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Matt Ryan remains the Falcons’ starting quarterback, but new General Manager Terry Fontenot plans to bring more quarterbacks to Atlanta this offseason. Fontenot said he has studied the work of former Packers GM Ron Wolf, and agrees with Wolf’s assessment that it’s never a bad time to bring in a quarterback. “You look at Ron […]
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Scientists at Lund University have discovered how E. coli bacteria target and degrade the well-known oncogene MYC, which is involved in many forms of cancer. The study is now published in Nature Biotechnology. Cancer cells grow too fast, outcompete normal cells and spread to distant sites, where they cause metastases. Understanding what makes cancer cells […]
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When McDonald’s Corp rolls out its new crispy chicken sandwich line on Feb. 24, it will swap out a higher-priced premium chicken sandwich from its menu. McDonald’s three new sandwiches – all with a larger fillet and new potato bun – will start at $3.49 and top out at roughly $4.69, depending on the region, […]
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The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday to approve an ordinance banning the use of facial recognition software by its police department and other city agencies, the Star Tribune reported. The ban adds Minneapolis to the list of US cities moving to limit or end the use of such technology by its law enforcement […]
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Libby Squire’s mum has released an emotional statement about how she “longs to die” without her daughter before Pawel Relowicz was jailed for the student’s murder today. Nurse, Lisa Squire, 50, fought back tears as she read out her devastating victim statement to the Judge who was sentencing Libby’s killer. She told how losing Libby […]
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News dropped earlier on Tuesday morning that the Jaguars had brought in Trip MacCracken as director of roster management. Jacksonville has now confirmed that hiring, along with two others for General Manager Trent Baalke’s front office. Michael Davis has joined the organization as senior personnel executive and Drew Hughes is the club’s player personnel coordinator. […]
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A new study finds that California’s commuters are likely inhaling chemicals at levels that increase the risk for cancer and birth defects. As with most chemicals, the poison is in the amount. Under a certain threshold of exposure, even known carcinogens are not likely to cause cancer. Once you cross that threshold, the risk for […]
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Facebook Inc is building a smartwatch that will let users send messages and also offer health and fitness features. The social media giant plans to start selling the device next year, according to the report, a move that would mark its entry into a market currently dominated by Apple Inc and Huawei. Facebook’s smartwatch will […]
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover will star in a new Amazon Prime Video series based on the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The movie starred Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a pair of married killers-for-hire who are assigned to assassinate each other. I am trying to envision what Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag character would make […]
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A paramedic who raped a patient in her own home and sexually assaulted another female patient in the back of his ambulance has been jailed for 21 years, with a judge branding him a “manipulative sexual predator”. Judge Matthew Lowe said that 46-year-old Andrew Wheeler had shown an “arrogance and a belief that he was […]
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