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Uber’s self-driving truck makes its first commercial delivery: beer

The first commercial shipment by a self-driving truck was a beer run. Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving trucking unit, Otto, said Tuesday it partnered with brewing giant Anheuser-Busch Cos. to carry 51,744 cans of Budweiser on a shipment through Colorado. “Yes, you can go out right now and buy a can of beer that was shipped […]

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A veteran is speaking up after being told that she owed the Pentagon thousands of dollars

The Pentagon is demanding that soldiers in California “pay back” large sums of money following an audit of enlistment bonuses ten years prior to incentivize troops to fight in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The LA Times reported: Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large

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Chocolate the top treat for Trick-O-Treaters

SAN DIEGO. October 25, 2016– Americans love chocolate, especially on Halloween. In 2015, chocolate sales in the US grew by approximately 47.8% from the pervious year. image via flickr/Sean Freese According to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), U.S. consumption increased by approximately 47.8 percent versus 2014. image via wikimedia Who knew that something so elegantly

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The real impact of a female president? More women in politics

As the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump nears, the prospects have never been greater that the United States could join the 50 other democracies that have been led by a woman. So it’s timely to ask: What might this mean for American gender equality and foreign policy? A lot. Given Clinton’s mixed trajectory

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Despite plea for leniency, former Pa. attorney general gets 10 to 23 months in jail

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for orchestrating an illegal news leak to damage a political enemy, capping a spectacular downfall for a woman who three years ago was seen as one of the state’s fastest-rising stars. “The case is about ego,

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A Revealing Lunch With Roger Stone

With the clock running out on Donald Trump’s campaign and a catastrophic loss looking more likely, politicos are snickering that the careers of his advisers and strategists will be sacrificed in the process. But at least one of them, legendary Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone, has plans for life after Trump, including writing a book

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