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Dare to Scale Offers Strategies for Growing a Business Gracefully and with Confidence
Start-ups start out with big dreams: The entrepreneur has a great product or service that can deliver something of value. Eager to share this vision with the world, he or she launches the business and quickly becomes consumed by the day-to-day stresses of putting out fires, overseeing tasks and managing people. The dream has become a nightmare. What went wrong?
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Firefighter inspires bill to help families impacted by work-related disability or illness
The legacy of a Lenexa firefighter who passed away from cancer is living on with new legislation in Kansas.
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Jose Siri's Riskiness Helps Astros Defeat The Diamondbacks
“He can play,” said Astros manager Dusty Baker during his postgame press conference. “The key is he has ability and we have seen it all along. He is trying to harness his ability and it is our job to harness that ability and take us in a positive direction.”
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Biden signs memo to boost spy agencies' cyber defenses
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a national security memorandum to bolster cybersecurity for sensitive computer systems used by the Pentagon and US spy agencies amid an array of hacking threats from foreign governments.
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SAT will soon be all-digital and shortened from 3 hours to 2
The SAT taken by prospective college students across the country will go all-digital starting in 2024 and will be an hour shorter, the College Board announced in a statement Tuesday.
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Couples Say I Do to a $250 Valentine's Day Special
Couples say I do to tradition and a romantic union in historic Sam Houston Park’s St. John Church
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Jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani
The jury has reached a verdict in the criminal fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend and former second-in-command at Theranos, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani.
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Disney's new cruise ship setting sail on maiden voyage
Disney's newest cruise ship is setting sail on its maiden voyage Thursday from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Bahamas.
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Bipartisan group of senators cuts deal to change election laws in response to January 6 attack
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, marking the most significant response by Congress to former President Donald Trump's relentless pressure campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Buffalo 911 dispatcher fired after mishandling call during supermarket shooting
A 911 dispatcher who mishandled a call from a Buffalo supermarket manager during the fatal May shooting was fired on Thursday, the Erie County Department of Personnel confirmed to CNN.
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SpaceX gets key environmental approval for Mars rocket test — if it complies with mitigating actions
Federal regulators made a key decision on SpaceX's plans to launch its gargantuan Mars rocket, called Starship, into orbit from Texas — saying Monday that, as long as the company complies with 75 "mitigating actions," the rocket launches should clear federal standards for environmental impact.
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District Attorney Ogg requests more prosecutors to combat county-wide violent crime
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg appeared before county commissioners Tuesday to request additional funding for 82 new prosecutors in 2022. Ogg seeks additional staffing to address three “crime drivers” spiking Harris County’s homicide and criminal victimization rates: repeat violent offenders, domestic violence and gang crime.
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Vice President Harris Announces Historic Funding to Bolster Equitable Health Care During Pandemic, and Beyond
$1.5 Billion Investment in National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps Will Expand and Diversify the Health Workforce and Improve Critical Clinical Care in Underserved Communities
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El Chapo's wife sentenced on federal drug trafficking charges
The wife of Mexican drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced today to three years in prison and four years of supervised release, along with a forfeiture of $1.5 million, in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to her husband's narcotics empire.
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Enough with Will and Jada! There's a Petition to Stop Media interviewing the Smiths
A petition asking reporters to stop interviewing Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has garnered more than 2,500 signatures and counting. Appearing on the petition-hosting site Change.org, the appeal was started by user Dexter Morales on November 26, with the caption "Stop interviewing Will and Jada smith!"
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Black Women for Positive Change Announces 2021 Elizabeth Keckley Honorees
Black Women for Positive Change is pleased to announce the Honorees of the 2021 Elizabeth Keckley Awards, an event that honors individuals who have demonstrated lives of public service and dedication to building and expanding the American Black Middle/Working Class. The Keckley Awards are part of the Tenth Annual Month of Families, Non-Violence and Opportunities, October 1-31, 2021. “We are honored to highlight the accomplishments of this year’s honorees. We believe it is important to provide youth and adults with role models in different industries, that they can emulate, as they develop their personal walks of life,” said Honorable Jan Perry, Social Action Chair and Attorney Carthenia Jefferson, Committee Co-Chairs of the Keckley Awards, organized by Black Women for Positive Change.
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Biden says the US and its allies had nothing to do with Wagner Group’s rebellion against Russia
President Joe Biden on Monday sought to distance the United States from the weekend rebellion in Russia, insisting in his first public remarks since the episode that the West had nothing to do with the mutiny.
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Houston Texans Announce Dates and Times for 2023 Training Camp Presented by Xfinity
Team to host eight practices free and open to all fans, including Back Together Weekend
Houston Texans Training Camp presented by Xfinity will begin on Wednesday, July 26, as the Texans take the field in preparation for the 2023 Season. Eight training camp practices will be free and open to all fans: Friday, July 28; Sunday, July 30; Friday, August 4; Saturday, August 5; Tuesday, August 8; Sunday, August 13; Wednesday, August 16; and Thursday, August 17.
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Mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis inspires man to create THC infused lemonade
An Alzheimer's diagnosis has inspired a Massachusetts man to develop a THC alternative. The Best Dirty Lemonade is now selling in dispensaries statewide and it all started with a son hoping to help the person he loves most.
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Civic Heart Community Services Relocates to One Emancipation Center
New office provides collaborative space, synergy with like-minded non-profit organizations to create a thriving Third Ward community
Civic Heart Community Services (Civic Heart) relocated its headquarters to One Emancipation Center at 3131 Emancipation Avenue in Houston’s Third Ward in June 2023. The 34-year-old organization, the largest black-founded non-profit organization in the Gulf coast region, formerly known as Change Happens!, recently announced its name change to Civic Heart Community Services.