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Biden's 'last hurrah' on grocery merger may snowball even after Trump steps in: analyst
1 week, 4 days ago

Biden's 'last hurrah' on grocery merger may snowball even after Trump steps in: analyst

Raw Story  

One of the Biden administration's final acts will be securing a legal prohibition on the merger of two of America's largest grocery chains, Kroger and Albertsons — a deal that, had it gone through, would have created a combined company with more locations than Walmart and eliminated a major source of competition that keeps food prices stable. With Trump's cronies …

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Buffalo Bills Fan Tries To Melt 49ers Field Goal Attempt With A Bold, Snowy Move
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Buffalo Bills Fan Tries To Melt 49ers Field Goal Attempt With A Bold, Snowy Move

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Buffalo Bills fan seemingly tried to use the snowy weather to their advantage on Sunday night as they appeared to toss a snowball from the stands to try to block a San Francisco 49ers player’s go-ahead field goal attempt. Video shows 49ers kicker Jake Moody preparing for a 33-yard attempt in the first quarter of the …

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The chilling childhood clues that my dad was a serial killer
3 weeks, 2 days ago

The chilling childhood clues that my dad was a serial killer

Daily Mail  

Everyone said Dad's was the best barbecue chicken they'd ever tasted. The adults would sit around drinking beer and pop, and the kids and Scottie – Dad's little terrier dog — would tear around the farm, playing hide-and-seek and chasing chickens. Dad hadn't said anything about moving, but I could tell that he was getting restless. Not long after that, …

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The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life
4 months, 1 week ago

The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life

Wired  

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A series of papers from the lab of Carl Simpson proposes an answer linked to a fundamental physical fact: As seawater gets colder, it gets more viscous, and therefore more difficult for very small organisms to navigate. If microscopic organisms struggled to get enough food to survive under these conditions, …

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Chris Pine says negative 'Poolman' reviews helped him give up on perfection : Wild Card with Rachel Martin : NPR
7 months, 1 week ago

Chris Pine says negative 'Poolman' reviews helped him give up on perfection : Wild Card with Rachel Martin : NPR

NPR  

The lesson Chris Pine learned after his new film was 'obliterated' by critics Enlarge this image toggle caption Dia Dipasupil/Getty Dia Dipasupil/Getty A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: The other day I was talking to It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse. I was asking her some of our Wild Card questions and one that came up was …

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Education could snowball into a major poll issue in Bihar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Education could snowball into a major poll issue in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

Patna: Sushila Devi, 72, is a widow. “The anarchy is being encouraged in all the universities and the teachers and employees are being denied their salary, pension and arrears due to a war of attrition between the department of education and the Raj Bhavan, while chief minister Nitish Kumar maintains a strange silence. On Monday, guest teachers teaching at secondary …

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‘We’re not having a snowball fight.’ Reid, Chiefs ready for frigid playoff game against Dolphins
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We’re not having a snowball fight.’ Reid, Chiefs ready for frigid playoff game against Dolphins

Associated Press  

— Coach Andy Reid was asked what impact a frigid forecast might have for Saturday night’s wild-card playoff game between the Chiefs and Dolphins, and whether Kansas City would try to acclimatize by practicing outside this week. Same with Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who played his first six seasons in Kansas City, and will be returning to Arrowhead Stadium …

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A snowball effect in personal tech: Looking ahead into 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

A snowball effect in personal tech: Looking ahead into 2024

Hindustan Times  

Part of the speed at which personal technology is evolving has to do with need, but much of it is pure momentum. Early 2024 will see the release of the first laptops powered by Intel’s new, consumer-focused Core Ultra chips. Canva Magic Studio, the Adobe Firefly generator, and Anthropic’s Claude chatbot illustrate a growing number of tools and use-cases that …

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Eagles fans long ago turned the page on Santa snowball fiasco. The rest of the world has not
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Eagles fans long ago turned the page on Santa snowball fiasco. The rest of the world has not

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — There’s plenty to unpack for a holiday game in Philly. You’ve surely heard the tale before: how fans near the end of one of the worst seasons in Eagles history dipped their fingers into snow at Franklin Field on a frigid December afternoon, cupped their hands and pelted poor ol’ Santa Claus with snowballs — long before anyone …

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Megan Rapinoe will end a long and controversial USWNT career by returning to Chicago today... where she first took the knee and where everything began to snowball
1 year, 3 months ago

Megan Rapinoe will end a long and controversial USWNT career by returning to Chicago today... where she first took the knee and where everything began to snowball

Daily Mail  

Megan Rapinoe plays her final game for the United States on Sunday in Chicago Barely anyone noticed the first time Megan Rapinoe took a seat and then took a stand. In 2016, before Seattle Reign vs. Chicago Red Stars, Megan Rapinoe became America's first white athlete to take a knee Rapinoe will play her final game for the United States …

