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Cory Sandhagen wasn’t going to turn down a title shot following his knockout over Marlon Moraes, but he’s not exactly shocked he didn’t get one. After ending his fight against Moraes with a highlight-reel spinning heel kick, Sandhagen immediately rocketed to the top of the bantamweight rankings. But ultimately, the next title shot went to […]
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified factors that influence how children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) respond to methotrexate. High-dose methotrexate is a part of modern curative therapy for ALL. The work provides insights to help optimize methotrexate treatment. The findings were published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Using leukemia […]
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The election of Democrat Joseph Biden could create more headaches for the Dakota Access Pipeline’s (DAPL) owners, who are already embroiled in legal battles to keep the main conduit for flowing oil out of North Dakota running. The $3.8 billion DAPL ships about 40% of the crude oil produced from the Bakken shale region in […]
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Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s Little Rocket Man achievement – still one of the finest achievements ever created, if you ask me – is poised to become reality, as Valve’s Gabe Newell prepares to launch a garden gnome into space for charity. Little Rocket Man was a notoriously tricksy achievement to secure, forcing players to carry […]
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Heewon (Theresa) Choi, Melanie Nolan and their two other unnamed colleagues at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, hit the Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Halloween, winning them the top prize of $6 million, according to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. Choi, the “team captain” of her group, and her co-workers had been playing […]
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Deiveson Figueiredo won’t underestimate any challenger that steps into the octagon with him. That said, the UFC flyweight champion doesn’t seem to think Alex Perez will bring any danger to the table at UFC 255. Perez agreed to replace injured Cody Garbrandt and face 125-pound titleholder “Deus da Guerra” at the Las Vegas pay-per-view event […]
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When US President-Elect Joe Biden and Deputy Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches on Saturday evening, local time, the tally of Electoral College votes showed they had decisively passed the crucial 270-vote threshold, delivering them to the White House this January. Tradition dictates the losing candidate also gives their own speech to concede […]
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Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and a tough critic of the big tech companies, urged the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to interview some former employees of Facebook Inc FB.O as part of its probe of the social media giant. Both the FTC and groups of state attorneys general are widely believed to be planning […]
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A Mass Effect N7 Day panel is set for this weekend – and fans are crossing their fingers for a reveal of the heavily-rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy remaster. Rumours of a remaster were stoked when an Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book popped up for pre-order in July. Sporting a 23rd February […]
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More than 40% of Americans think their cooking skills have improved so much during the pandemic that they could now compete on TV’s “MasterChef,” according to a new survey. More than six in 10 Americans said their cooking skills have improved since the beginning of the pandemic, and a new survey of 2,000 Americans revealed […]
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