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It’s Still Dick Cavett: Recovered From Stroke, Nebraska Talk Show Legend Now Youtube Sensation, Music Video Star

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 7:00am

Dick Cavett (center) pauses for a photo with Maureen Van Zandt and Vincent Pastore during the filming of a music video for a song by Marc Ribler named after the legendary talk show host. The video also stars Pastore from “The Sopranos” and Van Zandt, an actress and wife of Steven Van Zandt, a longtime musical collaborator of Bruce Springsteen. Ribler plays in Steven Van Zandt’s band.
(Courtesy of Cavalier Films)

Former national talk show host Dick Cavett invited social revolution into viewers’ homes courtesy of the 1960s icons he interviewed. And this Nebraskan who gave counterculture a mainstream platform stayed busy in the decades after his show ended – writing, performing and lending his stature as a television fixture in a formative era.

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Biden Blocks Nippon Steel's Proposed Deal To Acquire US Steel

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 4:00am

This is a portion of US Steel's Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pa., on Sunday, Apr., 28, 2024.
(Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on the presidential campaign trail to prevent the acquisition of Steeltown USA’s most storied steel company.

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As ‘Smart Cities’ Tools Grow Nationwide, So Do Privacy And Ethical Concerns

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:00am

Austin Russell, Founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies, unveils Luminar Halo, the company's next-generation LiDAR technology platform on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Sunnyvale, Calif.
(Tony Avelar / AP Images for Luminar)

After nearly a week of searching for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old St. Helena, California woman this summer, police found and arrested a man with the help of license plate reading cameras that registered him near the scene.

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Turo-Rented Cars Were Involved In 2 Deadly Incidents This New Year's. Here's What We Know

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 2:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Two deadly incidents on New Year's Day — an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas — both involved vehicles that were rented on Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing company.

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Another Jackpot Surpasses $1 Billion. Is This The New Normal?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 7:00am

Fidel Lule buys a MegaMillion lottery ticket at Won Won Mini Mart in Chinatown Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
(Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo)

Remember this moment because it probably won't last: A U.S. lottery jackpot is projected to soar above $1 billion, and that's still a big deal.

Friday’s Mega Millions drawing is worth an estimated $1.15 billion, evoking headlines and likely luring more people to convenience stores with dreams of private spacewalks above the earth.

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Retailers That Make It Harder To Return Stuff Face Backlash From Their Customers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 5:00am

In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one year after purchase and requiring receipts. The demise of this popular policy sparked backlash, with several customers filing lawsuits.

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Thailand Bans Advertising for Toddler Milk

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 4:00am

Thailand Bans Advertising for Toddler Milk

by Heather Vogell

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New regulations in Thailand will force baby formula companies to stop advertising, giveaways and discounts for so-called toddler milk, which experts say can contribute to growing obesity and other health problems among the nation’s children.

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College Students ‘Cautiously Curious’ About AI

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/24/2024 - 7:00am

On Aug. 3, 2021, Intel announced a broad expansion of its AI for Workforce Program at 18 community colleges across 11 U.S. states. Among the students enrolled in an early pilot program at Maricopa Community College in Arizona are Penny (right) and Stacy Good, a mother and daughter who live in a suburb of Phoenix.
(Evan Sprague / Intel Corporation / AP)

For 21-year-old Rebeca Damico, ChatGPT’s public release in 2022 during her sophomore year of college at the University of Utah felt like navigating a minefield.

The public relations student, now readying to graduate in the spring, said her professors immediately added policies to their syllabuses banning use of the chatbot, calling the generative artificial intelligence tool a form of plagiarism.

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'Feast Of The Seven Fishes' Tradition Still Popular For American Italian Households

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/24/2024 - 6:00am

HOMEWOOD, Pa. -- From time to time, Frank Tropiano will drive past the tiny structure he called home after he and his parents, three sisters and his grandparents arrived in this country in 1966, a structure that was attached to the rear of the house on 7311 Susquehanna St.

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‘Love Is Blind’ Contestants Count As Employees − New US Government Agency Finding Could Shake Up Reality TV Production

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 12/24/2024 - 5:00am

When members of a reality TV show’s cast sign a contract to participate in a show, they typically do so more for the exposure than the pay – and in many cases they do not earn a dime.