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Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Legoland theme park in Florida plans expansion, new rides

The Legoland theme park in Florida is planning an expansion next year including new rides, according to plans filed with the city nearest the attraction. The details have not been...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
Can’t find your size? Amazon’s new tool allows you to customize your own T-Shirt size

The new feature, "Made for You," gives users the option to design their own T-Shirts for $25.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
John Pilger: The most lethal virus is not Covid. It is war.

Britain's Armed Forces Memorial is a silent, haunting place. Set in the rural beauty of Staffordshire, in an arboretum of some 30,000 trees and sweeping lawns, its Homeric figures celebrate...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Science & Tech
Here’s how to set up Apple Music on Google smart speakers

You'll be rocking out in no time.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Recent Kansas editorials

The Wichita Eagle, Dec. 11 Kansas AG who joined a bogus lawsuit to overturn the election is part of the circus This is getting ridiculous. It isn't enough that Kansas-congressman-turned-U.S....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Recent Kansas editorials

The Wichita Eagle, Dec. 11 Kansas AG who joined a bogus lawsuit to overturn the election is part of the circus This is getting ridiculous. It isn't enough that Kansas-congressman-turned-U.S....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Rebellious guide dog finds new home after struggling with working life

A rebellious guide dog that had to retire early is now loving life as a pampered pet after being rehomed.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Florida auto parts manufacturer owed workers over $13,000 back pay after investigation

A Clearwater maker of cylinder heads paid $13,133 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found it didn't pay earned overtime pay, the federal agency announced. Clearwater Cylinder...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Florida auto parts manufacturer owed workers over $13,000 back pay after investigation

A Clearwater maker of cylinder heads paid $13,133 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found it didn't pay earned overtime pay, the federal agency announced. Clearwater Cylinder...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
55% of people in high-risk flood areas regret moving there, report finds

More than half (55%) of people living in high-risk flood areas regret having moved there, according to a report.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Cyberattack on Independence systems causes bill-paying delay

A ransomware attack on the city of Independence's computer systems has left some residents unable to pay their utility bills. The cyberattack occurred last week, officials in the Kansas City...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Cyberattack on Independence systems causes bill-paying delay

A ransomware attack on the city of Independence's computer systems has left some residents unable to pay their utility bills. The cyberattack occurred last week, officials in the Kansas City...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Windfarm off Outer Banks expected to create nearly 200 jobs

A wind farm that is scheduled to be built off North Carolina's Outer Banks is projected to create nearly 200 full-time jobs in Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginian-Pilot reported...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Windfarm off Outer Banks expected to create nearly 200 jobs

A wind farm that is scheduled to be built off North Carolina's Outer Banks is projected to create nearly 200 full-time jobs in Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginian-Pilot reported...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Seattle to cover mayor’s legal costs from fighting recall

Seattle will cover the legal costs Mayor Jenny Durkan incurred while fighting a recall petition the state Supreme Court rejected. The City Council voted 9-0 Monday to pay Durkan's expenses,...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
4 rescued from burning boat on Alabama coast

Four people had to be rescued from a commercial fishing boat after it caught fire along the Alabama coast. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard says its Mobile center...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Yakima’s Astria Regional Medical Center purchased for $20M

A local investment group has completed its purchase of the former Astria Regional Medical Center and the neighboring Astria Medical Office Building. The $20 million acquisition, which closes Tuesday comes...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
A-Rod is getting into the hospitality industry with a new $650 million hotel venture

Alex Rodriguez, the former New York Yankees MVP turned businessman, philanthropist and full-time Miami resident, is getting into the hospitality industry. As part of a joint venture formed with Adi...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation forms book publisher with Random House

A decade after publishing his memoir “Decoded,” Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry. Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Households should beware of fraudsters posing as delivery firms, says UK Finance

Criminals are pretending to be from parcel delivery firms in the run-up to Christmas, a finance industry trade association is warning.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Marvel making Star-Lord bisexual is a vindictive dig at Chris Pratt’s Christianity from a dying comic book industry

Marvel Comics' retcon of the character Star-Lord is virtue-signaling nonsense that will sell no comics, shows how the industry has no new ideas, and is simply another woke jibe at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Insurer LV= seals £530m sale to private equity giant Bain

Life insurance giant LV= has said it has agreed to be sold to private equity firm Bain Capital for £530 million.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
‘Faster spreading’ strain of Covid-19 discovered in the UK yet to be detected in Ireland

The new “faster spreading” strain of Covid-19 discovered in the UK has not been detected in Ireland so far, it emerged today.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
EXPLAINER: Why is the EU taking so long to OK vaccine?

As Canadians, Britons and Americans begin getting immunized with a German-developed vaccine against coronavirus, pressure is building on the European Medicines Agency to approve the shot made by Pfizer Inc....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
GE Appliances starts new dishwasher line in Louisville

GE Appliances is starting a new dishwasher line in Kentucky and increasing production for other products, investing $80 million and adding more than 280 jobs, the company announced Monday. The...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
GE Appliances starts new dishwasher line in Louisville

GE Appliances is starting a new dishwasher line in Kentucky and increasing production for other products, investing $80 million and adding more than 280 jobs, the company announced Monday. The...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders

Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public health administrator, she's struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders

Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public health administrator, she's struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Uranium Energy: Fiscal 1Q Earnings Snapshot

Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) on Monday reported a loss of $5 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Corpus Christi, Texas-based company said it had a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Politics
Uranium Energy: Fiscal 1Q Earnings Snapshot

Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) on Monday reported a loss of $5 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Corpus Christi, Texas-based company said it had a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Barclays fined £26m over poor treatment of customers in financial difficulty

Barclays has been fined £26 million after its poor treatment of some consumer credit customers who fell into arrears or experienced financial difficulties risked making their problems worse.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Barclays fined £26m over poor treatment of customers in financial difficulty

Barclays has been fined £26 million after its poor treatment of some consumer credit customers who fell into arrears or experienced financial difficulties risked making their problems worse.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Respiratory therapist receives Puerto Rico’s 1st vaccine

A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday....

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Japan ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for serial murders

A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Farming
UK sheep farming faces ‘man-made’ EU tariff disaster with no-deal Brexit

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Farming
UK sheep farming faces ‘man-made’ EU tariff disaster with no-deal Brexit

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Farming
UK sheep farming faces ‘man-made’ EU tariff disaster with no-deal Brexit

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Noun describing social distancing is Dutch word of the year

One-and-a-half-meter-society has been voted the Dutch word of the year by a (social) distance. Anderhalvemetersamenleving, a compound noun describing life under the Dutch government's 1.5-meter (5-foot) social distancing requirement, was...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Japan space agency finds ample soil and gas from asteroid

Officials from Japan's space agency said they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 15, 2020 | Breaking News
Japan space agency finds ample soil and gas from asteroid

Officials from Japan's space agency said they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a...