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• Watch: Insane Car Chase Involves 3 Different Cars Across 2 California Counties

  10-11-2022 23:57
  It didn’t involve a Buffalo Bills legend or a white Ford Bronco, but a recent car chase might very well be gunning for O.J. Simpson and the LAPD’s “Craziest California Car Chase” championship belt.
  This wild tale began in Fullerton, a city in northern Orange County in California, at about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to KNBC-TV.
  Around that time, police flagged a driver in a black sedan to pull over for a failure to yield.
  What might have been a routine ticket turned in
  
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• Harsanyi: Biden Is Right About the 2022 Midterms - But Not for the Reasons He Thinks

  10-11-2022 23:44
  There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That is the enduring lesson of the 2022 midterms, as it is of every election.
  And, though the results will be overinterpreted by pundits, and partisans will have all their priors confirmed, in the end, it is simply proof that American democracy is working.
  Overall, it was a disappointing night for Republicans, no doubt, considering the high expectations and the president’s low approval r
  
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• Republicans who questioned the 2020 results are bringing back an old norm: Admitting defeat

  10-11-2022 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump refused to admit defeat. But Republicans who repeated his false fraud claims were more willing to throw in the towel this year.
  
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• Mike Pence Reveals Trump's Message to Him During Last Days in Office

  10-11-2022 23:40
  “It’s been fun.”
  That’s how Donald Trump described his run as president, according to a new memoir by his former vice president, Mike Pence, excerpted in The Wall Street Journal.
  Pence opened up about some of the conversations he had with Trump during their final days in the White House together, and the excerpt is quite an illuminating glimpse into their contentious relationship — that is, if you take everything Pence has to say at face value.
  The former vice presi
  
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• Have Hope: The Huge Nationwide Republican Victory Conservatives Can't Ignore

  10-11-2022 23:31
  It’s understandable for conservatives to be a bit disappointed about the outcome of the 2022 midterms. The “red tsunami” didn’t exactly pan out as predicted, and the last few weeks of extreme hype from the media elevated expectations to nothing less than a total wipeout of Democrats in both the House and Senate.
  But here we are, a few days out from Election Day, and the dust is finally settling. Aside from an embarrassing situation in Maricopa County, Arizona, where ballo
  
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• DC Attorney General sues Washington Commanders, owner Dan Snyder and NFL for deceiving residents

  10-11-2022 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  DC Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against embattled Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, the team and the NFL on Thursday, alleging they colluded to deceive DC residents about an NFL investigation into the team's toxic workplace culture and allegations of sexual assault.
  
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• Opinion: The most underestimated president in recent history

  10-11-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has been consistently underestimated. Democrats performed exceptionally well by historical standards on Tuesday and Biden walks away having fared better than any other President in his first midterm since George W. Bush in 2002. "It was a good day for democracy," the president declared on Wednesday.
  
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• Arizona Ballots Left to Be Counted Likely to Break Heavily for Lake and Masters Based on Past Pattern

  10-11-2022 23:11
  GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters are likely to make large gains as ballots continue to be counted in the Grand Canyon State.
  Lake has already overcome a double-digit election night deficit to pull within less than one percentage point of rival Katie Hobbs in the governor’s race.
  As of Thursday afternoon, approximately 16,700 votes separated Lake and Hobbs, down from 183,000 on Tuesday night. In the Senate race, incumbent Democratic Sen.
  
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• Democrats make big gains in state legislatures after beating expectations

  10-11-2022 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  National Democrats were fairly happy on Election Day as they dodged a trouncing at the polls, but they might have more to celebrate within state legislatures.
  
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• Did Murder Suspect Leave Major Hints in Lyrics for Law Enforcement?

  10-11-2022 23:09
  It’s not unusual for rap music to feature lyrics referring to violent crimes.
  But authorities are looking more closely into some new songs with disturbing lyrics released by a teen who was on the run after two North Carolina high school students were found shot to death in September.
  Issiah Mehki Ross, 17, was charged Monday with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Devin Clark, 18, and Lyric Woods, 14, whose bodies were found Sept. 18 on an ATV trail in western Orange Cou
  
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• Trump Organization trial resumes as top executive testifies about tax avoidance schemes

  10-11-2022 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization resumed Thursday after a 10-day break with testimony from a senior vice president at the company.
  
