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Trump’s tariff threats are hurting your job prospects | CNN Business One in four US businesses has scaled back their hiring plans because of the turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump’s trade war, according to a survey of chief financial officers released Wednesda...

One in four US businesses has scaled back their hiring plans because of the turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump’s trade war, according to a survey of chief financial officers.

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An Early Bob Dylan Recording Hits the Auction Block The reel-to-reel tape is from a Gaslight Cafe show in Greenwich Village in 1961, when Dylan was playing to audiences you could count in a glance or two.

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Tom Fitzmorris, Colorful New Orleans Food Critic, Dies at 74 In print, online and on the radio, he parlayed a savant’s mastery of his city’s restaurant menus and a love of the spotlight into a career that spanned five decades.

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Rick Buckler, The Jam drummer, dead at 69 Rick Buckler, drumming icon known for laying down the backbeat for British legends The Jam, has passed away after a short battle with illness.

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A Sly Stone Primer: 15 Songs (and More) From a Musical Visionary The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.

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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

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homer simpsons on the sofa

"Ah! I love these lazy saturdays."

"It's wednesday, homer."

Opinion | Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Won’t Be Fully Replicated by A.I. Soon enough, artificial intelligence may be able to recreate the sounds — but there will be something missing.

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Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57 YouTube video by montycombs

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Marianne Faithfull - Something Better (Official Video) [4K] YouTube video by MFaithfullVEVO

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Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 A fresh-voiced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.

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Yes, Marblehead

An airport piano was filthy and out of tune. He fixed it during a layover. “It was in very rough shape – dust was everywhere, and there was a gluey substance under the keys that prevented them from working,” said passenger Josiah Jackson.

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

Trump has ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

“The impact of [Trump’s] collective executive orders appears devastating,” one senior NIH employee says.

Amid a Winter Snowstorm, New Orleans Also Savors a Spectacle The storm brought both dazzling landscapes of ice and snow and challenges to a city unaccustomed to such severe winter weather.

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What do New Orleans' most iconic landmarks look like covered in snow? See the photos. St. Louis Cathedral. Cafe Du Monde. The Superdome. Bourbon Street. Here's what New Orleans looked like blanketed in snow, from the French Quarter to Lakeview and beyond.

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Snowman, Jackson square, New Orleans

Historic snowstorm blankets New Orleans, shutting the metro area and posing dangerous risks Snow totals were rivalling all-time records. Officials were urging residents to take precautions and stay off roads.

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Garth Hudson, Multifaceted Musician With the Band, Dies at 87 He was the last surviving original member of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ’70s, with its blend of rock, r&b and country.

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Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000 Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.

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“And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."

Final flower photo from last summers garden. Think Spring!

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You'll Never Be a Man

Man out of time Mark Zuckerberg looks so pretty in his new lace sleeves, but his duet with Elon is more Abbot and Costello than Elvis Costello.

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Bob Dylan Joins TikTok in What May Be Its Final Days Dylan seemed to be in on the joke, posting an old black and white clip of himself saying “Good God, I must leave right away.”

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Watch: Sonoma County firefighters help LA fire survivor retrieve heirlooms in touching video The Sonoma County Fire District strike team is still working on the front lines of the Los Angeles County fires.

Sonoma County firefighters in LA helping someone recover family heirlooms in the rubble.

Here, there were many stories of firefighters saving family bibles and photo albums and pictures. They are the best.
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