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Bates College Becomes the First College in the U.S. With a $1.34 Million NSF Grant
A $1.34 million grant to Bates from the National Science Foundation will position the college to play a crucial role in the study and teaching of solar-terrestrial physics. This will be the first faculty position of its kind in Maine. The grant is from the NSF’s Faculty Development in geoSpace Science program, which seeks to spur the integration of geospace science into U.S. higher education.
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Read more at Bates News
Amazon and the NBA Stream Live Sports
The Athletic reported Friday that Amazon and the NBA have the “framework for a deal” that would begin in the 2025-26 season. The deal would be a huge addition to Amazon’s growing sports streaming catalog. This week Amazon announced that Prime subscribers will get access to Seattle Kraken games as part of a new deal with the NHL franchise in its hometown of Seattle.
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Read more at GeekWire
AMC Entertainment Earnings Preview
AMC Entertainment plans to report its final quarterly numbers on May 8. The company has been hurt by a slowdown in the overall production pipeline. Revenue in the quarter ended March 31 came in at $951.4 million.
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Read more at Deadline
New Laws and Better Technology to Protect the Public
“In fact it's one of the first we were able to find around the country,” says Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger. Investigators say Darien used AI to create a fake, racist audio recording of Pikeville High School’s Principal. In this particular case we obviously had some statutes that were right on point but we do in fact need to take a look at some others. For instance, the charge of disrupting school activities only carries a six-month
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Read more at Fox Baltimore
Weather Alert - Flood Warning in Effect From Saturday Afternoon Through Sunday Afternoon
Weather Alert...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WHERE...Portions of east central, northeast, and southeast Oklahoma, including the following counties, in east central Oklahoma, Cherokee, Muskogee and Okfuskee.
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Read more at Tahlequah Daily Press
Lebovici’s Hammerstone
Lebovici started working on "building block" projects that held little to no interest for him on the level of story. After a re-cut of the first act and the addition of voiceover from H. Jon Benjamin, the film is expected to earn around $2M in just under 2,000 theaters. The film has him playing Boy, who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen)
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Read more at Deadline
The 377 MDG - Putting Patients First
The 377 MDG is part of a growing list of healthcare facilities starting their own branch of the PFPC or a similar program. The program gives patients and their families the opportunity to collaborate with healthcare personnel to consolidate patient feedback.
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Read more at kirtland.af.mil
Ohio VFW Post 9630 Visited by Senator Sherrod Brown
Senator Sherrod Brown's staff hosted a roundtable at the VFW Post 9630 in Batavia. Veterans are now eligible for expanded care due to Brown’s Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022. Brown and his staff have held 39 roundtables and events around Ohio to raise awareness and help veterans access this care.
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Read more at Senator Sherrod Brown
Corrections Health and the Sheriff's Office - Updates From the NIC Report
The Sheriff’s Office operates and manages the jails, but works closely with the Health Department's Corrections Health Division to provide medical care to the adults in custody. Beginning in May 2023, seven people died in custody, said Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell as she read the names of those who died and their causes of death. Three people died by suicide; one from natural causes; and two by fentanyl toxicity; One death remains under investigation.
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Read more at Multnomah County
The NBA's Next Media Rights Deal
The NBA's next media rights deal with ESPN and TNT expire after the 2024-25 season. Amazon Prime Video and the NBA have agreed to the parameters of a deal that would make the streaming and retail giant a major platform for game telecasts. Global rights to NBA broadcasts could also be part of the package.
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Read more at Yahoo Sports