, synergistic promotional machine. The latest edition, "Sharknado 5: Global Swarming," hardly reverses that trend but does fleetingly feel a bit more energetic, raining down a relentless barrage of silliness.

Children’s Association for Maximum Potential (CAMP) Announces Cancellati on of Summer Camp

Since 1979, Children’s Association for Maximum Potential (known affectionately as Camp CAMP) has provided safe and fun-filled recreational experiences year-round for individuals with special needs. Due to the severity of their disabilities, many of the individuals now served by CAMP are not eligible to attend other camps, or even participate in other agency programs offered within the special needs community.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder's name has been stripped from a prestigious book award because of racist themes

After months of deliberation, the organization behind a prestigious book award has decided to remove the name of author Laura Ingalls Wilder because of her portrayal of Native Americans.

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HMAAC Opens Close to Home: Latinx Art and Identity 2.0

May 11, 2019-August 3, 2019

The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) is delighted to present Close to Home: Latinx Art and Identity 2.0, an exhibit of work that originated from the Collection of Drs. Harriett and Ricardo Romo of San Antonio.

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JJ Hairston's 10th Album "Miracle Worker" & Book "A Miracle Marriage" Available Now!

GRAMMY nominated, Billboard Music Award Winner, and seven-time Stellar Award winner JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise's 10th album Miracle Worker, is available now via Hairston’s JamesTown Music, which is distributed exclusively by Entertainment One. Hairston’s 10th album is accompanied by the release of a relationship book with his wife, Trina Hairston, titled, A Miracle Marriage. Fans can currently catch JJ and Trina Hairston on the multi-city "Love & Miracles Tour." Tour stops can be found at: JJHairston.com

'Top Gun: Maverick' becomes the first $1 billion Tom Cruise film

"Top Gun: Maverick" has flown to new heights. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, in which Tom Cruise reprises the famed role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, according to Paramount.