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Wealthy cutting line at airport, Disney World, and ski resorts
Cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting patiently in line used to be unethical, bad manners, taboo. Now, businesses are letting people pay for the privilege of skipping the line.
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Texas scheduled today to execute Ivan Cantu - he claims innocenence in 2000 double murder
Texas is preparing to execute Ivan Cantu, a death row inmate who claims he’s innocent of the murders for which he’s to be put to death Wednesday evening, more than 20 years after his conviction.
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Rookie Quarterback C.J. Stroud's Pregame Ritual, Breaks for Mom, Sparks Playoff Victory
Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud has a pregame routine that he dislikes breaking. He walks, stretches, swings a golf club, and takes a couple of pretend jump shots with a basketball before he picks up a football for warmup throws.
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Gatsby TV: Revolutionizing Your Streaming Experience
In an era saturated with an overwhelming abundance of TV shows and movies, Gatsby Frimpong, the innovative mind behind Gatsby TV, is on a mission to rescue viewers from the endless scroll and guide them toward quality content they'll love. With the exponential growth of streaming platforms and the resurgence of movie releases post-COVID, Gatsby TV emerges as a beacon of efficiency and enjoyment in the vast sea of entertainment options.
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Families Take a Risky Road Trip to Save Their Health Care
Angéla Lorio and Jessica Michot turned their faces toward the summer sky. They stood side-by-side on the front steps of the Republican National Committee building in Washington on Monday and took deep breaths.
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Won March Madness bets - you may owe Uncle Sam
If you won big on bets you made for the March Madness men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, enjoy the money. Just know that some chunk of it may need to go to the IRS, and possibly your state, too.
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Council Member Dave Martin's District E Newsletter - July 2017
As we head further into summer, my City Council colleagues and I continue to fight for district projects in the City of Houston's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Since being sworn into office, I continue to see, year after year, the amount of tax dollars for CIP projects allocated inequitably across the 11 council districts. This year's proposed plan, which was given to city council members late last week, shows a total of 7% of all CIP dollars going towards District E, doubling the amount of CIP dollars we received last year. Last year District E only received 3% of the total CIP dollars distributed among Council Districts.
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'Jews to the gas': The anti-Semitism shaming Dutch soccer
It takes less than a minute to walk from Amsterdam's beautiful Portuguese Synagogue to the "De Dokwerker" statue.
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Biden's trip to Europe is one of highest-stakes presidential trips in recent memory. Here's why
President Joe Biden departed Wednesday on one of the highest-stakes presidential trips in recent memory, a moment for the US President to assume leadership of a newly united West.
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Dallas: The American city that's larger than life
Big, bold and, some might say, brash, Dallas is the epitome of Texas. Houston and San Antonio are home to more people. Austin has got its hipster credentials. But nowhere else has helped forge the image of the Lone Star State in the modern imagination quite like Dallas.
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"I've Been to the Mountaintop," Address Delivered at Bishop Charles Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. [Laughter] It's always good to have your closest friend and associate to say something good about you, and Ralph Abernathy is the best friend that I have in the world.
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Soon, Delta Air Lines will update way it boards passengers
Delta Air Lines flyers will soon board its planes in a new way that might remind them of the past.
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Here are the companies pulling back from Russia
Dozens of the world's biggest companies have abandoned or scaled back their operations in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
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Saudi Arabia Fast Facts
Here's a look at Saudi Arabia, a large, oil-rich Middle Eastern country bordering Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia is home to Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina.
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Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown releases entire slate of holiday screenings and events for Nov. and Dec.
Tickets for all remaining shows this year are available today at noon online at rooftopcinemaclub.com/uptown.
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown today announces its full 2022 holiday program ahead of its most anticipated ticket release of the year today at noon for all dates and screenings from Nov. 2 through Dec. 31 – its final schedule of the year until its new season begins again in early 2023.
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The black leaders of an iconic Mardi Gras parade want you to know their 'black makeup is NOT blackface'
When one of New Orleans' most cherished parades rolls next month, float riders -- African-American and white -- will greet the screaming throngs wearing lofty feather headdresses, crinkly grass skirts and the sort of black face paint that most anywhere else might draw gasps and cries of racism.
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The New Face of Mother Emanuel
The young pastor stood in a house filled with mourners ready to minister. His parishioner had been strangled, her body dumped.
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GBI investigator confirms Ahmaud Arbery was shot at close range based on the size of the holes in his shirt
A Georgia Bureau of Investigations firearms examiner confirmed Monday Ahmaud Arbery was shot at close range.
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The gunman who killed 3 Michigan State students and wounded 5 may have planned to attack New Jersey schools, police say, as heroes helped classmates flee
The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and left five others in critical condition may have had plans to target two schools in New Jersey, police there said.
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Teens Are Still Having Sex, Most Use Contraception
American teens' sex habits and contraceptive use haven't changed much over the past decade, according to a new report from the National Survey of Family Growth, which is administered by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.