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This morning’s must reads A string of at least 10 heists targeting BNSF trains in California and Arizona since last March have resulted in the theft of about $2 million worth of Nike sneakers.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025 -
See the full list and read the stories of the women on it here.—
Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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May is when the action really kicks off, with live music every Sunday, a Pride weekend May 17 and 18, and the semi-thawing of Lake Reveal, a high alpine lake that skiers and riders try to skim—and often sink into.—
Anna Fiorentino,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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The storm comes hours after a system that skimmed much of the same region with little precipitation landed harder in some parts of the East Coast.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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My drivers greeted me by name and verified my identity by asking for the last four digits of the phone number associated with my CATS-Pass account and scanning my digital ticket in the app.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2025
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First, the customary way of developing generative AI consists of doing a massive data training effort that involves scanning a wide swath of content on the Internet.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then stop by the year-old coffeehouse and vinyl listening lounge Binaural Cafe for a Col-Bru (cold brew mixed with vanilla soda, 80 pesos) and peruse the eclectic music menu.—
Freda Moon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Without further ado, peruse our favorite January finds.—
Karina Hoshikawa,
refinery29.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Productivity and Content Creation Tests Our primary overall benchmark, UL's PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Speed-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed-read. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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