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German Pillows - The Crumple Pillow That Baffles Foreigners
Germany's truly terrible bed pillows are seared into my memory. Advertisement I never paid much mind to the pillow I rest my head on at night until I went to Berlin. A classic German bed pillow is a monstrosity measuring 31 by 31 inches.
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Keep West Monroe Beautiful - Next Level Business Grant
Keep West Monroe Beautiful is offering two grants worth $250 and one grant worth $500 to a local business inside West Monroe’s city limits. Businesses can use the grant funds for things such as new paint, landscaping, signage, lighting, etc.
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G/O Media Sells The Onion to Digital Media Veterans
The Onion started in 1988 in Wisconsin as a weekly satirical newspaper. For the last decade, it has republished the same headline after nearly every mass shooting. G/O Media had agreed to sell to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron.
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Read more at The New York Times
CalMatters and the Local Video
California’s border communities are feeling the strain of long delays at the U.S.-Mexico border. In recent months, lines at the border often stretched for several hours. The federal government is spending billions to reduce border wait times. Small business owners say long delays are threatening their livelihoods.
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Jeff Bezos' "Work-Life Balance"
Jeff Bezos taught employees that work and life are actually a circle. The Amazon founder said in 2018, at an event hosted by Insider's parent company, that he tries to teach young and senior employees about "work-life harmony'
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Mint Butterfield, the teen child of tech founders, Goes Missing in California
Mint Butterfield, 16, is believed to have run away, local authorities say. The teen was last seen Sunday evening in Bolinas, California, north of San Francisco. In the past, Butterfield often visited San Francisco's Tenderloin district.
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Emmanuel Obe Receives the Ocbina Future Business Leaders Scholarship
The Ocbina Future Business Leaders Scholarship aims to provide real-world educational opportunities to deserving students. The scholarship supports students who share passions for equity, business, and leadership. Emmanuel placed first at the FBLA regional competition and in the top 8 at the state level this year.
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Amazon execs used the messaging app Signal to discuss "sensitive business matters"
Federal Trade Commission wants to know if execs told Amazon staff to delete messages, and when to use Signal. Jeff Bezos and other senior leaders used the app from 2019 to 2022, the FTC said. Some of the Amazon executives named in the filing as Signal users include CEO Andy Jassy, general counsel David Zapolsky, former worldwide consumer chief Jeff Wilke, and former worldwide operations CEO Dave Clark.
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British Man Charged With Conducting Hostile Activity to Benefit Russia
Dylan Earl, 20, is accused of plotting to torch a London business with links to Ukraine. He is charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia, prosecutors say. Earl is connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which the U.K. government declared a banned terrorist organization.
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Read more at ABC News
Roanoke Photographers Share Their Favorite Portraits of Entrepreneurs
The Roanoker invited five local photographers to share a special portrait of an entrepreneur who inspires them. Expand Taylor Reschka Miguel Liendo is the perfect evangelist for Venezuelan cuisine, which he gradually introduced into his menu to accompany the more familiar Italian fare.
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