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• Montana Votes to Allow Babies to Die on Operating Table if They Survive an Abortion Attempt

  10-11-2022 23:02
  In one of the most disappointing results of Tuesday’s election, a deep-red state voted against a law that would have protected infants born alive during botched abortions.
  On Tuesday, voters in Montana rejected Legislative Referendum 131, which would have required that medical treatment be given to infants who survive attempted abortions.Welcome to America. pic.twitter.com/f45030NYJG
  — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 10, 2022Conservatives and pro-lifers expressed shock and dis
  
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• The annoying responses to Jennifer Aniston's IVF revelation

  10-11-2022 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  As a teen, I remember watching “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston host “Saturday Night Live” back in 2004.
  
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• Watch: Biden Has a Terrifying Plan to Make Sure Trump Stays Out of Office

  10-11-2022 22:34
  At an otherwise routine press conference, President Joe Biden was asked about what plan he had to make sure former President Donald Trump did not return to power.
  The journalist went on to describe the MAGA movement as “still very strong.”
  “How do you reassure [the G7] … that the former president will not return or that his political movement, which is still very strong, will not once again take power in the United States?” the reporter asked.
  “Oh yeah?&rdquo
  
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• Twitter Employees Have to Go Directly to the Big Man Now - Elon Musk Announces a Change They'll Hate

  10-11-2022 22:24
  Twitter’s privileged, left-wing employees are seeing weekly — sometimes daily — changes at the social media giant, but this week they just found out their privilege of working from home whenever they feel like it has been revoked unless they clear it with the big man himself.
  Musk emailed his new employees on Wednesday that they are no longer permitted to work remotely unless he personally approves it, according to the New York Post.
  The new Twitter boss said there was “n
  
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• This is the moment Wall Street has been waiting for

  10-11-2022 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Stocks soared Thursday after new economic data showed that price increases eased in October. Investors cheered the development because it indicates the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes may finally be cooling inflation.
  
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• Boebert Overcomes Major Deficit, Now Leads by Narrow Margin

  10-11-2022 22:04
  With many midterm races still uncalled and very close, the battle in Colorado between Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democrat Adam Frisch was particularly tight.
  Boebert, who had trailed her opponent, rallied Thursday and held a lead of nearly 800 votes in an update of unofficial results Thursday afternoon.
  The Republican had about 50.1 percent of the vote to 49.9 percent for her challenger, according to the results posted on the Colorado secretary of state’s website.
  The congresswoman
  
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• Crypto crash and gold sell-off show there's no place to hide

  10-11-2022 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  The spectacular implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a so-called unicorn startup that was recently valued at $32 billion, is just the latest bit of bad news for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets. But 2022 was already an awful year for crypto before the FTX-Binance soap opera.
  
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• Battleground State County Begins Audit After Botched Ballot Counting Continues

  10-11-2022 21:51
  Arizona’s election results are still on hold as thousands of ballots are left to count in Maricopa County and officials are saying it could take until Friday evening or longer to count them all since a hand-counted audit has also begun in Maricopa County.
  On Wednesday, the Maricopa County Elections Department tweeted that a hand count audit was officially beginning.
  “The hand count audit has begun! Today the @MaricopaCounty Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian party chairs drew th
  
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• Mayor Running for Re-Election Dies During Early Hours of Election Day

  10-11-2022 21:18
  Velma Hendrix, who was running for re-election as mayor of Melville, Louisiana, was killed in a car crash on Election Day, WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge reported Wednesday.
  The 84-year-old Hendrix was riding in the back seat of a car that was hit by a driver who did not yield when crossing over the lanes of U.S. 190, the Louisiana State Police said in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening. Her vehicle was traveling westbound on the road.
  The post said police were notified of the crash just after 11 a.m. o
  
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• The US monthly budget deficit dropped to $88 billion in October, down 47% for the year

  10-11-2022 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $88 billion in October, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.
  
