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Jan 15 2025POLITICS

La Grange Officials Ponder Downtown Coworking Plan

La Grange officials recently expressed their doubts about a proposal to bring coworking space and a small restaurant to downtown. The village wants to keep downtown vibrant with restaurants and shops, hoping to boost sales tax income. Brick & Mortar, which runs coworking spaces in other suburbs, wan

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Jan 15 2025POLITICS

Meet Pam Bondi: Trump's Pick for Attorney General

Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, recently had her confirmation hearing for the role of attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. She's promised to end any partisanship within the Department of Justice and ensure fair justice for all. Trump nominated Bondi after his initial pi

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Jan 15 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Celebs Spotted in NYC: A Week of Events and Red Carpets

As 2025 gets underway, celebrities haven't taken a break. Events like the 2025 National Board of Review Gala in New York City kept them busy. This gala, held at Cipriani, honored artists for their 2024 work. Among the stars was Nicole Kidman, who was recognized for her role in Babygirl and was up fo

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Jan 15 2025TECHNOLOGY

Solving Problems: A Smart Way with Neural Networks

Imagine you're trying to solve a bunch of math problems where you need to find the best solutions. A clever way to do this is by using something called a neural network. This isn't just any old math trick; it's like having a smart assistant that learns from your past mistakes. By giving the network

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Jan 15 2025BUSINESS

Workers' Big Strike: A Look at Amazon's Labor Struggle

In December, Amazon workers across the U. S. went on strike, demanding better pay and conditions. This wasn't just any strike—it was the biggest in Amazon's history. Filmmakers Stephen Maing and Brett Story captured the action in a 10-minute short called Local One. Amazon's size and power make this

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Jan 15 2025HEALTH

Staffing Standards for Nursing Homes: A Big Change

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new rules for long-term care facilities. These rules aim to enhance nursing home care quality by setting minimum staffing levels. Facilities must now provide at least 3. 48 hours of daily care per resident. This include

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Jan 15 2025TECHNOLOGY

Creating a Super-Sensitive, Waterproof Strain Sensor Fabric with Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

Have you ever thought about fabrics that can sense how your body moves? That's exactly what strain sensing fabrics do. They detect outside deformation, giving real-time feedback. The challenge? Making a fabric that's super sensitive and accurate. Scientists have now done just that with a polyurethan

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Jan 15 2025FINANCE

Boosting Stock Index Forecasts with LSTM and PSO

Predicting stock prices is like trying to read the future, and it's a tough challenge for researchers. One popular tool is the long short-term memory neural network (LSTM), which can handle long-term patterns in stock data. But tuning LSTM's settings manually can be tricky and affect how well it wor

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Jan 14 2025BUSINESS

Why Jennifer Rubin Left The Washington Post

Jennifer Rubin, a well-known columnist at The Washington Post, has decided to leave the newspaper. She's joining a new startup, but not without some harsh words for the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos. Rubin feels that big media owners like Bezos have let down their readers by trying to play nice with pol

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Jan 14 2025BUSINESS

Philadelphia Whole Foods Workers Face Union-Busting Tactics from Amazon

In Philadelphia, Whole Foods employees are gearing up for a union vote. They've been offered free snacks by management, but some workers say Amazon, the company that owns Whole Foods, is using other methods to discourage unionization. These methods include posting anti-union messages, replacing stor

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