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When a frustrated Steve Ballmer fired Doc Rivers based on the results from an unprecedented bubble year, the buzz became that a Clipper assistant would move up and into the big chair. That assistant may turn out to be Sam Cassell, who interviewed for the Clippers job, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Cassell’s name has […]
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Normally they are among the many harmless organisms found in and on the human body: one in four people have millions of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin and on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, without being aware of it. In some cases, however, the harmless bacteria can turn into pathogens, which […]
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NEW YORK – A year ago, Flora Growth Chief Executive Damian Lopez had just spent a chunk of his company’s seed capital buying a Colombian cannabis producer, and was fighting his way through the legal and financial hurdles that have made development of the industry such a challenge over the past decade. These days, a […]
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Kickstarter is letting more creators around the world use its platform. The company said today it’s now launching in Poland, Greece, and Slovenia, making Kickstarter available in 25 countries. The company says more than 250,000 people from these countries have backed projects since Kickstarter launched, suggesting local projects could appeal to an already established backer […]
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A man has told how he thought of his wife and kids as he lay crushed beneath a massive mower for nearly two hours on a golf course. Stuart Griffiths broke his pelvis and coccyx when the machine plummeted down a steep embankment and pinned him under it. The 44-year-old, who is the course keeper […]
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Steve Nash became an MVP and Hall of Famer playing for Mike D’Antoni in Phoenix (and they were together on the Lakers as well). Now D’Antoni’s next job could be as the right-hand man of Nash in Brooklyn. There are multiple reports now out of New York that Mike D’Antoni could join the staff of […]
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Delivering a newborn with macrosomia (weighing more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth) may be associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, including perinatal death and injuries related to traumatic delivery, such as stuck shoulders (shoulder dystocia). A study in PLOS Medicine by Gordon Smith at the University of Cambridge and colleagues suggests that […]
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WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose to a two-month high last week, stoking fears the COVID-19 pandemic was inflicting lasting damage to the labor market. The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy’s health, also showed at least […]
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SteelSeries has announced two new versions of its Arctis 7 wireless gaming headset, releasing in time for the Xbox Series X / S and the PS5 to launch. The Arctis 7X has a black and green design catered toward the Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One. The other is called the Arctis 7P, […]
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Nine years ago, Lewis Morgan was working two jobs – scrubbing dirty dishes as a pot wash and selling mens clothes in the high street chain Burton. Less than a decade later he’s worth a staggering £125m and is in the process of building his own £1.5m house. He’s set up, run and sold the […]
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