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Prediction markets say they’re different from sportsbooks. Gambling addicts say it's all the sameApr 30, 2026 9:21 am - Clinicians who treat gambling disorders are concerned about their patients turning to prediction markets.
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U.S. economy grew 2% from January-March, recovering from federal shutdown; Iran war clouds outlookApr 30, 2026 8:27 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal ...
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David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ and other country hits, dies at 86Apr 30, 2026 8:08 am - David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It” and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has died. He was 86.
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Gas prices hit $5 across the suburbs; key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 yearsApr 30, 2026 7:57 am - A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
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Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger applicationApr 30, 2026 7:46 am - Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time Thursday will be good for the country.
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‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each otherApr 30, 2026 7:21 am - Attorneys for Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son will present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other Thursday in a case that could determine who gets custody of their child.
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Adam Scott gets spooked in a haunted hotel in ‘Hokum’Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new horror movie, it’s probably that it involves Adam Scott and a haunted Irish hotel.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style, but the story is overdressedApr 30, 2026 5:15 am - Fashion trends are notoriously fickle, but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” two decades after the original, was hard to resist.
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A flatulence-filled ‘Animal Farm’ for tots turns a masterpiece into cinematic manureApr 30, 2026 5:15 am - I’m all for reinventions and reintroductions. But screenwriter Nicholas Stoller and director Andy Serkis’ awfully misguided Disneyfication of “Animal Farm,” one of the greatest allegorical satires in the English language, is a cinematic car crash.
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Full federal appeals court won’t rehear $83 million defamation verdict against TrumpApr 29, 2026 7:13 pm - A divided federal appeals court said Wednesday it will not grant a rare meeting of its active judges to hear an appeal of an $83 million verdict against President Donald Trump for defaming a magazine advice columnist over an encounter three decades ago.