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• Biden Admin Unveils Plans to Send Pregnant Minors to Abortion Clinics

  10-11-2022 20:53
  The Biden administration instructed officials caring for unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody to ensure access to abortion by transporting them to areas of the country where the procedure is legal, according to a Department of Health and Human Services memorandum published Thursday.
  Shelter officials are instructed to relocate pregnant unaccompanied migrant girls to areas of the country that allow abortion, according to the memo. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, lea
  
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• Watch: MSNBC Panelist Pairs Midterm Losers for 2024 Presidential Run, 1 Lost by 37 Points

  10-11-2022 20:35
  On Thursday, an MSNBC contributor suggested a presidential ticket of Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and twice-defeated Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams of Georgia.
  “What about if we had — we pair up Liz Cheney and Stacey Abrams and actually start talking about universal voting and election reform?” said Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president and CEO of Voto Latino. “I could see them doing [that] kind of czar thing with the administration that’
  
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• Dems' Second-Biggest Donor Bet It All on the Line - It Took Just Days for 94% to Vanish

  10-11-2022 20:14
  His $40 million in donations have been credited with helping Democrats beat the polls this midterm cycle to mitigate Republican gains in the House and keep the Senate competitive.
  Now, practically overnight, he’s lost 94 percent of his fortune, according to Bloomberg — and he may have taken much of the international digital currently market down with him.
  Sam Bankman-Fried, known throughout the cryptocurrency industry simply as SBF, was the second-largest Democratic donor in the 2022
  
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• Missouri school PTA says US Army Corps of Engineers findings on radioactive contamination contradict past sampling

  10-11-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  After an independent report found an elementary school outside St. Louis had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination, preliminary results of testing for radioactive materials by the US Army Corps of Engineers showed "no presence of radioactive material above the expected range of background levels," the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.
  
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• DeSantis-Led Red Tsunami in Florida Just Got Better as Governor Racks Up More Wins

  10-11-2022 19:13
  For Republicans around the country, Tuesday’s midterms were a disappointment. For Republicans in Florida, the news couldn’t get much better.
  At the top of the ticket, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio cruised to blowout re-election victories, while both chambers of the state legislature remained firmly in GOP hands.
  But at the grassroots level — where political meets the personal — the victory was even stronger.
  As Fox News noted Thursday, all six of the school board
  
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• Trump Won't Like This: Kayleigh McEnany Says It's Time to Re-Evaluate 'Strategic Calculations'

  10-11-2022 19:06
  In a somewhat unexpected move, former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany had some surprisingly critical words for the former president.
  On Wednesday, McEnany, a co-host on Fox News’s highly successful “Outnumbered,” appeared on her show and essentially told former President Donald Trump to chill out — at least for a little while.
  “Let me just say this,” McEnany began as she started to address the upcoming runoff election between Raphael Warnock
  
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• Silicon Valley misread pandemic demand. Now employees are paying for it.

  10-11-2022 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  In the early months of the pandemic, Facebook only grew bigger and more central to our lives. With lockdowns spreading, countless people began shopping, socializing and working on Facebook and other online platforms. As CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in March 2020, usage was so high that the company was "just trying to keep the lights on."
  
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• 'I got this wrong': Why thousands of tech workers are losing their jobs

  10-11-2022 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  In the early months of the pandemic, Facebook only grew bigger and more central to our lives. With lockdowns spreading, countless people began shopping, socializing and working on Facebook and other online platforms. As CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in March 2020, usage was so high that the company was "just trying to keep the lights on."
  
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• Crypto crash and gold sell-off show there's no place for investors to hide

  10-11-2022 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  The spectacular implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a so-called unicorn startup that was recently valued at $32 billion, is just the latest bit of bad news for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets. But 2022 was already an awful year for crypto before the FTX-Binance soap opera.
  
