Torey
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Joined on 26 Mar 2018
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about 5 years ago
Capitol Watch: GOP decries Cuomo campaign finance pick
GOP decries Cuomo campaign finance pickFILE- This Jan. 15, 2019 file photo shows the New York state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Republicans say Gov. Andrew Cuomo is playing politics with a board creating the rules for a new public campaign finance system. State Republican Cha...continued
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Blumenthal weighing hold against FAA nominee
Blumenthal weighing hold against FAA nomineeWith help from Tanya SnyderEditor’s Note: This edition of Morning Transportation is published weekdays at 10 a.m. POLITICO Pro Transportation subscribers hold exclusive early access to the newsletter each morning at 6 a.m. Learn...continued
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about 5 years ago
Hulu brings support for 4K streaming to Apple TV 4K and Chromecast Ultra
Hulu brings support for 4K streaming to Apple TV 4K and Chromecast UltraHulu today announced that owners of the Apple TV 4K media streamer and those who prefer Google’s Chromecast Ultra HDMI dongle can now stream their entertainment in 4K resolution.After the company remo...continued
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SWU solidifies grip of second place with victory over CIT-U
SWU solidifies grip of second place with victory over CIT-UCebu City, Philippines—The Southwestern University (SWU)-Phinma Cobras got their campaign in the second round off to a victorious start as they trounced the Tough Gear-Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-...continued
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about 5 years ago
Win A Trip To NYC To Attend The Seinfeld Experience
Win A Trip To NYC To Attend The Seinfeld ExperienceI recently wrote about how New York City was getting The Seinfeld Experience this fall.This interactive event sounds like a must-visit for any fan of one of the top sitcoms of all time.Drake’s Cakes is currently running a...continued
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Hamilton critical of British GP's timing
Hamilton critical of British GP's timingIf nothing else, F1 fans in the UK who don't have (or want) Sky's pay-per-view coverage will at least be able to watch events at Silverstone live courtesy of the fact that the British Grand Prix is one of a number of 'protected' spo...continued
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Oh My Green Expands Executive Team With Human Resources Appointment - VendingMarketWatch
Oh My Green Expands Executive Team With Human Resources AppointmentOh My Green, a tech-based, concierge-style provider of healthy food and wellness services for corporations of all sizes, today announced that Craig Simmons has been appointed the company’s new Chief of Hum...continued
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The Wool Beach Lodge
Campaign For Wool Launch Wool Beach Lodge Pop-UpCheck out the Cornwall-based pop-up highlighting the sustainable and versatile properties of wool.A wetsuit made from wool? We didn’t quite believe it either until we saw the real deal, adorned with a Prada logo, hanging in ...continued
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Binghamton University Host 10th Annual Go Green Institute
Binghamton University Host 10th Annual Go Green InstituteBinghamton University welcomed Binghamton Middle School students on campus Wednesday for their annual Go Green Institute.The Go Green Institute is designed to get students more experience with Science, Technology, E...continued
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about 5 years ago
DJ Fresh breaks his silence over SABC sacking, apologises
DJ Fresh breaks his silence over SABC sacking, apologisesJohannesburg - Renowned radio and entertainment personality DJ Fresh will not be joining Newzroom Afrika after making a short stint on Tuesday morning. DJ Fresh, whose real name is Thato Sikwane, was sacked by the ...continued
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Serena Williams powers her way past Riske into Wimbledon semi-finals
Serena Williams powers her way past Riske into Wimbledon semi-finalsSerena Williams clubbed her way into the Wimbledon semi-finals, draining the last drop of fight from fellow American Alison Riske before sealing a 6-4 4-6 6-3 win in a rip-roaring Centre Court contest.Ser...continued
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about 5 years ago
Democrats Should Cut Off Alex Acosta's Paychecks, Along With Trump Staff Who Defy Congress
Democrats Should Cut Administration PaychecksAnother day, another act of contempt of Congress. From CNN.There are none of those, by the way, but it's a nice phrase. And brigades of lawyers are going to get rich arguing about it over the next several months, unless the Hou...continued
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Ross Perot, who shook up 90s U.S. presidential politics, dies at 89
