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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul just received an F.

A new Cato Institute study ranked her dead last among all 50 governors for policies affecting personal and economic freedom.

New York itself ranked 49th out of 50 states.

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Dez Bryant was handcuffed and held at gunpoint after a road-rage dispute in Texas.

The former Cowboys star says he was the one threatened, but HE ended up getting an assault citation.

His daughters witnessed the entire police encounter.

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Notre Dame now has 4 ranked teams on their schedule.

But someone said their schedule was an embarrassment.

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Oh boy, not good.

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Wait for the sax player 🤣🤣🤣

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Sonic’s Santa Slush Float arrives in its app today. Halloween is Saturday.

We haven’t even handed out the candy, and Santa is already at the drive-thru.

Retail’s favorite holiday tradition is refusing to finish the current holiday.

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Shoppers increasingly worry AI is deciding how much they’ll pay. Major retailers deny using personal information to set individual prices.

That’s how badly trust has slipped.

People now look at a price tag and wonder whether it looked back.

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Seattle beat Kansas City 20–3 Sunday night. The Chiefs never reached the red zone.

Not once.

For one evening, watching Patrick Mahomes felt a lot like watching everybody else’s quarterback.

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Lay’s just released Roasted Holiday Turkey and Cheddar Scalloped-Style Potatoes chips.

Thanksgiving dinner now comes in a bag.

No dishes. No cooking. No relative asking why you’re still single.

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The average monthly payment on a financed new car is $787.

That’s $9,444 a year before insurance, gas or maintenance.

The old car in your driveway is starting to look less embarrassing and more like your strongest financial decision.

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Miami was the ONLY team in the AP Top 25 to keep its ranking this week. Ohio State moved to No. 2.

Twenty-four spots changed.

College football releases a preseason poll so we can spend the next three months watching it fall apart.

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All-you-can-eat buffets are making a comeback. Yelp searches are up 252% compared with last year.

After years of smaller portions, higher prices and surprise fees, “keep going until you’re full” suddenly sounds like a revolutionary business model.

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Flipcorder lets you record iPhone footage onto a virtual tape with VHS and MiniDV looks.

We finally got cameras sharp enough to capture every detail.

Naturally, we want Christmas morning 1993 back.

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The Air Jordan 6 “White Infrared” returns November 7 for $215, celebrating the shoe’s 35th anniversary.

The kids who wanted these in 1991 now have adult money.

Unfortunately, they also have adult bills.

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Pioneer is bringing a cassette-look car stereo to the U.S., complete with Bluetooth and an old-school volume knob.

Price: $499.99.

We spent decades upgrading our dashboards. Now we’re paying extra to make them look like high school again.

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Another ridiculous travel.

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Starting November 20, Airbnb hosts generally cannot demand that guests wash dishes, strip beds or take out the trash.

Travelers may still receive reasonable requests, but the era of paying a cleaning fee and then discovering a laminated housekeeping assignment appears to be ending.

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Protein is showing up in coffee, pasta, ice cream and even water.

Reuters reports shoppers are getting more skeptical of the labels.

The grocery aisle has officially become a gym, and every product wants to tell you how much it lifts.