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Gadgets: New health smartwatch
Link2Care, a next‑generation preventive‑health wearable platform, announced the United States release of its ... Read More
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Jim Rossman: Are you really unsubscribed?
We all get a lot of emails, and every once in a while, it feels good to purge the inbox and unsubscribe from the ones that are getting on our nerves.
In the United States, it is a federal law that marketing emails must ...Read more
Video games 2026: 5 projects that we’re excited to play
One game will define the upcoming year, and the hype surrounding it is so meteoric that it will likely dwarf anything around it. After several delays, “Grand Theft Auto VI” is scheduled to arrive Nov. 19 with as much...Read more
This Day in History, January 21
On January 21st, 1976, the first commercial Concorde flight took off.
Microsoft CEO warns AI needs to spread beyond Big Tech to avoid bubble
As tech companies spend billions on artificial intelligence data centers and computer chips, fears of an AI bubble held privately by Wall Street traders and some Big Tech titans are beginning to pop into public view.
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Today's Word "eructation"
eructation \ih-ruhk-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - The act of belching; a belch.
"Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley." -- John Kennedy Toole, 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
Eructation comes ...Read more
Minus Letter Anagrams #1
In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example
The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----.
The answer for the first word would be "Cleaner", the remove the "N" and make into "Cereal", then remove an "E" to make "Clear".
Now try these.
The ------ that he has to ------ with his roommate...
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Virginia will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Spanberger says
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the multistate coalition that aims to reduce the use of fossil fuels as an energy source, Gov. Abigail Spanberger told lawmakers Monday.
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Construction of Asian carp barrier in Illinois hits another snag
WASHINGTON — Nine months ago, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum instructing his administration to "achieve maximum speed and efficiency" in moving to block invasive Asian carp from reaching the ...Read more
Chicago weather: 'Extreme cold temperatures' hit the area Tuesday
CHICAGO — Wind chills of up to 15 degrees below zero hit the Chicago area Tuesday morning, with the National Weather Service warning of “extreme cold temperatures” throughout the day.
Wind chills of 10 degrees below...Read more
NYC braves coldest temperatures of season, single-digit wind chills
NEW YORK — Temperatures in New York City reached new lows for the 2025-26 winter season on Tuesday, a preview of even lower temperatures expected to arrive over the weekend.
The high temperature in Central Park was only...Read more
First new fossils in more than 100 years discovered at Colorado's Dinosaur National Monument
DENVER — Parking lot construction at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument unearthed new fossils last fall, the first discovery at the monument in more than 100 years, according to the National Park Service.
Monument ...Read more
Oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96 as new moon astronauts share Apollo inspirations
Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He’s just one of four living moonwalkers and the oldest remaining astronaut still making trips around the sun.
Edwin Eugene Aldrin...Read more
Today's Word "contravene"
contravene \kon-truh-VEEN\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To act or be counter to; to violate. 2 : To oppose in argument; to contradict.
"In 1620 most people considered the likelihood of reversing the seasons inside a building ...Read more
This Day in History, January 20
On January 20th, 1265, the English Parliament met in the Palace of Westminster for the first time.
Homonyms
This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelled differently, but sound alike. There are three blank spaces in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms.
See if you can solve the following homonym teasers.
I was only one ____ short to be able to buy the _____ I had been ____ to buy at the cosmetics store.
"Don't be disturbing the ____ that ___ the shade of the ____, down by the river" warned the farmer.
"I will show you...
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Tijuana wastewater pipe repairs completed in 3 days, ending river discharge
SAN DIEGO — Repairs to a collapsed wastewater pipe in Tijuana have been completed, with flows to the Tijuana River now stopped, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission announced Monday.
The Insurgentes ...Read more
As EPA ponders Clean Water Act, activists say business eclipsing environment
The long-term health of the ocean off the coast of Southern California, and the health of the region’s freshwater streams and rivers and lakes, soon could hinge on the Trump administration’s definition of a single word...Read more
Today's Word "agon"
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\ (noun) - A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
"Conflicts about moral claims are part of what it means to be human, and a political ...Read more
This Day in History, January 19
On January 19th, 1419, Rouen surrendered to Henry V during the Hundred Years' War.
Singular Plural
Which word in the English language, beginning with "P" is singular until an "S" is added to the end and it becomes a plural, but reverts back to a singlular word if another letter "S" is added to the end?
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