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Nov
12
2021
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By Troy Warren
Los Angeles: Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship

Los Angeles: Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship

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By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com #Entertainment #EditorsPicks #Lifestyle LOS ANGELES — Britney is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears’ life and money for nearly 14 years. The decision capped a stunning five-month odyssey that saw Spears publicly demand the end of the conservatorship, hire her own attorney, have her father removed from power and finally win the freedom to make her own medical, financial and personal decisions for the first time since 2008. “As of today, the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is hereby…
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Nov
12
2021
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By Troy Warren
U.S. consumer prices soared 6.2% in past year, most since 1990

U.S. consumer prices soared 6.2% in past year, most since 1990

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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business  #Lifestyle WASHINGTON — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, gas and housing left Americans grappling with the highest inflation rate since 1990. The year-over-year increase in the consumer price index exceeded the 5.4% rise in September, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. From September to October, prices jumped 0.9%, the highest month-over-month increase since June. Inflation is eroding the strong gains in wages and salaries that have flowed to America’s workers in recent months, creating political headaches for the Biden administration and…
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Nov
12
2021
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By Troy Warren
Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium

Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium

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By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Lifestyle CLEARWATER, Fla. — A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies died Thursday evening at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality, aquarium officials said. The 16-year-old female bottlenose dolphin died while being held by animal care experts who were preparing Winter for a procedure at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where the famous marine mammal has long resided. “While we are heartbroken by Winter’s death, we are comforted knowing that our team did everything possible to give her the best chance at survival,”…
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Nov
09
2021
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By Troy Warren
City trash bin from Myrtle Beach washes up on shores of Ireland

City trash bin from Myrtle Beach washes up on shores of Ireland

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks Barrel’s incredible journey ends 3,500 miles across the Atlantic Instead of a message in a bottle, it was the decals on a barnacle-covered trash barrel that shows just how far it traveled, from the southeastern U.S. coast to a beach in Ireland, more than 3,500 miles from home. The City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina announced Monday that a waste barrel had somehow washed up in County Mayo, on the emerald isle’s northwestern coast. According to the city, Keith McGreal of Ireland wrote them and shared pictures of the bright blue barrel with city…
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Nov
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
Why We Celebrate Friendsgiving—Including a Connection to ‘Friends’

Why We Celebrate Friendsgiving—Including a Connection to ‘Friends’

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By Emily VanSchmus | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Lifestyle None of the six friends ever said the word 'friendsgiving' on the show—but there is an interesting connection between the show and the tradition.  Friendsgiving is a relatively new tradition that I’ve wholeheartedly embraced. If you’re not familiar with the celebration, it’s basically a Thanksgiving dinnerthat’s shared between friends rather than family. Of course, I’m all for eating two Thanksgiving meals—especially when there’s pumpkin pie involved—but there’s just something about a day dedicated to celebrating friendship that gives me the warm fuzzies.  But where did the tradition come from? It’s become increasingly popular over…
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Nov
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

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By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #Technology CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station as early as this weekend will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule’s broken toilet. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur described the situation Friday as “suboptimal" but manageable. “Spaceflight is full of lots of little challenges,” she said during a news conference from orbit. “This is just one more that we’ll encounter and take care of in our mission. So we’re not too worried about it." Mission managers could decide later Friday whether…
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Nov
03
2021
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By Troy Warren
QAnon supporters gather in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr. to reappear

QAnon supporters gather in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr. to reappear

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By Catherine Marfin and Michael Williams, The Dallas Morning News Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle Kennedy died in 1999, but supporters of QAnon believe he has spent the last 22 years in hiding Scores of QAnon believers gathered Tuesday afternoon in downtown Dallas in the hopes that John F. Kennedy Jr. would appear, heralding the reinstatement of Donald Trump as president. The supporters first gathered Monday night in downtown Dallas, and about 1 p.m. Tuesday there were several hundred people near Dealey Plaza, where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy’s son died in a plane crash in 1999…
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Nov
01
2021
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By Troy Warren
Southwest investigates pilot who used ‘Brandon’ phrase

Southwest investigates pilot who used ‘Brandon’ phrase

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By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Travel #Lifestyle WASHINGTON — Southwest Airlines said it is conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots used a phrase that’s become a stand-in for insulting President Joe Biden during the pilot’s greeting to passengers over the plane’s public address system last week. The airline announced its investigation after The Associated Press reported the incident in a story about the growing use of the phrase “Let's go, Brandon,” an aphorism in conservative circles for a vulgarity targeting Biden. The pilot’s use of the phrase drew audible gasps from some passengers on…
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Oct
30
2021
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By Troy Warren
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Write Open Letter to G20 Summit Leaders Calling Out Vaccine Inequity

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Write Open Letter to G20 Summit Leaders Calling Out Vaccine Inequity

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BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #LIfestyle The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote, "Of the almost 7 billion doses that have been administered globally, just 3 percent of people in low-income countries have had a jab so far. Where are the rest?" Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have partnered with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to address the leaders at the G20 Summit over the lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines in low-income countries. Ahead of the meeting in Rome this weekend, which will be the first in person G20 Summit since…
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Oct
16
2021
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By Troy Warren
Investigative team claims it has identified the infamous Zodiac Killer

Investigative team claims it has identified the infamous Zodiac Killer

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle A team of independent former law enforcement investigators has identified a man who died in 2018 as the infamous Zodiac Killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area more than 50 years ago but was never apprehended. However, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies say the conclusions reached by the unofficial task force of 40 cold case experts are largely based on circumstantial evidence, and that the man was not considered a suspect in five murders known to have been committed by the Zodiac in Northern California from 1968…
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