Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein | Special to The Detroit News Construction mistakes are actually fairly common in housing, but most are small and rectified quickly and the property does not suffer from them. Some take a little more effort to correct than others. A few decades ago, the Inside […]
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Premiere Date, Cast, Spoilers, News
It is never too early to make your appointment with The Good Doctor, which is returning for a highly anticipated season 5; after several major cliffhangers, well-loved characters leaving, and several major surprises in store. Fingers crossed this isn’t the final season for the hit ABC medical drama. Over the […]
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Board Games Have a Colonialism Problem
The board game “Puerto Rico” begins after everyone around the table receives a mat printed with the verdant interior of the game’s namesake island. Players are cast as European tycoons who have trekked across the Atlantic at the height of the Age of Exploration. “In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered the […]
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Haiti leader’s slaying exposes role of ex-Colombian soldiers
FILE – In this July 8, 2021 file photo, suspects in the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise are moved to be displayed to the media at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president’s assassination on July 7. (AP […]
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OWC Envoy Pro SX is a Waterproof SSD That Transfers Up To 2847 MB/s
OWC has announced the rugged and compact bus-powered Envoy Pro SX Thunderbolt 3 SSD that is water, dust, and drop-proof, promises transfer speeds of up to 2,847 MB/s, silently cools, and is bus-powered. The OWC Envoy Pro SX is touted as a portable SSD that can withstand “any condition” and […]
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Framework Laptop – Review 2021
Manufacturers such as Acer and Asus have been experimenting with radical new laptop layouts of late—twin screens, or pop-up and slide-out keyboards—but the Framework Laptop is something else entirely: a notebook built around true modularity and component swappability. We were able to get some early hands-on time with the first […]
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Haiti leader’s slaying exposes role of ex-Colombian soldiers
Regina Garcia Cano and Astrid Suarez | Associated Press Bucaramanga, Colombia — As the coronavirus pandemic squeezed Colombia, the Romero family was in need of money to pay the mortgage. Mauricio Romero Medina’s $790 a month pension as a retired soldier wasn’t going far. Then came a call offering a […]
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I joined Costco. Here’s what I wasn’t expecting
Costco 101 Fans of Costco are quick to praise its prices and products, especially when it comes to groceries — and stocking up for a pandemic in one quick trip, from toilet paper (when it’s in stock) to frozen pizza. I had long resisted the warehouse store because of […]
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Novostella BLink smart floodlights review
REVIEW – Lighting can really set off a house. Nice exterior lighting washing up or down a wall or highlighting a landscaping feature adds that wow factor. One of the problems is that if you want to control multiple lights as a group, they typically have to be connected together. […]
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What’s That Building? Klas Restaurant In Cicero
Lots of Chicago-area buildings make you stop and ask: “What’s that building?” WBEZ’s Reset is collecting the stories behind them! You can also find them on this map. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chicago was a powerful magnet attracting Eastern European immigrants. One of the most colorful […]
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Marks & Spencer’s Love Island flamingo wine glasses are back with up to 20% off
Forget personalised water bottles this year, Marks and Spencer’s cute Love Island flamingo wine glasses are back in stock and we’re obsessed. With a fun and colourful design which features flamingos, parrots and toucans in tropical pinks, yellows and greens, they’re perfect for adding a tropical twist to your next […]
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Best Stadia games 2021 | Android Central
Best Stadia games Android Central 2021 Google has some of the biggest AAA games out there on its platform, and the catalog keeps getting bigger and better. With more than a year on the market, dozens of games on Stadia are available to play instantly with no downloads, patches, or […]
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How to Style a Table for a Laid-Back Summer Meal
Ask any creative type about their entertaining philosophy and their answer will almost always be that their guests are the most important element of any meal. The rest — the food, the plates, the glasses, the music — is, in a sense, just the dressing. And yet, that doesn’t mean […]
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Olympics opening ceremony: What we know, who’s going and who’s not
Except Tokyo’s Opening Ceremony is mired in controversy after both the director and composer of the show stepped down from their positions. Director Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed Thursday following past comments that “ridiculed the painful facts of history,” according to Tokyo 2020 organizers. Local media reports said he made anti-Semitic […]
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12 Best Indoor Plants That Even You Can’t Kill
How often to water: Cheng says you should water a snake plant when the soil is fully dry, and not before. ZZ Plant The ZZ plant is a hearty plant that grows beautifully, and quickly. “It can do well in low light conditions, and it’s known for being low-maintenance,” says […]
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Maker of high-performance sight mounts for rifles is moving to Downtown Easton
A maker of high-performance sight mounts for rifles and shotguns is moving to Downtown Easton. Scalarworks is moving into 132 S. Third St. in Easton, a building across from Easton City Hall, according to company founder Phil Bartoszewicz. He said he’s an industry leader in developing mounts that connect a […]
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What We Still Don’t Know About Emmett Till’s Murder
This article was published online on July 22, 2021. The dentist was a few minutes late, so I waited by the barn, listening to a northern mockingbird in the cypress trees. His tires kicked up dust when he turned off Drew Ruleville Road and headed across the bayou toward his […]
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20 Cutest Preschool Backpacks For Kids Just Starting School
It’s not hard to find a good backpack for older kids with all kinds of pockets and compartments to carry the many things they need to tote to and from school every day. Preschool backpacks, on the other hand, need to be small and simple since the most a preschooler […]
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Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony: What we know, who’s going and who’s not
Except Tokyo’s Opening Ceremony is mired in controversy after both the director and composer of the show stepped down from their positions. Director Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed Thursday following past comments that “ridiculed the painful facts of history,” according to Tokyo 2020 organizers. Local media reports said he made anti-Semitic […]
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Barnstormers Theatre opens doors with modern-day version of the 1930s classic ‘Our Town” | A&E
F rom its start 90 years ago as a traveling troupe of entertainers, The Barnstormers Theatre has been making memories on and off stage in the center of Tamworth. “The experience isn’t just going there to a show. It’s the farmer’s market’s crumb bun, the distillery or Rosie’s (Restaurant). It’s […]