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These Are The States Driving America's Economic Growth

These Are The States Driving America’s Economic Growth

The U.S. economy grew 2.1% in real terms in 2025, but that national figure tells only part of the story. While every state economy expanded, some grew nearly ten times faster than others. This article ...

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Why Data Center Growth Forecasts Are Essential To Mitigating Their Impact On The Grid

Why Data Center Growth Forecasts Are Essential To Mitigating Their Impact On The Grid

Much of the concern surrounding artificial intelligence is about power: the technology’s economic power to reshape ...

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Beijing Weighs Restricting Foreign Access To China’s Top AI Models

Up until now, the politicization of AI models…

Women Over 40 Are Now Having More Babies Than U.S. Teenagers

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Bill To Prohibit Sex Offenders And Human Traffickers From Elected Office Amended To Exempt Pedophiles

Sen. Scott Wiener requested the exemptions, and they…

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Weird & Wacky News (38th Edition)

From around the corner, down the street, and…

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Working in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The numbering system and map replaced the confusing patchwork of highways and trails,…

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Most Americans, even those who most appreciate artificial intelligence, strongly support more regulation of it, a new survey finds. This article ...
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US prosecutors moved to drop a sex assault case against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein Thursday after two separate juries were unable to reach verdicts in the case, the cinema mogul’s spokesperson told AFP. This article was originally published by Insider Paper….

The Consumer Sentiment Disconnect From Economic Reality

The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index just printed 44.8 in May. That’s the worst reading since the survey began in 1952. That print was lower than in 2008 and the 1980 inflation panic. It was also worse than the…

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The Fed, Zombies, & The Pathway To Japanification

We recently penned an article discussing the “moral hazard” fostered by the Fed’s ongoing monetary interventions. However, this story is fraught with zombies…

Pure Evil: The Boys And Girls Being Sold For Sex During COVID-19 And The Super Bowl

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California’s 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals To Hear Utility Wildfire Bailout Case

After the Public Utilities Commission denied three Investor Owned Utilities in California – Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric, and…

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One of the many contradictions you’ll find on YouTube are videos from people who claim to be living off-grid. And yet…

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At precisely 2:32pm Eastern time on May 6, 2010, the US stock market started to drop. The decline was sudden, and…

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For decades, the big fish on Wall Street have been able to do virtually anything that they want, but now the…

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The double edge razor and the “Injector” style razor have been competitors for many years.  And the (comparatively) recent addition of…

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Netflix reported a strong fourth quarter earlier this week, exceeding both subscriber growth and total revenue forecasts. There was one part…

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India ranks as the second-largest gold consuming country in the world, second only behind China. But over the last couple of years, the…