Ross Perot, who shook up 90s U.S. presidential politics, dies at 89H. Ross Perot, the feisty Texas technology billionaire who rattled U.S. politics with two independent presidential campaigns in the 1990s that struck a chord with disgruntled voters, died on Tuesday at the...continued
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AT&T Invests Nearly $625 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Virginia
AT&T Invests Nearly $625 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in VirginiaRICHMOND, Va., July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T¹, we invested nearly $625 million in our Virginia wireless and wired networks during 2016-2018. These investments boost relia...continued
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Primark founder Arthur Ryan has died aged 83, company confirms
Primark founder Arthur Ryan dies aged 83, company confirmsThe founder of Primark, Arthur Ryan, has died aged 83, the company has confirmed.Ryan was born in Dublin, moving to London as a young man to work in tailoring.On his return to Ireland he continued to work in retail...continued
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An Overlooked Gem from the New Queer Cinema Wave Imagines John Lennon on Holiday
An Overlooked Gem from the New Queer Cinema Wave Imagines John Lennon on Holiday1991’s The Hours and Times, recently restored and now available to stream, is part of a tradition of queer films recontextualizing what we think we know about history.“Anyone who has been foll...continued
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On the Spot: Matthew Sweet
Why are you a historian of the Victorian era?I’m more a journalist who loves archives, but I became a Victorianist in 1989 after an epiphanic moment involving a paper knife and the Bodleian’s copy of Wilkie Collins’ Basil. My last book was about Vietnam deserters and the ...continued
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Pan Am Juniors: An Incomplete for the Course, An “A” for the Coursework
July 1, 2019 (by Steve Hopkins) Through Saturday evening, we were all following the results of the 2019 ITTF Pan American Junior Championships closely. But then, with little warning, the flow of information ceased. With the venue unavailable on Sunday and te...continued
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Ancient Peruvian Water-Harvesting System Could Lessen Modern Water Shortages
Ancient Peruvian Water-Harvesting System Could Lessen Modern Water ShortagesSometimes, modern problems require ancient solutions. A 1,400-year-old Peruvian water-diverting method could supply up to 40,000 Olympic-size swimming pools' worth of water to present-day Lima...continued
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Afghanistan vs Pakistan Live Score, Over 36 to 40 Latest Cricket Score, Updates
Pakistan vs Afghanistan live score over Match 36 ODI 36 40 updatesSri Lanka Virtually Knocked Out, Yet Hopes To Stay Alive In The World Cup 2019Source: Ndtv.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Pakistan • Afghanistan • One Day International • Sri Lanka • Cricket World Cup •
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How Jony Ive leaving Apple will affect the iPhone, MacBook and Apple TV
How Jony Ive leaving Apple will affect the iPhone, MacBook and Apple TVIt finally happened. One of the key drivers behind some of Apple’s most iconic designs and products, Jony Ive, has left the company.To non-tech fans this may not sound like a big deal, after all how im...continued
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Water woes
The Hindu BusinessLineThanks to Gully Boy, the Hindi heartland may have woken up to the raw energy of rap only now. Down south, a ...Source: Thehindubusinessline.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Hindu • Hindi •
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Supreme Court: Bad Day for Everyone, Especially Roberts
Supreme Court: Bad Day for Everyone, Especially RobertsToday the Supreme Court issued two major opinions with profound implications for American politics. It blocked, for now, adding a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census in Department of Commerce vs. New York. I...continued
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Instagram is bringing ads to Explore
Instagram is bringing ads to ExploreInstagram is bringing ads to more places on its platform, starting with its Explore page according to a report from The Verge. The firm will show ads when users scroll down discovery feeds on Explore posts and it will be starting with a...continued
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How the Worst Values of Sports Are Taking Over America
How the Worst Values of Sports Are Taking Over AmericaA half-century ago, the sporting Cassandras predicted that the worst values and sensibilities of our increasingly corrupted civic society would eventually affect our sacred games: football would become a gladiatorial m...continued
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