Category: Lifestyle
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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Caused U.S. Economy to Lose Jobs in September
The September jobs report is out. It showed that the US economy shed jobs for the first time since 2010, something the Bureau of Labor Statistics blamed on the damage caused by the hurricanes Irma and Harvey. In a release Friday, the BLS said the hurricanes affected the payroll jobs number but not the unemployment rate. “It…
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Hurricane Nate may impact Florida this weekend with heavy rain, wind
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]urricane Nate is expected to impact Florida this weekend with rain and wind even though the eye is not currently forecast to make landfall in the state. The storm, which is still a tropical storm as of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. advisory Thursday morning, is expected to head toward the U.S. this weekend.…
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Legoland Owner Lines Up His Next Ride With SeaWorld Pursuit
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]erlin Entertainments Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Nick Varney has provided no shortage of thrills and chills to shareholders in tourist attractions like Legoland and the London Eye. Now he’s keen to make a major foray in to the U.S. by bidding for part of the money-losing owner of SeaWorld aquatic theme parks. A deal with…
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Watch out, Apple—Google’s new lineup is here and it’s pretty amazing
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]oogle upgraded their line of products starting with the Google Pixel, two new versions of the Google Home, a wearable camera, headphones that translate language, and a new Chromebook laptop. And the one thing these products all have in common is Google Assistant—and it’s pretty incredible.
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PS4 and Xbox One: Which Console Is Right for You?
[dropcap]X[/dropcap]box One and PlayStation 4 are constantly evolving — both consoles have gotten slimmer designs, new features and, naturally, lots of big games since they first launched. The Xbox One has tons of entertainment apps and can play a bunch of Xbox 360 games, while the PS4 has continued to double-down on key exclusives and…
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Pulse nightclub owner Barb Poma wants healing, permanent memorial
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or many months after the Pulse nightclub massacre, Google maps showed the location just south of downtown Orlando as a closed nightclub. Now the club shows up on Google as the “Pulse Nightclub Memorial,” and plans are being laid to make it that way for the next 100 years at least. For Barbara Poma, owner…
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What will happen to the Playboy Mansion now that Hugh Hefner is dead?
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ugh Hefner, the most iconic of the sultans of smut and the brains behind the Playboy empire, died Wednesday at his home, the iconic Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills.(Credit: Getty, multivu.com) Now, his death has reignited a hot-ticket real estate question: what will become of the Playboy Mansion? Hefner, who died at 91, was as…