The wait has been tedious, but we’re nearly there. Super Bowl LV, the most anticipated showdown of the season, is just two short hours away! With more storylines than we can count and all kinds of records on the line, hopefully we can all agree this Super Bowl was well worth the wait. […]
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Amazon will use hundreds of trucks that run on natural gas: Report
Amazon ordered over 700 compressed natural gas trucks, according to Reuters. The trucks will use engines provided by a joint venture between Cummins Inc and Westport Fuel Systems. The company previously pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Amazon is upgrading […]
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Buy These 7 ‘Hyperinnovative’ Stocks
“Invention is the root of our success.” So said Jeff Bezos, who – among other things – founded Amazon.com 27 years ago, grew it into a trillion-dollar company and, along the way, became the world’s second-richest person. Jeff Bezos arrives at the Statue Of Liberty Museum Opening Celebration at Battery […]
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Biden makes inroads with progressives
President Biden has established an early working relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, satisfying a group that was skeptical of him during the campaign with an aggressive agenda in his first weeks in office. Biden campaigned as a moderate in a primary field of progressive stalwarts including […]
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A 3D printed house is for sale in New York. Builders say it will cut housing construction costs
You’ve probably heard of 3D printed face masks and even 3D printed hands, as 3D printing technology has expanded over the past few decades. Now a company says it has listed the first 3D printed house in the United States for sale. The Riverhead, New York, home is listed online […]
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Buying local starts with promoting your local business | Community Perspectives
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, love is in the air. Here at Fairbanks Economic Development, we want to make sure Interior businesses truly feel that love. To help make sure they do, along with calling on our fellow residents to think Fairbanks first as they shop for their […]
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A 3D printed house is for sale in New York. Builders say that’s a first in the United States
Now a company says it has listed the first 3D printed house in the United States for sale. The Riverhead, New York, home is listed online through Zillow with an asking price of $299,999. “This is the future, there is no doubt about it,” says Kirk Andersen, the director of […]
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Fire-department captain aims to offer secure way to surrender babies
Capt. Ty Ledbetter of the Conway Fire Department launched an online fundraiser to install a Safe Haven Baby Boxes unit at one of the city’s fire stations after years of hearing stories of mothers abandoning newborns. “You see people, all across the country, where they find these abandoned babies in […]
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Mississippi could erase licensing for some types of jobs
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann reviews the progress made so far this session in the Senate with reporters at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Rogelio V. Solis AP JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi could do away with licensing requirements for certain professions, a move […]