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• Another Seat Secured for the GOP in Hotly Contested Race, and This One's Important

  10-11-2022 18:53
  Republican Marc Molinaro carved out a win in New York state’s 19th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Josh Riley.
  Molinaro defeated Riley 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent with 95 percent of the voting precincts reporting, according to Associated Press figures reported The New York Times.
  The sprawling district stretches from Tompkins County in central New York through the state’s Southern Tier around Binghamton and ends along New York’s Hudson Valley border with Connecticut
  
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• This jet fuel is made from CO2 pulled from the atmosphere

  10-11-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Air Company is on a mission: to help lower the airline industry's global carbon emissions with carbon-neutral jet fuel made from CO2 already in our atmosphere. CNN Business's Clare Duffy visited the company's facility in Brooklyn, New York to see if fuel made from thin air could power airplanes in the future.
  
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• Will Nancy Pelosi Finally Be Dethroned? - McCarthy Makes Huge GOP Announcement

  10-11-2022 18:39
  For what has seemed like a particularly long 35 years, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has represented her California district in the U.S. House of Representatives, with two stints as House Speaker, becoming the first female ever to hold the coveted leadership position.
  However, her time as second in line to assume the presidency could soon end if Republicans take majority control of the lower chamber, which could happen in the coming days as the remainder of the votes from the 2022 midterm el
  
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• Navy Man and Wife Slammed by Judge for Case That Read 'Like a Crime Novel', Secrets Hidden in Sandwiches

  10-11-2022 18:24
  The Department of Justice sentenced a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife to extended prison terms Wednesday for attempting to sell highly sensitive U.S. military secrets to a foreign power out of angst over Donald Trump’s presidency.
  Jonathan and Diana Toebbe faced significant mental health issues and anxiety regarding the perceived decline in the health of U.S. democracy during the Trump administration, leading Jonathan to take preemptive steps to rescue his family from “grave
  
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• Co-Hosts Can't Help But Laugh as MSNBC Host Suggests Fetterman Is Presidential Material

  10-11-2022 18:23
  MSNBC hose Katy Tur apparently thinks that Sen.-elect John Fetterman may have a shot at running for president.
  Yes, that Sen.-elect John Fetterman. Yes, president of the United States.
  I know, I’m having trouble believing it myself, but she was apparently sincere in her comments. Of course, one can be sincere and off base.
  Way, way off base, in this case.
  The subject came up during a discussion on an MSNBC panel about the 2022 midterm election results. There are still a few votes to be cou
  
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• Republican Flips Iowa's Attorney General Seat Red, Ends Dem's 40-Year Reign

  10-11-2022 18:19
  With votes still being counted to determine the final outcomes of the midterm election, Republican Brenna Bird beat Democrat Tom Miller to become Iowa’s next attorney general. Miller was the longest-serving state attorney general in the U.S.
  The race between Bird and Miller was tight, with Bird winning 50.84 percent of the vote and Miller close behind with 49.16 percent, KCCI-TV reported.
  Miller had served as the state’s attorney general for nearly 40 years, according to The Associat
  
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• Man faces malicious mischief charge after series of fires in Mississippi, including 2 at historically African American churches

  10-11-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  A man was arrested in connection with a series of arsons, including fires at two historically African American churches, early Tuesday in Jackson, Mississippi, authorities said.
  
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• Evidence Found at Aaron Carter's Home May Be 'Big Clue' into Deciphering How He Died

  10-11-2022 17:50
  Although no formal cause of death has been given in the death of singer Aaron Carter, a report suggests an old habit of Carter’s may have resurfaced.
  Carter, 34, was found dead Saturday in the bathtub of his home in Lancaster, California, north of Los Angeles.
  TMZ reported Monday that police said multiple cans of compressed air were found in the former pop star’s bedroom and bathroom. Prescription pills were also found there, the report said. The site called the report “a big c
  
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• New car prices are finally coming down. But not by much

  10-11-2022 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  New car prices are finally coming down. A little, anyway.
  
