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Biofuels are key to reducing carbon dioxide emissions
4 hours ago | Star Tribune
The biofuels industry over the last 30 years has produced more product using less energy and water and contributes far less carbon-dioxide emissions than petroleum fuels.
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Kansas taking further steps to start industrial hemp crop
7 hours ago | Miami Herald
The deadline is approaching for applications to grow the state's new industrial hemp research crop. The Kansas Department of Agriculture will take applications for growers who...
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Rocket start-up Relativity quadruples resources in a year, adds former SpaceX leaders
8 hours ago | CNBC
There are hundreds of young companies in the growing private space industry but one of them is landing impressive talent and keeping its foot on the gas: Relativity Space.
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I drove the world's best-selling electric car for a weekend - and I realized why electric cars need more than 200 miles of range
9 hours ago | Business Insider
I drove the 2018 Nissan Leaf for a weekend in December.
The vehicle performed as I would expect given its size and price, but its 151-mile range presented challenges.
I was...
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These are the 10 best paid hedge fund managers for 2018
14 hours ago | Business Insider
The 10 best paid fund managers in the world made $7.7 billion in 2018 with one fund manager seeing his fortune increase $1.8 billion last year.
Many of the world's biggest...
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How consumers rank the top delivery services in the US - and how they stack up against the growing threat of Amazon
1 day ago | Business Insider
The transportation and logistics industry is undergoing a massive shift as a result of surging deliveries. Daily parcel volumes are higher than ever before - but so are...
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Three ways brands can benefit from adopting voice technology
1 day ago | Business Insider
Voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant, Apple's Siri, and Microsoft's Cortana, are pegged to trigger a widespread transformation across the retail industry in...
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These are the top five trends shaping the future of digital health
1 day ago | Business Insider
The healthcare industry is in a state of disruption. Digital solutions are becoming a necessary part of the new global standard of care for patients and regulation is being...
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New Jersey OKs $20M subsidy for horse racing industry
1 day ago | Miami Herald
New Jersey is back in the horse racing business. The return of state support is good news for tracks that have struggled to compete with rivals in adjacent states that...
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How High-Interest Loans to Desperate People Built a $90 Billion Industry
1 day ago | Fortune
During the recent government shutdown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross wondered aloud why financially stressed federal workers didn't just "get a loan."
A wealthy...
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Anthony Weiner has been released from prison after nearly 15 months
Anthony Weiner, a former Democratic New York Congressman, has begun the process of being released from prison. Weiner has been released from the Massachusetts center where he... Read more ...
Yankees flirting with idea of Aaron Judge as leadoff hitter
TAMPA - If you are betting on who will be the Yankees' regular leadoff hitter this coming season, you would be smart to put your money on Aaron Hicks. However, during the dog... Read more ...
Four people died in a 12-hour hostage standoff in Mississippi
Four people died during a 12-hour hostage standoff in Clinton, Mississippi, on Saturday. Cops were initially called to the scene at 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning following reports... Read more ...
People are criticizing Jussie Smollett following reports that he may have...
CNN reports that investigators believe " Empire " star Jussie Smollett may have paid two men to stage his alleged attack. Smollett's attorneys deny the reports, though several... Read more ...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed Amazon for canceling its HQ2...
Sunday's "Meet the Press" stoked sharp condemnation from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Amazon's decision to cancel its deal to build HQ2 in the city. De Blasio said... Read more ...
'SNL' mocked Trump's border wall national emergency - and Trump wasn't happy
"Saturday Night Live" took aim at President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency over funds for his long-sought wall along the US-Mexico border. Alec Baldwin... Read more ...
The British teen who ran away to join ISIS but now wants to return to the UK...
Shamima Begum, the British teenager who fled the UK to join ISIS in 2015, but now wants to return home, has given birth. "We the family of Shamima Begum have been informed that... Read more ...
Trump says Europe must take back 800 captured ISIS fighters and put them on...
President Trump warned late on Saturday that Europe must take back around 800 captured ISIS fighters from the continent, or risk the US being forced to release them. "The... Read more ...
Hamidou Diallo hits absurd dunk over Shaquille O'Neal on the way to winning...
Hamidou Diallo beat Dennis Smith Jr. in the final of the 2019 NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday. The dunk of the night came in the first round, when Diallo dunked over... Read more ...
Victims of the Aurora, Illinois mass shooting included a 21-year-old intern...
At least five people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a local manufacturing facility in Aurora, Illinois on Friday, February 15. A 21-year-old Human Resources intern, as... Read more ...