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TV shows are filled with memorable moments and iconic characters. Regardless of being praised or criticized, some shows are so impactful that they should be seen by all TV fans.

Whether it's a main character or a supporting one, there are TV characters that are scene-stealers and keep audiences coming back for more. They range from dramatic standouts like Daenerys on "Game of Thrones" Daenerys and crossbow-wielding Daryl Dixon on "The Walking Dead" to comedy queens like Phoebe Buffay and Rose Nylund. Читать дальше...

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• There are tax breaks to be had if you're a new parent.
• Grab those perks before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminates them.
• If you're married and make less than $110k per year, or single and make $75k, you can get a $1k tax break per baby.

Are you adding a baby to your family in 2018? You may be able to score some big tax breaks thanks to your new family member. The key is understanding what new tax credits you can claim and how to take full advantage of them. Читать дальше...

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Morgan Stanley reportedly kept on a star broker the bank knew faced multiple allegations of violence against ex-wives and girlfriends, according to a New York Times report by Emily Flitter. The bank didn't put him on leave until the Times' reporter called with questions this week, the report said. 

Here are the main takeaways from the story:See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Over the last several decades, awards shows such as the American Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and most notably, the Grammys have recognized the most talented musicians of the time. It is often assumed that all of the legendary hit-makers have taken home a statuette or two. But, there are actually quite a few iconic artists who seem to narrowly lose out year after year.

Here are 20 talented artists who, surprisingly, have never been awarded a Grammy. Читать дальше...

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• Louisiana couple Mike Kliebert and Rebecca Miller decided they wanted to include 61-year-old alligator Sally in their gender reveal party. 
• Mike, otherwise known as the "Gator King," fed a watermelon filled with blue slime to the 10-foot-long alligator as Rebecca and the rest of his family watched on the sidelines. 
• The couple runs Kliebert Gator Tours, meaning they spend a lot of time with the creatures. 
• Some people, including PETA... Читать дальше...

• OPEC members have lifted oil prices by cutting production since January 2017.
• Production cuts are widely expected to extend beyond 2018, when the current deal expires.
• But if OPEC members end up throwing out the deal without warning, it could send prices spiraling downward. 

The global cartel that's aimed at propping up oil prices could accidentally send them plummeting next year. 

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Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with nerve agent outside of his front door, police have said.

In a statement released on Wednesday evening, Metropolitan Police investigating the case have said that the former Russian spy is believed to have come into contact with the lethal poison outside of his house in Salisbury, England. It remains unclear exactly how they came into contact with them, or how it came to be there.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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BI Intelligence

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The downfall of US brick-and-mortar commerce is overblown — despite sharp gains in e-commerce, which will nearly double between now and 2021, the lion’s share of purchasing continues to take place in-store. And that’s unlikely to change anytime soon, since the online environment can’t yet compensate for the reasons customers like brick-and-mortar shopping. Читать дальше...

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• Costco jobs can be rough sometimes — especially when employees find themselves dealing with difficult members and annoying habits.

• Some customers are egregiously rude, while others have habits that are just quietly aggravating.

• Blocking the front entrance, leaving out perishables around the store, and trying to start fights over warehouse policies are all sure to annoy Costco employees.

Costco jobs aren't always a cakewalk.

Sometimes... Читать дальше...

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• Lior Ron, the cofounder of Uber's self-driving car project and head of Uber Freight, is leaving the company.
• His departure would come after one of Uber's self-driving cars was involved in a fatal crash, believed to be the first time an autonomous vehicle has killed a pedestrian. 
• His departure is unrelated to the crash and he was not working on any self-driving technology in his last role, a spokesperson said.

Lior Ron, the cofounder... Читать дальше...

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• Lior Ron, the cofounder of Uber's self-driving car project, is leaving the company, reports CNBC.
• His departure would come after one of Uber's self-driving cars was involved in a fatal crash, believed to be the first time an autonomous vehicle has killed a pedestrian. 
• It's not known if his reported departure is related to the accident.

Lior Ron, the cofounder of Uber's self-driving car project, is leaving the company, according... Читать дальше...

Samsung

For years, we've heard rumors about a Samsung foldable smartphone called the Galaxy X. The phone still hasn't surfaced, but Samsung's recent reporting of its 2017 financials got people wondering whether it'll finally happen this year. Here's one quote from that report, emphasis ours:

"For the Display Panel business in 2018, the company expects OLED to become a mainstream panel in the smartphone industry and will reinforce its competencies in new applications such as foldable... Читать дальше...

