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Andreessen Horowitz's podcast: A 23-year-old CEO explains the tricks for successfully attracting Gen Z customers
When it comes to memes and the art of emoji, you're probably doing it wrong, says Tiffany Zhong, wh…
Tiffany Zhong and Connie Chan
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From being targeted for robbery to confrontational customers, 4 Amazon delivery drivers talk about what scares them during peak season
"There's nothing in that van that's worth your life," said Jim Smith, a 55-year-old driver in Orego…
Meira Gebel
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A government proposal for a 10-mile wall around Burning Man could kill the festival in the middle of the desert favored by Silicon Valley elite
Yet one of the aspects of Burning Man that its organizers stress is the event's "Leaving No Trace" …
Paige Leskin
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I'm a wildland firefighter in Colorado who's been battling blazes and scrambling to save homes. It's hard to have a social life.
"You don't want your entire gender blamed if you mess up. I'm always trying to work hard to prove m…
Justin Higginbottom
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A man set himself on fire after a matchmaking agency refused to arrange a marriage for him
The 64-year-old man from Jeju Island, South Korea, poured gasoline over his own head and set himsel…
Cheryl Teh
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Lady Gaga says a producer threatened to 'burn' all of her music if she didn't remove her clothes when she was 19
The 35-year-old Grammy-winning musician spoke about her experience in Prince Harry and Oprah Winfre…
Claudia Willen
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The US sailor accused of torching a warship that burned for 4 days is a failed SEAL candidate who 'hated' the Navy and posted about napalm on Instagram: affidavit
A fellow sailor told investigators he witnessed Ryan Sawyer Mays entering the area where the fire s…
Ashley Collman
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A Vermont man faces federal charges for conspiring to murder a man in a foreign country and child pornography offenses
The defendant allegedly paid approximately $4,000 for an unnamed man to be kidnapped, tortured, and…
Lauren Frias
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Here's what I've seen so far at Dreamforce, the Salesforce mega-conference that draws the likes of Barack Obama and Tim Cook while turning downtown San Francisco into 'Burning Man for people with jobs'
The event is a chance for Salesforce to announce new offerings. It also lets employees, customers, …
Joe Williams
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How the man who challenged Tesla went bankrupt
Jia Yueting, or YT, as he was called, started his career in the 1990s as an official in a local tax…
Christian Nguyen
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A Florida man who failed to inform sexual partners about his HIV-positive status was sentenced to 2 years
Florida law prohibits a person to knowingly have an STD and fail to inform their sexual partner abo…
Taylor Ardrey
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The 'Organization Man' of the mid-20th century gave way to the 'Transaction Man,' and the latter's rise explains the decline of the American Dream
Who won in this contest of visions - the side that valued a structured, organization-based society …
Nicholas Lemann
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A man who attacked Appalachian Trail hikers with a machete has been found not guilty by reason of insanity
James Jordan killed one hiker with his machete and repeatedly stabbed a woman. She survived by play…
Michelle Mark
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A 22-year-old who lost his lips, eyelids, and fingers in a burning car crash got a new face and hands in the first successful surgery of its kind
Joseph DiMeo of New Jersey suffered burns that few would survive. His rare transplant surgery has b…
Anna Medaris Miller
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A 26-year-old man died after a celebratory cannon exploded at a baby shower in Michigan
The cannon was set off by the party's host to celebrate the baby's pending arrival, Michigan State …
Kelly McLaughlin
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One man's 21-year protest to take down a Confederate monument - and force his Texas town to face its racist legacy
One man had been protesting a Confederate monument in his Texas town since the 1990s. In 2020, it w…
Lisa Bubert
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SeaWorld suffers biggest plunge of 2019 as CEO resigns after just 7 months
Outgoing CEO Gustavo Antorcha said he was leaving "due to disagreements over the Board's involvemen…
Daniel Strauss
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I'm dating a man behind his wife's back. Am I just a fling or should I hold out for him?
Asking your partner his reasons for engaging in the affair will give you a better sense of who he i…
Julia Naftulin
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Twitter users have hopped on a viral hashtag to ask Jeff Bezos of Amazon (the company) to help save the Amazon (the burning rainforest)
Now, people around the world are taking to social media to voice their concerns and call others to …
Ivan De Luce
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The debate over baseball's unwritten rules has reignited after a squabble and a sick burn between Madison Bumgarner and Max Muncy
I am so tired of everyone making excuses for Madison Bumgarner. If anyone hits a HR against him som…