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Wall Street holds steadier as bond yields and bitcoin stabilize

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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market held steady on Tuesday as both bond yields and bitcoin stabilized. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% following its first loss in six days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 185 […]

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Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules

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Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying […]

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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws pols to picket line

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NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday, […]

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Shoppers scoured for deals online on Cyber Monday and delivered strong sales for retailers

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NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers scoured for deals online on Cyber Monday, delivering strong sales for retailers and capping a five-day spending spree that kicked off on Thanksgiving. Adobe Analytics reported that as of 6:30 […]

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AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented […]

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Where did the world's first commercial flight travel to?

The world's first scheduled commercial airline flight traveled from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida. 
On January 1, 1914, pilot Tony Jannus flew the inaugural route across Tampa Bay for the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.

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"The Da Vinci Code" repeats the myth that the glass pyramid in front of the Louvre consists of how many panes?

The Da Vinci Code repeats the urban legend that the main glass pyramid outside the Louvre Museum consists of 666 panes of glass, framing it as a satanic number. In reality, the structure contains 673 individual glass panes (603 rhombi and 70 triangles).

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Which national park is widely recognized as the world's first national park?

The world's first modern official national park is Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

Yellowstone National Park (Official Modern First)
  • Location: Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA
  • Date Established: March 1, 1872
  • Founder: Signed into law by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Size: 2.2 million acres (3,472 square miles)
  • Key Features: Famous for holding half the world's active geysers (including Old Faithful) and abundant wildlife like bison and wolves.

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What was the original brand of cereal pitched by BuzzBee?

BuzzBee (or simply Buzz) was introduced alongside and pitched for Honey Nut Cheerios when the cereal launched by General Mills in 1979. He has never represented any other original brand of cereal.

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What common aquarium fish is named for the naturalist who discovered it in Trinidad in 1876?

The common aquarium fish is the guppy (Poecilia reticulata), though historical records note the discovery in Trinidad actually occurred in 1866 (not 1876) by the British-born naturalist Robert John Lechmere Guppy, who sent specimens to the Natural History Museum in London.

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