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• Piece of Challenger Found Buried Where No One Would See 36 Years After Shocking Televised Explosion

  10-11-2022 17:42
  A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six others.
  NASA’s Kennedy Space Center announced the discovery Thursday.
  “Upon first hearing about it, it brings you right back to 1986,” said Michael Ciannilli, a NASA manager in charge of the remains of both lost shuttles, Challenger and Columbia.
  In a NASA interview, he said it’
  
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• Biden Has a Plan if SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action and It Should Terrify You

  10-11-2022 17:40
  The Supreme Court continues its recently successful campaign of repealing abominable legislation like Roe v. Wade.
  Having tackled abortion, SCOTUS has decided to take on true institutionalized racism that exists in the form of affirmative action.
  Supreme Court justices have begun hearing arguments on the practice of using race as one of the criteria to determine college admissions, according to Fox News.
  A 2018 federal lawsuit involving Harvard’s discriminatory admissions practices against
  
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• Op-Ed: When It Comes to COVID Tyranny, We Need Justice, Not Amnesty

  10-11-2022 17:37
  The melodrama of the 2022 midterms elections has not been enough to quell outrage over The Atlantic’s now infamous call for so-called “pandemic amnesty” last month. Even as election results pour in, the issue is trending on Twitter, with users posting pictures and videos of the very worst of the COVID era with captions like “No pandemic amnesty” and “Never forget.”
  The notion of pandemic amnesty is predicated on the claim that all of the horrors seen aro
  
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• Exclusive: Wendy's to sell its first-ever holiday Frosty

  10-11-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Wendy's is adding a holiday-themed Frosty to its menu for the first time ever.
  
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• Exclusive: Wendy's is selling its first-ever holiday Frosty

  10-11-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Wendy's is adding a holiday-themed Frosty to its menu for the first time ever.
  
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• Intruder Breaks Into Home with 'Large Landscaping Rock' - Quickly Learns That Was a Bad Idea

  10-11-2022 17:22
  A Virginia homeowner stood his ground Wednesday night when a man entered his home with what police have called a “large landscaping rock.” The man shot the intruder dead.
  Fairfax County Police said the incident began when the man owning the Oakton home had an argument with another man outside the residence, according to WUSA.
  “Our homeowner quickly retreated back inside his home. He retrieved a firearm from inside the home, and at some point the man made entry into the home wit
  
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• Justice Sonia Sotomayor declines to block NYC public sector Covid-19 vaccine mandate

  10-11-2022 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday rejected a request that the Supreme Court block New York City's public sector Covid-19 vaccine requirement as it applies to employees with who have religious objections to the vaccine.
  
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• 18-Year-Old Republican Elected to County Council in Maryland: 'It's Not About Age, It's About Results'

  10-11-2022 17:07
  An 18-year-old Republican community college student will be joining the Frederick County Council next year after winning his election by the largest margin of anyone running for an open council seat on Tuesday.
  With 100 percent of the vote counted, unofficial election results reported by the Maryland State Board of Elections had Mason Carter over Democratic opponent Julianna Lufkin by a margin of more than 2-to-1.
  Lufkin conceded her defeat gracefully.
  “The voters in Frederick County&rsquo
  
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• Biden to meet Xi on Monday for first high-stakes sit-down with Chinese leader

  10-11-2022 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping face-to-face on Monday, their first in-person encounter since Biden took office and one that will offer a clarifying opportunity for the world's most important bilateral relationship.
  
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• Start-Up Company Comes Up with Brilliant Solution to Fight Thieves: 'Can't See What You're Trying to Steal'

  10-11-2022 16:56
  A Missouri businessman thinks he has the answer to slowing the rampant increase in retail thefts.
  According to the National Retail Federation, stores have reported a 26.5 percent increase this year in organized retail crime and noted that losses, dubbed shrink, totaled at nearly $100 billion in 2021.
  Scott Bader knows that his company can’t stop all thefts, but he is hoping that the security fogging system his company DensityUSA sells will give retailers a way to reduce smash-and-grabs in
  
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• Vegetative State

  10-11-2022 16:53
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Vegetative State appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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