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Unemployment benefits claims unexpectedly rose last week

Claims for US jobless benefits unexpectedly jumped last week offering the latest reminder that the American economy — and the labor market — are not yet back to normal.

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All adults should be screened for hepatitis B at least once, CDC says

A new recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says all adults should be screened at least once in their lifetime for hepatitis B, an illness that's linked to liver disease and cancer.

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As We Speak: Rap on Trial – 2024 Sundance Film Festival

Rap lyrics have been used as evidence in more than 700 trials since 1990, and not to the benefit of rappers on trial. To their detriment. It’s time to talk about it.

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Miller Light brewer benefits from Bud Light’s turmoil

Bud Light’s decline is benefiting one of its biggest rivals.

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US Air Force officer crowned as 2024 Miss America

Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program, emerged victorious at the 2024 Miss America pageant in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night. Marsh, representing the state of Colorado, is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the national title.

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US attorney general meeting with Uvalde victims’ families before DOJ releases report on law enforcement response to massacre

US Attorney General Merrick Garland is meeting with families of victims killed and injured in the 2022 Uvalde school massacre, ahead of Thursday’s planned release of a Department of Justice report on law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

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Pack your bags, we’re going to Knoxville, Tennessee!

Often described as a hidden gem, as you descent upon the sweeping beauty of mountains and witness where art meets adventure and culture meets cuisine, you will undoubtably know that you are in for a great Tennessean treat when you arrive to Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Bud Light, Texas and Summer; A Winning Combination

No matter how long you live in a city you can never really know what all that city has to offer, even when things are in close proximately to you. I made a new discovery in my city this week that has been 35 years in the making.

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Facebook plans to augment your reality at F8

That's when the giant social network hosts its annual F8 conference for software developers, a decidedly geeky affair that nevertheless has real-world implications for everyday Facebook users.

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New Orleans Can Remove Confederate Monuments, Appeals Court Rules

New Orleans can remove three Confederate monuments that are displayed in prominent locations, a US federal court ruled on Monday.

The Latest Release of Ez1095 2019 Software Offers White Paper Printing For Ease Of Use

ez1095 software has been updated to print on plain white paper for Human Resources satisfaction. Test drive the 30 day no cost or obligation trial at halfpricesoft.com.

The Affordable Care Act is one of the most-talked-about HR and healthcare topics for several years running. Halfpricesoft.com has developed ez1095 to help meet these requirements, confidently and quickly. The software will allow for white paper printing for ease of use to all employers and Human Resource staffing. The 1095C, 1094C, 1095B and 1094B forms for the upcoming tax season have been implemented and approved by the SSA to print on plain white paper.

Online Community Helps Retired Career Women Redefine their Futures, Tap into their Potential and Blaze New Trails

How do the dizzying ramifications of the pandemic, politics and the global financial market affect the 75+ million US retirees in the New World Order—including nearly 10 million women who were trailblazers in the workplace back in the ’70s?

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BlackRock is soaring as investors plow money into ETFs

BlackRock, the owner of the wildly popular iShares family of exchange-traded funds and the world's largest asset manager, has gotten even bigger during the Covid-19 pandemic. BlackRock said Tuesday that it now has $7.8 trillion in assets under management, a 12% increase from last year.

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Samantha Bee becomes latest comic forced to play defense

Samantha Bee is expected to kick off her TBS show Wednesday night addressing the controversy over her use of a vulgarity to describe Ivanka Trump. In the process, she becomes merely the latest purveyor of political humor to get singed by their own red-hot rhetoric since the start of the Trump presidency.

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Angela Merkel said 'shitstorm,' but it's not as bad as you think

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "shitstorm" during a speech this week, it had nothing to do with the fact that she is about to step down as her party's leader.

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Nation Says Goodbye to Bush: 'To us, he was close to perfect'

The hilltop cathedral in Washington filled Wednesday with recollections of George H.W. Bush as a modest but mighty president, a man whose characteristic humility was belied one final time with all the pageantry of a state funeral.

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The reason you can't stop watching the lava

Lava exploding as it pours into the sea. Cars engulfed in a molten torrent. Steam billowing, cloud-like, as inner Earth meets ocean.

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5 Smart Ways To Protect Your Data On Social Media

The Facebook data breach opened a Pandora’s box of concerns for social media consumers. The company estimated that data firm Cambridge Analytica may have had information on about 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge.

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Today's the 100th anniversary of daylight saving time. Forgive us if we don't bake a cake

Here's to all the years of screwing up our sleep. Daylight saving time turns 100 today, but we doubt anyone's going to throw a party. On this day in 1918, Congress passed the Standard Time Act that established time zones and daylight saving time.

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Rice chemists: Sunscreen essential, but worth FDA scrutiny

The chemistry of sunscreen is under scrutiny by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has proposed updated regulations for a product routinely used by American consumers.