World Cup Team Protest Soccer Took Megan Knee
Flurries at the Hollywood sign: ‘A very rare event’
1 year, 10 months ago

Flurries at the Hollywood sign: ‘A very rare event’

LA Times  

Jeff Zarrinnam takes a selfie while holding a snowball with the Hollywood sign in the background. “I’ve seen everything,” he said, but “it was quite a surprise this morning” to find snow outside his house. The rare weather phenomenon is due to a “highly dynamic” weather system that is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and potential flooding …

Hollywood Sign Snow Jeff Zarrinnam
Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi engage in snowball fight during last leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra | WATCH
1 year, 10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi engage in snowball fight during last leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra | WATCH

India TV News  

Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra broke into a snowball fight in Srinagar during the last leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday. In a video shared on Twitter by Rahul Gandhi, the duo are seen playfully throwing snow at each other. In the video, Rahul Gandhi is seen sneaking up on his sister with snowballs hidden …

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Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball
1 year, 11 months ago

Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Travelers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered another wave of canceled flights Wednesday, and pressure grew on the federal government to help customers get reimbursed for unexpected expenses they incurred because of the airline’s meltdown. “I’m starting to feel homeless.” By early afternoon on the East Coast, about 90% of all canceled flights Wednesday …

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Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball
1 year, 11 months ago

Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections suffered through another wave of scrubbed flights, with another 2,500 pulled from arrival and departure boards Wednesday. In a video that Southwest posted late Tuesday, CEO Robert Jordan said Southwest would operate a reduced schedule for several days but hoped …

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How Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ — and saved its economy from Russia
2 years ago

How Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ — and saved its economy from Russia

LA Times  

Amazon conducts a disaster response training exercise using Snowball Edge data storage units. Since the day Russia launched its invasion Feb. 24, Amazon has been working closely with the Ukrainian government to download essential data and ferry it out of the country in suitcase-sized solid-state computer storage units called Snowball Edge, then funneling the data into Amazon’s cloud computing system. …

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Michael Rapaport blasted with snowball during Instagram live rant about Whoopi Goldberg
2 years, 10 months ago

Michael Rapaport blasted with snowball during Instagram live rant about Whoopi Goldberg

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Comedian Michael Rapaport was interrupted during one of …

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Rats in our house, rats in our streets: For New York rodents, so much depends on real estate
3 years, 1 month ago

Rats in our house, rats in our streets: For New York rodents, so much depends on real estate

Salon  

In February of 2020, my family got fancy rats. Soon after, my partner, a rat skeptic if ever there was one, even mused, "If I had known how cute they'd be, I would have signed off a lot sooner." We took the car to the first of many mechanics, cleaned out the nest, and tried every home remedy — moth …

Pet Car Told Good My Partner Rats Dominic
ECB to explore use of COVID-19 passports to help fans return
3 years, 8 months ago

ECB to explore use of COVID-19 passports to help fans return

The Hindu  

The England & Wales Cricket Board will look at the possibility of using COVID-19 passports to allow fans to return to stadiums for the upcoming domestic season, the governing body's managing director of county cricket Neil Snowball said. May 17 has been pencilled in as the date when the largest outdoor seated venues can allow up to 10,000 people or …

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Videos of Mass Snowball ‘Fight’ Go Viral from Madrid after Historic Blizzard in Spain
3 years, 11 months ago

Videos of Mass Snowball ‘Fight’ Go Viral from Madrid after Historic Blizzard in Spain

News 18  

As Storm Filomena hit Spain last Friday, covering it in record levels of snow, residents of Madrid decided to make light of a rather serious situation. I’m confused— Rocco January 10, 2021 I’m assuming you’re from a warmer climate… 😎 As long as they aren’t throwing solid ice chunks, snowballs usually disintegrate on contact and don’t really hurt, especially with …

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Covid: Police threaten snowball throwers with £200 lockdown fine
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid: Police threaten snowball throwers with £200 lockdown fine

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Police have apologised …

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Like snowball rolling down the hill, got bigger: Danny Morrison recalls magic of 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar
4 years, 4 months ago

Like snowball rolling down the hill, got bigger: Danny Morrison recalls magic of 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar

India Today  

Former New Zealand pacer Danny Morrison has recalled an incident when legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was on the cusp of becoming the youngest batsman to score a Test hundred but fell just 12 runs short of it. Danny Morrison beautifully described Sachin Tendulkar's 1990 innings in Napier and compared him to a snowball coming down the hill, he got …

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Earth Was Turned Into a Snowball 700-Million-Years Ago Because of Low Sunlight
4 years, 4 months ago

Earth Was Turned Into a Snowball 700-Million-Years Ago Because of Low Sunlight

News 18  

The Earth is the only known planet with perfect living conditions that allows the survival of the humans. These events, known as Snowball Earth, took place around 700 million years ago, and the science suggests that these consecutive global ice ages resulted in setting the environment conditions for the origin of multicellular life on Earth. While there has been no …

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