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The Bengals announced several changes to their coaching staff on Friday. The team has hired Justin Hill as their running backs coach, promoted Troy Walters to wide receivers coach, and promoted Brad Kragthorpe to assistant wide receivers coach. Hill spent the last six seasons in the same job at the University of Tulsa. He replaces […]
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If an opinion poll were taken for the most popular component of mammalian cells, the result probably would be a 50-50 split: Half of respondents would likely vote hands down for the nucleus and the other half for the mitochondria—a decision that in no way diminishes or casts aspersions on the other hardworking constituents of […]
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Simon Property Group Inc forecast a rise in its 2021 profit on Monday as the U.S. mall operator benefits from improving rent collection and a recovery in the retail industry, pushing its shares up 2% in extended trading. Sales of some brick-and-mortar retailers have risen from the pandemic troughs plumbed last year thanks to the […]
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Sonos is preparing for the release of a new product that, according to FCC documentation, is likely to be the company’s second portable speaker with a rechargeable battery. The unannounced device, listed at the FCC as model number S27, is shown in testing diagrams to have a wireless charging dock and offer both Bluetooth and […]
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A pub landlord who admits manslaughter after a seven-year-old boy was electrocuted in his pub garden went to the fusebox while paramedics rushed to save the lad, a court heard. Harvey Tyrrell was killed by a massive shock when he sat on a wall lamp and touched a metal railing while playing with his friend, […]
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He won’t play for the Texans. So where will J.J. Watt play in 2021? The folks at PointsBet already have compiled odds. The strong favorite, at +140, is Pittsburgh. The Packers and Buccaneers come in next at +400 each, with the Ravens at +600, and the Bears at +700. Four teams land at +1100: Bills, […]
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How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their genes, according to new research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in Nature Communications. In this study, the largest of its kind ever conducted, the MGH team collaborated with colleagues at the University of Murcia in […]
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Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc fell nearly 4% after the bell on Monday after the videogame publisher posted a drop in quarterly adjusted sales and shied away from announcing any new big releases. “They haven’t announced any new games for next year … They haven’t done so all year, so investors are getting a […]
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Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets has grown significantly due to the community’s role in driving up the stock prices of companies like GameStop, AMC, and Nokia, and the whole saga has garnered so much attention that there are currently many movies and a TV show in the works. But that increased attention has also put strain on the […]
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A hero 10-year-old girl saved her family’s life by raising the alarm when a blaze broke in her home. Daisy Potter, who is deaf, was asleep when the electrical fire broke out while she was home with older siblings Beth, 16, and Alfie, 13. Both were sleeping in their rooms in Kirkby, Merseyside. Mum Clare […]
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