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November 18, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster that, with private money, is
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Functional beverages — or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are growing in popularity around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients. Here are some of the latest ones found in functional beverages and what scientists
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Supermarket beverage aisles are starting to look a lot more like a pharmacy. There are sodas made with mushrooms that supposedly improve mental clarity and juices packed with bacteria that claim to enhance digestive health. Water infused with collagen carries the promise of better skin, and energy drinks offer to help burn body fat. Welcome
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BERLIN (AP) — An independent experts commission recommended Monday that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before
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Loaded schedules, marquee non-conference matchups, and postponed games headlined a hectic week for baseball teams across the state. With pitching staffs being pushed to the limit and conference foes securing upset victories, over 30 teams in HighSchoolOT’s area code rankings from a week ago suffered at least one loss. Eight teams that sat in last
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Four teams ranked in last week’s statewide top-10 dropped games, including Northwest Guilford who held down the No. 1 spot in HighSchoolOT’s rankings for the past four weeks. Four new teams break into the Top-25, and another half dozen found their way into the Top-15 of our area code rankings. Oak Grove’s win over Northwest
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NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re feeling — YAWN — sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep, according to a new poll. But in the U.S., the ethos of
READ MOREThe changes tot his week’s HighSchoolOT statewide boys lacrosse rankings are probably best broken up into three parts. First, the top 10 saw teams rise if they got crucial victories. Cardinal Gibbons did that against Cannon School, while Middle Creek did that to avenge an earlier loss to Holly Springs. From 10-20, almost every team
READ MOREIn this, the eighth edition of the HighSchoolOT girls lacrosse rankings this season, only eight teams have made an appearance in the top five. The latest to join this exclusive group? Holly Springs, which defeated Weddington in a thriller on Friday. There were considerable rising-and-falling changes made in the top 20 or so positions, with
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Our prediction for this Serie A match: Genoa Lazio This prediction will be released soon. This match will be played on 19/04/2024 at 18:30 Prediction: NA Highlighted Player (Elseid Hysaj): Born on 2nd February 1994, Elseid Hysaj is an Albanian defender who has spent his entire professional career in Italian Serie A and he is
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