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Snapchat's Success May Lead To Uber And Airbnb IPOs
Shares of Snap, the parent of the popular app Snapchat, are up more than 50% from their offering price after surging Thursday and rising again Friday, even though they fell 7% Monday morning.
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Why These Women Stopped Buying Ivanka Trump's Stuff
Five years ago, Carolyn Handley walked down the aisle wearing Ivanka Trump shoes in the Trump International Hotel in Chicago. At that point, and until last year, Handley would have called herself a fan of the Trump brands.
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Rajon Rondo Says Ray Allen Won't Be Invited To Celtics' 10-Year Championship Reunion
“I asked a couple of the guys. I got a no, a no head shake.”
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Faith Drops ’10 Wife Commandments’ Ahead Of Duets Album With Biggie
Faith Evans is keeping the memory of her husband alive. Though her first husband The Notorious B.I.G., has been gone for twenty! years, she’s continuing his musical legacy with a duets collection, The King And I, using his vocals and hers. She’s just dropped a revised version of his classic joint “Ten Crack Commandments” called “Ten Wife Commandments.”
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Michigan to Pay Nearly $100 million in Flint Lawsuit Settlement
The state of Michigan will set aside $97 million for lead or galvanized steel water lines to be replaced in the City of Flint, according to a settlement filed Monday in US District Court.
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A Texas teenager breaks two world records for longest legs
Maci Currin isn't all legs, but they do make up 60 percent of her total height.
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We're still disinfecting like mad. That's good for Clorox
It's been seven months since the pandemic hit American shores, but as coronavirus cases rise again, many people are still wiping down surfaces -- and that's continuing to boost sales for Clorox.
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Announces Most Ambitious Fundraising Event in its History
BIG NIGHT (At the Museum), presented with YouTube, offers an unprecedented opportunity to witness today’s country music masters connecting with historic instruments.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, in partnership with YouTube and the country music community, will stage the most ambitious digital fundraiser in the museum’s history, BIG NIGHT (At the Museum). Premiering at 8 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the program is free to view on the museum’s YouTube channel.
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Parents Arrested For Beating Their 4-Year Old Son to Death… Over Spilled Cereal!
— A mother and her boyfriend were arrested after beating her 4-year-old son to death for spilling cereal. Lisa Smith, 19 years old, and Keiff King, 26 years old, were charged with aggravated assault, attempted murder, and other related charges.
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Mighty Fun And Super Interesting: Texas Author Aims To Entertain And Educate
How much of your state history can you recall? Were those the lessons you tuned out in elementary school? Maybe if history weren't so boring, you think to yourself.
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Toyota Texas Music Revolution 22 in Plano
Dallas area radio station KHYI The Range is hosting Toyota Texas Music Revolution 22 March 23-24, 2018 at Oak Point Park & Amphitheater in Plano. Come celebrate the biggest Toyota Texas Music Revolution yet with KHYI and the City of Plano! Headlining this year’s show is Grammy award winner Ryan Bingham and “country’s next star” Margo Price!
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The 2018 blue wave, in 3 charts
The full extent of Democrats' victory in the midterms has been amplified in the weeks since Election Day.
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Dog found reunited with owner after five years
With help from a microchip, a dog found in Laveen was reunited with her owner after five years Friday. Philip Fecteau, an animal care technician with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, had given up all hope years ago after posting flyers and to social media that his black Labrador, Chanel, was lost.
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Essence and FORD Host My City 4 Ways Culture Festival
Over the weekend, Essence and FORD once again joined forces to bring the My City 4 Ways Culture Festival to Houston for its last stop. Ford brought the festival to White Oak Music Hall, to celebrate the city’s most notable tastemakers, innovators and leaders across music, art, lifestyle, and food.
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Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton released from US prison
Jamaican dance hall reggae star Mark Anthony Myrie -- popularly known as Buju Banton -- has been released from a federal prison in Georgia.
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Pacific Poké Opens First of Many Hawaiian Restaurants in Texas in Houston's Galleria Area
Pacific Poké is set to open December 17th, 2018, bringing Hawaiian cuisine to Houstonians in the Galleria area. Pacific Poké will serve the current trend-setting poké bowls, along with a variety of cooked Hawaiian items.
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Tennis Legend Zina Garrison Appointed to Harris County-Houston Sports Authority Board
Harris County Commissioners Court has unanimously approved Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ appointment of former tennis star Zina Garrison to the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority Board.
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Council Member Dave Martin Hosts Kingwood/Lake Houston Area Town Hall Meeting
City Council Member Dave Martin will host a town hall meeting, Tuesday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m., at the Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods, Kingwood, TX 77345. The community is invited to attend and hear from city and community representatives about ongoing projects, issues and community news related to the Kingwood and Lake Houston areas of District E.
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Texas Bikers Raise $28,000 to Fund Breast Cancer Healthcare for Women in Need
Motorcycle-lovers from all across Houston came out in droves to support The 10th Annual Bikers Against Breast Cancer (BABC) event held on Saturday, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the San Jacinto Harley Davidson store located at 3636 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX 77505. This empowering 60-mile ride over the Fred Hartman bridge raised funds for The Rose, the leading breast healthcare nonprofit in Southeast Texas, to honor those who have faced the disease and to make life-saving services possible for more women.
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4-Year Old Boy From Chicago Reads 100 Books in One Day — And His Parents Live Streamed it on Facebook!
Caleb Green, a 4-year old boy from Chicago, has read 100 books in just one day. The books reportedly included his favorites about Ninja turtles and dogs, and his parents streamed the entire reading marathon on Facebook Live.