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• A self-driving car owned by General Motors was ticketed Monday for cutting off a woman on a crosswalk.
• Cruise, which was acquired by GM in 2016, disputes the ticket and says the car was more than 10 feet away from the pedestrian.
• The ticket comes after a deadly accident in Arizona involving one of Uber's self-driving cars.

A self-driving car owned by General Motors was ticketed in San Francisco Monday after not yielding to pedestrian on a crosswalk... Читать дальше...

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Patrick Stapleton

• Patrick Stapleton founded Tipe.io, a CMS platform that was accepted into Y Combinator's 2018 class.
• Stapleton, a college dropout, learned to code almost entirely from resources he found online.
• He says he owes his education in coding to Codecademy, another Y Combinator company. 

In March, Patrick Stapleton launched his company, Tipe.io, a content management system that's geared toward nontechnical users. Despite creating a highly technical product... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump is likely to sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller sometime soon. 
• He could seek to limit the questions he answers by either invoking executive privilege or the Fifth Amendment.
• But even these methods have their limits, according to experts, and claims of executive privilege could open Trump up to a lengthy court battle of the kind that occurred during the Watergate scandal.

Sign... Читать дальше...

Chick-fil-A

• The largest Chick-fil-A in the country will open on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan on Thursday. 
• It has five floors including a basement kitchen, three floors of seating, and a rooftop deck.
• There will be space for 140 guests, a high-tech ordering service, floor-to-ceiling windows, and private meeting areas.

The biggest Chick-fil-A ever is set to open in Lower Manhattan on Thursday. 

The restaurant, which takes up an entire building on Fulton Street... Читать дальше...

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• Celebrities are known for doing some pretty strange beauty treatments and the following 12 are no exception. 
• Suki Waterhouse washes her hair with Coca-Cola and Catherine Zeta-Jones uses beer as a conditioner. 
• The strangest beauty hack might be Snookis — she uses cat litter as an exfoliant. 

Washing hair with Coca-Cola, exfoliating with cat litter, and using glue as eyebrow gel are only a few bizarre celebrity beauty hacks we’ve heard in the past few years. Читать дальше...

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When two celebrities hit the red carpet wearing the same outfit, it doesn't have to automatically become a game of "who wore it better." More often than not, both people simply look amazing.

From royals like Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton to Victoria's Secret models like Taylor Hill and Georgia Fowler, keep scrolling to see the different ways celebrities have styled 20 identical outfits.

Ashanti and Kylie Jenner donned the same sparkly gown two years apart. Читать дальше...

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• Isaiah Thomas is undergoing a clean-up of his hip, likely ending his season.
• Thomas is a free agent this summer, and after saying last July that he would command a max contract, has seen his fortunes change dramatically after a turbulent season.
• Thomas' health and future in the NBA remain major question marks, and it seems more likely that he'll have to prove himself on a shorter deal this offseason than on a max contract.

Last July... Читать дальше...

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• On Saturday, celebrities and royals enjoyed a night of music, cocktails, and dinner at the annual Rose Ball.
• The prestigious black-tie party is held at the Salles des Etoiles in Monaco.
• It dates back to 1954, when Princess Grace of Monaco first created the event; it now benefits the Princess Grace Foundation.
• Chanel's creative director Karl Lagerfeld and French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé designed the "Manhattan" theme for the 2018 affair. Читать дальше...

Airtable

Everyone in Silicon Valley seems to be talking about Airtable, a user-friendly spreadsheet app that makes it super easy to build custom applications — no coding experience required.

Airtable has achieved something of a cult following, especially among developers. Tesla uses Airtable to track inventory of vehicles as they leave the factory; $20 billion office-space startup WeWork is a customer, too. 

With a recently announced $52 million in new funding, Airtable has... Читать дальше...

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• Researchers have identified a network of fluid-filled spaces surrounded by connective tissue that fills the spaces between our organs, surrounding and potentially protecting our insides throughout the body.
• In a study, scientists define this network as a new organ, the interstitium, which they say could be the largest organ in the human body.
• Understanding this network as an organ could help us understand how diseases like cancer spread... Читать дальше...

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• Poland signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history on Wednesday.
• It bought Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 billion.
• The Patriot deal came as a relief for Poland amid tension with the US.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system... Читать дальше...