Getting a big fat check from Uncle Sam probably seems like a win. After working hard all year and diligently completing your tax return, a major windfall in the form of a refund feels like a reward. Unfortunately, it’s not. The truth is that a tax refund is simply your own money, which you earned […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Harry Styles greeted fans after appearing on BBC Radio 2 earlier in the day Pop star Harry Styles was reportedly robbed at knifepoint in north London during a night out on Valentine’s Day. The former One Direction singer, 26, handed over cash after he was confronted by a mugger
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Image copyright ESSAR OIL UK Image caption Stanlow Oil Refinery will be used as a hydrogen production plant by the middle of this year The first low-carbon hydrogen energy production plants in the UK have been granted government funding. Facilities at Stanlow Oil Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and St Fergus Terminal in Aberdeenshire will
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The cruise ship had been shunned at port after port for fear it might carry the coronavirus, but when the Westerdam arrived in Cambodia on Thursday, the prime minister greeted its passengers with flowers. Amid assurances that the ship was disease free, hundreds of elated passengers disembarked. Some went sightseeing, visiting beaches and restaurants and
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to make its website and online educational videos more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing under a settlement announced in federal court By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press February 18, 2020, 6:04 PM 3 min read BOSTON — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has
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New York Yankees star Aaron Judge feels the Houston Astros should be stripped of their 2017 World Series championship By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press February 18, 2020, 9:13 PM 3 min read TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge feels the Houston Astros should be stripped of their 2017 World Series championship. “You
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WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the 14-year prison sentence of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, the Democrat who was convicted of trying to essentially sell Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat for personal gain, and pardoned the financier Michael R. Milken and Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, the president
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Walmart said on Tuesday that while it continued to monitor the coronavirus outbreak in China and around the world, the company was not lowering its sales forecast for this year. The world’s largest retailer released the announcement with its fourth-quarter earnings, one day after Apple warned of a slowdown. Apple had said its supply of
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Why are 13 people potentially exposed to a viral outbreak being treated and observed in Omaha, Nebraska By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press February 18, 2020, 7:57 PM 4 min read DES MOINES, Iowa — Of all places, why are 13 people potentially exposed to a viral outbreak being treated and observed in Omaha, Nebraska? Because
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These aren’t the “Star Wars” answers you’re looking for … not that Harrison Ford really cares. Among the debates and unanswered mysteries from the latest “Star Wars” installment, “The Rise of Skywalker,” is the question of how Han Solo came back. For those who need a refresher, Ford’s character appears in “The Rise of Skywalker”
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