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Jaguars receiver D.J. Chark has had a solid first three seasons in the NFL, but he hasn’t won a lot of games: The Jaguars are 12-36 in the last three seasons. But Chark sees that changing. Chark said there’s no way the Jaguars won’t be better than last year, and he thinks people are going […]
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It’s officially bug-biting season. While some bugs are just annoying to deal with, the bite of others can be potentially dangerous. Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, says some bugs can transmit disease-causing bacteria, viruses and parasites through their bite, and these bites often manifest on the skin as rashes. “Bug bites in general […]
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) expects to reduce its cash burn to less than HK$1 billion ($128.84 million) a month in the second half of the year, its chief financial officer said. The airline had been burning up to HK$1.9 billion of cash per month in the first half due to crew quarantine […]
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Although we are still about a year away from seeing TSMC 3nm process node being mass-produced, reports about which companies will adopt it have already started to emerge. As it seems, Intel and Apple will be the first to leverage the N3 node, with Apple being the first to release a device powered by it, […]
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A police academy in China announced it is holding an auction to find new homes for 54 dogs that flunked out of the program by being too gentle for a career in law enforcement. The Criminal Investigation Police University of China in northeastern Liaoning province announced the dogs — primarily German shepherds, Dutch shepherd hybrids […]
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The battle lines are firmly drawn. One person can break the tie. Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported on Thursday that Commissioner Roger Goodell must approve Washington owner Daniel Snyder’s return to day-to-day management of the operations of the team. Snyder’s lawyer, Jordan Siev, insisted in a statement handed to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com […]
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One of the largest studies of its kind has found women who use over-the-counter painkillers in pregnancy are around one and half times more likely to have a baby with health issues. The risk of a preterm delivery, stillbirth or neonatal death, physical defects and other problems are all higher compared with the offspring of […]
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German carmaker Daimler is on track to spin off Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truck and bus maker, by the end of the year, its finance chief was quoted as saying on Sunday. “We are right on schedule with the detailed preparations for this complex project and want to float Daimler Truck on the stock […]
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Humble Bundle is moving forward with a controversial change to its funding format that has some gamers up in arms. In short, the company will soon be taking a mandatory 15-30 percent cut of sales off the top, but gamers will still be able to allocate the remaining funds as they see fit. From the […]
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Officials in Louisiana said more than 60 ducks were relocated from a neighborhood after residents complained of the birds overrunning their properties and following pedestrians. Residents of the Summa Court area in East Baton Rouge Parish said what was initially a small population of ducks gradually increased to more than 60 of the birds, and […]
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