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• Alyssa Gilderhus was 18 years old on Christmas morning in 2016 when she suffered an aneurysm and had to undergo emergency surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
• Her family got into conflict with the hospital about a month later, when her mother was banned from the hospital after getting into a heated confrontation with a doctor.
• Despite Alyssa's pleas to be transferred to another hospital, doctors would not allow her to be discharged.
• Eventually, her family helped her break out of the hospital. Читать дальше...

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• Earwax — or cerumen, as it’s officially called — serves an important purpose. It helps keep your ear canal safe and protected.
• Earwax probably isn’t something that you spend a lot of time thinking about, unless the amount you have is cause for concern.
• Chances are, if the amount of earwax you have isn’t causing problems, you generally have a normal amount.

Earwax is intended to help protect your ear canal from all manner of things that could potentially hurt it. Читать дальше...

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• The prosecution and defense in the Paul Manafort trial made their closing arguments on Wednesday.
• Prosecutors urged the jury to focus on Manafort's "lies" and the myriad of documents and emails they say prove Manafort's alleged crimes.
• The defense sought to paint the case as politically motivated and suggested that the special counsel Robert Mueller had gone on a fishing expedition to nail down Manafort.

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Best Buy Co Inc said on Wednesday it would buy health services provider GreatCall Inc for $800 million in cash, adding a clutch of products tailored for aging consumers.

The No. 1 U.S. consumer electronics retailer currently sells health and wellness-related products and has been shoring up on health-related assets focused on the aging U.S. population.

Privately-held GreatCall focuses on personal emergency response services for senior citizens and has over 900,000 paying subscribers, Best Buy said. Читать дальше...

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Drone technologies continue to improve at a rapid pace and are slowly pushing the unmanned aircraft toward the mainstream. Companies in a variety of industries are now looking to use drones to cut costs, boost efficiencies, and create new revenue streams and business values, such as last-mile... Читать дальше...

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• Starbucks just added two new cold brew smoothies to its menu — and both of them are vegan-friendly.
• The Almond Protein Blended Cold Brew Smoothie has a mix of cold brew coffee, almond milk, banana-date sweetener, almond butter syrup, a protein pack, and ice.
• The Cacao Protein Blended Cold Brew Smoothie is made with coconut milk, cold brew coffee, banana-date sweetener, cacao powder, a protein pack, and ice.
• These new drinks are only available in... Читать дальше...

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• China said on Wednesday that it plans to launch two robots to the moon in December.
• The new mission, called Chang'e-4, aims to set a lunar rover and lander on the far side of the moon.
• The robots will study the geology and chemistry of the moon's most ancient and mysterious rocks.
• Another goal of the mission is to see whether the region is quiet enough (from human activity) to build a sensitive deep-space radio telescope. Читать дальше...

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• Retail rents across Manhattan continued to fall in 2018’s second quarter. 
• Midtown South’s office market surpassed Midtown in asking rents for the first time. 
• New York City has 16.4 acres of undeveloped land in its central business district — more than other coastal cities including Miami, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. 
• Bay Area tech firms continue to pour into New York City and other places.

Retail landlords adjust... Читать дальше...

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• Lena Dunham shared nude photos on Instagram in honor of the nine-month anniversary of her hysterectomy.
• "My body is mostly healed and every day I find a new bruise on my heart, but today I offer myself gratitude: from the most pained place, I somehow knew to choose myself," she wrote.
• Dunham also renamed the day "Happy Giving Birth To Myself Day."
• Dunham elected to get a hysterectomy after believing she had endometriosis.

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• Former Google executive Diane Bryant said during a presentation on Tuesday that she had first-hand knowledge about video-conferencing technology that Google had to "pull back" because it couldn't identify people of color. 
• Bryant suggested that the problem stemmed from a lack of diversity among the people who built the tech. 
• While some of Google's top execs have warned about the problem of bias in creating algorithms, the company has... Читать дальше...

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The waters on the southwest coast of Florida haven't been clear for 10 months.

A red tide that rolled in last fall is still plaguing the waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, turning the formerly pristine coastline a cloudy mud-red and killing off many kinds of wildlife.

The dangerous algae blooms are called karenia brevis, and they thrive in briny sea water that is warm but not too hot.

Ocean observers at Florida's Mote Marine lab say this year's red tide is not a record-breaker yet... Читать дальше...

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When you are dating someone new, it can take a while for certain deal breakers — like an inability to help with chores or bad financial habits — to become apparent.

But some red flags can show up as soon as you meet someone. You just need to know what to look out for.

To help make sure you notice them sooner rather than later, INSIDER talked with Rori Sassoon, founder of Platinum Poire matchmaking service, to find out which red flags you can spot on a first date. Читать дальше...

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• Social media has turned the natural world into stunning photo ops, often at the sacrifice of safety.  
• Three popular travel YouTubers, a photographer, and two teenage boys have passed away in waterfall-related accidents in Canada and New York when trying to get the right photo since 2016.

How far would you take "doing it for the ‘gram?" Would you risk your life perching on the edge of a waterfall to take the perfect picture?  Waterfalls are no doubt a gorgeous part of nature... Читать дальше...

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• A jury recently ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a plaintiff who alleged that his cancer was the result of using Roundup, the company's popular herbicide.
• However, the trial outcome does not mean that glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup — causes cancer.
• Instead, the jury's ruling is based on their assertion that Monsanto intentionally kept information about Roundup's potential risks hidden from the public.
• The... Читать дальше...

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• Hong Kong's most expensive neighborhood is The Peak.
• You may have heard of it in Kevin Kwan's novel "Crazy Rich Asians," which was turned into a summer blockbuster.
• The Peak is a gorgeous, secluded neighborhood that overlooks Hong Kong and is home to bankers, expatriates, business magnates, celebrities, and millionaires and billionaires.
• Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire who founded Alibaba, is said to have purchased a $191 million mansion in the neighborhood in 2015... Читать дальше...

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The way incumbent banks onboard and verify the identities of their customers online is inconvenient and insecure, resulting in lowered customer satisfaction and loyalty, and security breaches leading to compensation payouts and legal costs.

It’s a lose-lose situation, as consumers become disgruntled and banks lose business. Читать дальше...

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• "Riverdale" star Lili Reinhart's Twitter was hacked Wednesday.
• The attack comes two days after Cole Sprouse's Twitter was hacked.
• She called hackers out on Monday after her reported boyfriend's account was targeted. 

Lili Reinhart's Twitter account was hacked Wednesday afternoon.

Just days after calling people out for hacking her "Riverdale" co-star and reported boyfriend Cole Sprouse's account, the 21-year-old actress... Читать дальше...

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• "Riverdale" star Lili Reinhart's Twitter was hacked Wednesday.
• The attack comes two days after Cole Sprouse's Twitter was hacked.
• She called hackers out on Monday after her reported boyfriend's account was targeted. 

Lili Reinhart's Twitter account was hacked Wednesday afternoon.

Just days after calling people out for hacking her "Riverdale" co-star and reported boyfriend Cole Sprouse's account, the 21-year-old actress... Читать дальше...