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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 10/24/2025

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 10/24/2025

Wall Street rose to records after an update said U.S. households are feeling a bit less pain from inflation than feared. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Friday and topped its prior all-time high set earlier […]

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Deadly semitrailer crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Deadly semitrailer crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers

A 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally, U.S. Homeland Security officials […]

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Alaska Airlines resumes operations after an IT outage grounded its flights for hours

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Alaska Airlines resumes operations after an IT outage grounded its flights for hours

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Friday after it had to ground its planes for hours because of an information technology outage. The airline said in a statement that 229 flights […]

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US stocks and gold sink, while meme stocks swerve, as momentum reverses on Wall Street

October 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on US stocks and gold sink, while meme stocks swerve, as momentum reverses on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks and the price of gold fell on Wednesday, as momentum on Wall Street reverses. The S&P 500 sank 0.5%, though it’s still within 1% of its all-time high set earlier this […]

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Meta cutting 600 AI jobs even as it continues to hire more for its superintelligence lab

October 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Meta cutting 600 AI jobs even as it continues to hire more for its superintelligence lab

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Meta Platforms is cutting roughly 600 artificial intelligence jobs even as it continues to hire more workers for its superintelligence lab, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Axios first reported the cuts, […]

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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