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Aug
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
Mattel honors front-line medical workers with Barbie dolls

Mattel honors front-line medical workers with Barbie dolls

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By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #business #editorspicks #covid-19 The dolls are based on six women ‘who are modern real-life heroes of the pandemic’ You know how your kid loves to play “professor of vaccinology,” but you’ve never been able to find a Barbie with that career? Well, now you can. Mattel is honoring six real women “who are modern real-life heroes of the pandemic” with their very own Barbie dolls, the company said in a press release. “Barbie recognizes that all front-line workers have made tremendous sacrifices when confronting the pandemic and the challenges it heightened,” said…
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Aug
05
2021
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Library book returned after 50 years with $20 bill

Library book returned after 50 years with $20 bill

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT PLYMOUTH, Pa. — A book checked out a half-century ago has been anonymously returned to a library in northeastern Pennsylvania, officials said. The Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice reported that the 1967 copy of “Coins You Can Collect” by Burton Hobson arrived last month at the Plymouth Public Library in Luzerne County along with a $20 bill. An accompanying unsigned letter, written as if by the book itself, said “Fifty years ago (yes 50!), a little girl checked me out of this library in 1971. At this time, she didn't know they were going to move from…
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Aug
05
2021
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Bloomington: Victim of attempted lynching charged with assaulting his attackers

Bloomington: Victim of attempted lynching charged with assaulting his attackers

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for BloomingtonNewsAndTalk.Com A Black man who was the victim of an “attempted lynching” near Bloomington, Indiana, last summer has been charged with felony assault and misdemeanor trespassing in connection with the incident. Vauhxx Booker and his lawyer held a news conference outside an Indiana courtroom Monday after Sonia Leerkamp, the special prosecutor for Monroe County, filed charges against the local rights activist last Friday. “There’s nothing more American than charging a Black man in his own attempted lynching,” Booker said Monday, according to The Washington Post. “It is unprecedented,” added attorney Katharine Liell,…
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Aug
04
2021
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DC Comics in Rebuilding Mode: Top Execs Speak Out on “Future-Proofing” Publishing

DC Comics in Rebuilding Mode: Top Execs Speak Out on “Future-Proofing” Publishing

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BY BORYS KIT | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #business  Chief creative officer Jim Lee and senior vp and general manager Daniel Cherry III share about their responsibility to book shop owners, synergy with films like 'Suicide Squad,' WarnerMedia ownership amid a merger and why "fewer, bigger, better" is a guiding principle. Almost a year ago, DC Comics — the publishing unit behind superheroes Batman, Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn — was hit with a brutal cut that saw one-third of the company ranks wiped out due to broad layoffs at its parent WarnerMedia.  But the Burbank-based comics division, led by chief creative officer…
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Aug
04
2021
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Black Realtor, client handcuffed during showing at home for sale

Black Realtor, client handcuffed during showing at home for sale

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Neighbor called 911; police department denies racial profiling A Michigan Realtor and his client were briefly placed in handcuffs Sunday during a showing at a home for sale where a neighbor called police to report a break-in. Officers from Wyoming Police Department, just south of Grand Rapids, immediately freed the men — both of whom are Black — after realizing the mix-up. But Realtor Eric Brown and prospective homebuyer Roy Thorne came away from the experience believing they had been racially profiled. Brown first noticed a large gathering of police outside…
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Aug
04
2021
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Cuomo investigation: What we know and what’s next

Cuomo investigation: What we know and what’s next

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT Just over a year ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was widely beloved for his telegenic response to the coronavirus pandemic NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's monthslong fall from grace reached a nadir Tuesday, when investigators said they substantiated sexual harassment allegations against him from 11 women, many of whom have worked for him. Cuomo, once widely beloved for his telegenic response to the coronavirus pandemic, continues to deny the allegations and maintains he isn't going anywhere — but his political future might soon be out of his own hands. Here are the…
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Aug
04
2021
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Passenger arrives taped to his seat after assault of 3 flight attendants

Passenger arrives taped to his seat after assault of 3 flight attendants

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By Neil Vigdor, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT A Frontier Airlines passenger assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, prompting one crew member to tape him to his seat until the plane landed, the authorities said. Part of the altercation was caught on video by other passengers, who jeered as the man was restrained for the remainder of Flight 2289, which left Philadelphia at 10:41 p.m. Eastern time Saturday and landed 2 hours and 37 minutes later. Frontier Airlines said in an initial statement…
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Aug
03
2021
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Fourth police officer who defended U.S. Capitol during riot dies by suicide

Fourth police officer who defended U.S. Capitol during riot dies by suicide

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By Nancy Dillon, New York Daily News Troy Warren for CNT A fourth police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has died by suicide, the Metropolitan Police Department in the District of Columbia confirmed Monday. Officer Gunther Hashida, an 18-year veteran on the force, was found dead at his residence on Thursday, department spokesperson Hugh Carew confirmed in a statement to the New York Daily News. “We are grieving as a department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida’s family and friends,” the statement said. Hashida joined MPD in 2003 and was assigned…
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Aug
02
2021
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Atlanta: Metro Students Return to Classrooms

Atlanta: Metro Students Return to Classrooms

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By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com Dancer Washington wasn’t sure how his 4-year-old son would react to going to school for the first time on Monday, but it didn’t take long for him to get his answer. “I didn’t think he was going to get up at 6 this morning, but when I talked about school, he jumped out of the bed,” Washington said about Dancer Jr., who began pre-kindergarten at Lake City Elementary School in Morrow. “He was ready.” Students in Clayton, Cobb and DeKalb county schools headed back to classrooms Monday morning, the first districts…
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Aug
01
2021
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Alex Kurtzman Inks New Nine-Figure Overall Deal With CBS Studios

Alex Kurtzman Inks New Nine-Figure Overall Deal With CBS Studios

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BY LESLEY GOLDBERG | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The captain of the 'Star Trek' franchise for the studio has extended his relationship with ViacomCBS through 2026. Following a year-plus of negotiating, Star Trek franchise captain Alex Kurtzman has extended his overall deal with producers CBS Studios. Kurtzman has been with the studio for more than a decade. In 2018, Kurtzman and his Secret Hideout inked a $25 million overall deal extension with CBS Studios. The five-year deal was to have taken him through 2023. Sources say Kurtzman — who oversees five (and counting) Star Trek shows, among others, for the studio — asked to renegotiate his deal more than…
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