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Walter Mondale, former vice president, dies at 93 - NBC NewsNBC News - Dartunorro Clark, Alex Johnson
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, trusted adviser to President Jimmy Carter and credited with making the office of the vice president more relevant, died Monday. He was 93.
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Global COVID cases hit record high as virus surges in India - AxiosAxios - Dave Lawler
The good news: The vaccine effect is clear in some countries.
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Real Madrid's Perez says UEFA won't kick Super League teams out of Champions League - ESPNESPN - Alex Kirkland
Florentino Perez said he's "completely sure" Real Madrid and other Super League participants won't be thrown out of this season's Champions League
Technology
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How to Export Your Facebook Posts to Google Drive - LifehackerLifehacker.com - David Murphy
If you want to export your Facebook posts for any reason (I’ll leave it to you to decide why), you can now dump these and your notes to a Google Doc, Blogger, or WordPress.
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Let’s Hear It For ‘Death Chains,’ The Best Weapon Mod In Outriders - KotakuKotaku - Ari Notis
Like any loot-shooter, Outriders is based on chance. But you can sidestep luck by leaning on the game’s intricate network of gear mods, many of which can significantly change the way your guns and armor behave. Most are good, but none compare to Death Chains,…
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Anatomy Of A Perfect Overwatch Earthshatter - KotakuKotaku - Ash Parrish
Overwatch League season four kicked off this weekend, with new players, a couple of fantastic upsets and a perfect, game-winning Reinhardt Earthshatter by Houston Outlaws player Myung-heum “Jjanggu” Cho.
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The Portal Reloaded mod adds a time travel portal and 25 new puzzles - Rock Paper ShotgunRock Paper Shotgun - Lauren Morton
For Portal 2's birthday, modders made it harder
Business
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Genesis’ first electric car is way less exciting than its concept EVs - The VergeThe Verge - Sean O'Kane
Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis has revealed its first electric car, called the Electrified G80. It’s basically the existing G80 sedan but powered by an electric motor and battery technology instead of a gas engine.
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A Protester Was Dragged Away From The Tesla Booth At The Shanghai Auto Show - JalopnikJalopnik
While many carmakers were busy announcing concepts and upcoming cars at this year’s Shanghai Auto Show, Tesla had other things to sort at its car show booth. A protestor there climbed atop a Tesla Model 3 and began yelling about alleged faulty brakes in Tesla…
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Gary Gensler is now head of the SEC. What comes next? - The Block CryptoThe Block Crypto
Predicting the SEC's next few years based on Gensler's track record with crypto and elsewhere.
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Parler re-platformed as Apple allows social network back into App Store - Ars TechnicaArs Technica - Tim De Chant
"Free speech" social media network reportedly revamped its moderation approach.
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Toyota's electric SUV concept is a glimpse at the company's future - CNN CNN
Toyota unveiled an electric SUV, the BZ4X, at the Shanghai Motor Show Monday. Currently, the BZ4X is a concept vehicle but Toyota intends to put it into production soon as a part of a major push into electric vehicles.
Entertainment
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The Nevers reveals a traitor, a secret connection, and more turns in another jam-packed episode - The A.V. ClubThe A.V. Club - Roxana Hadadi
HBO's The Nevers continues to explore questions of trust in its second episode, "Exposure."
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The Music Man Star Sutton Foster Responds to Abuse Allegations Against Producer Scott Rudin - VultureVulture - Halle Kiefer
“The only positive outcome is the one that is happening.”
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'The Talk': Holly Robinson Peete's Mom Slams Sharon Osbourne -- 'You Engineered Her Firing' - Showbiz Cheat SheetShowbiz Cheat Sheet - Armando Tinoco
Holly Robinson Peete's mother took defend her daughter from Sharon Osbourne claiming she had a hand in her firing fro 'The Talk.'
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Fear the Walking Dead Fans React to Latest Season 6 Shocker in "Things Left to Do" - ComicBook.comComicBook.com - Cameron Bonomolo
The following story contains spoilers for Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 9, 'Things Left to Do.' The widowed June Dorie (Jenna Elfman) gets justice for John (Garret Dillahunt) when she shoots and kills a jailed Ginny (Colby Minifie), avenging her husb…
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Luke Bryan wins top ACM Award, but female acts own the night - NBC NewsNBC News - The Associated Press
Though female country stars didn’t compete for the night’s top prize, which went to Luke Bryan, they owned Sunday’s ACM Awards.
Sports
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Dolphins are signing D.J. Fluker - NBC SportsNBCSports.com - Charean Williams
The Dolphins are signing offensive lineman D.J. Fluker, Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports. Fluker, 30, started eight games for the Ravens last season and played all 16 games. He saw action on 531 offensive snaps and 79 on special teams. Fluker has ext…
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Workouts Latest: Lock, Pack, Pats, Cowboys - profootballrumors.comprofootballrumors.com
Although the Broncos were the first team to go along with the NFLPA's proposed boycott of the voluntary offseason workout …
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Seattle Seahawk Aldon Smith wanted in assault case in Louisiana - NBC NewsNBC News - Tim Fitzsimons, The Associated Press
Aldon Smith, who recently signed with the Seattle Seahawks, is accused of second-degree battery in Louisiana.
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How 6 Bengals fans got a behind the scenes look at new uniforms - Cincy JungleCincy Jungle - John Sheeran
Before the #NewStripes dropped, the Bengals rewarded the passion and loyalty of a few well-deserving fans.
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Broncos GM George Paton Dishes on Draft: 'We're In a Good Spot' - Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated - Zack Kelberman
Paton holds the catbird seat.
Science and Nature
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Wee footprint of baby stegosaur discovered in China - Livescience.comLive Science - Stephanie Pappas
The baby stegosaur was itty-bitty.
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Tarantulas Are Basically All Over The Planet, And Scientists Can Finally Explain Why - ScienceAlertScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
Few spiders elicit as much reaction from humans as the famous and feared tarantula. These giant, hairy arachnids are known for their remarkable size, brilliant colors, and distinctive physical attributes.
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NASA’s New Horizons Reaches a Rare Space Milestone – It’s Almost 5 Billion Miles Away and Still Exploring - SciTechDailySciTechDaily
In the weeks following its launch in early 2006, when NASA’s New Horizons was still close to home, it took just minutes to transmit a command to the spacecraft, and hear back that the onboard computer received and was ready to carry out the instructions. As N…
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Giant planet at large distance from sun-like star puzzles astronomers - Phys.orgPhys.Org - Science X staff
A team of astronomers led by Dutch scientists has directly imaged a giant planet orbiting at a large distance around a sun-like star. Why this planet is so massive and how it got to be there is a mystery. The researchers will publish their findings in the jou…
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We Finally Have a Complete View of The Resonance Dust Ring of Venus - ScienceAlertScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
A wispy ring of dust that circles the Sun along the orbital path of Venus has just been revealed in the most detail yet, thanks to instruments carried by the Parker Solar Probe.