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Lamont reaches deal to keep PURA Chair Gillett

By CT Mirror | John Moritz 2/20/2025 10:01 AM

Agreement would confirm Marissa Gillett's reappointment as chair of PURA while moving the regulatory body outside of the executive branch.

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Black coffee’s resurgence: Why 2025 could be the year of simplicity

By THE MANUAL | Emily Caldwell 2/20/2025 10:01 AM

Jeff Daniels, Director of Sales at Non-Fiction Coffee Co., predicts a resurgence of black coffee this year, anticipating that coffee lovers will regain their appreciation for it. The post Black coffee’s resurgence: Why 2025 could be the year of simplicity appeared first on The Manual.

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Bonnie Blue stretches the limits of her body-show and now plans to live-stream an eventual natural birth

By marca.com | AUSTIN CALDWELL 2/20/2025 10:00 AM

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CD Projekt Red Wants Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel To Have Most-Realistic Crowds Ever

By GameSpot | Blair Marnell 2/20/2025 9:42 AM

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Pronghorn is launching a bourbon matured in Madagascar vanilla extract-soaked cognac casks

By THE MANUAL | 2/20/2025 9:39 AM

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🚨 LAFC complete loan deal for Türkiye international Cengiz Ünder

By Yahoo Sports | 2/20/2025 9:39 AM

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Trump to call Team USA ahead of hockey match with Canada

By The Hill | 2/20/2025 9:37 AM

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US to speed up unmanned military vessel manufacturing with next-gen shipyard Port Alpha

By Interesting Engineering | 2/20/2025 9:36 AM

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Restored mid-century modern home in Newburgh designed by Philip Johnson asks $2.9M

By 6sqft.com | 2/20/2025 9:30 AM

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Mass firing of federal workers by Trump White House not showing up in jobless claims. Yet.

By MarketWatch.com | 2/20/2025 9:29 AM

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Financing Secured For $445 Million Manhattanville Renovation In Harlem, Manhattan

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OnlyFans star Lily Phillips is accused of faking her pregnancy: "You were ultra skinny in the gym like 12 hours ago!"

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Deranged vagrant slashes NYC store clerk with machete, tries to torch him in gum dispute — while out with no bail

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Tougher oxygen standards for key stretch of Delaware River finally?

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Huntington Lighthouse group halts Musicfest for summer renovations

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How a mushroom coral goes for a walk without legs

by Science News | Feb 14 2025

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Marketplace Los Angeles Founder Charlie Shanfeld Shares How He Sources High-End Vintage Clothing for Celebs

by ET Online | Feb 14 2025

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This isn’t a 10-stock show right now. Here’s where to find opportunities with the S&P 500 at all-time highs.

by MarketWatch.com | Feb 20 2025

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Black coffee’s resurgence: Why 2025 could be the year of simplicity

by THE MANUAL | Feb 20 2025

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PGA Tour and LIV Golf Look for Merger Deal Under Trump

by NY Times | Feb 18 2025

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Trump Issues Executive Order to Expand IVF Access: What to Know

by Healthline.com | Feb 19 2025

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Huntington Lighthouse group halts Musicfest for summer renovations

by greaterlongisland.com | Feb 19 2025

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Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam Partners With Atlantic Music Group For BuVision Label

by Billboard | Feb 20 2025

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More than 6,000 IRS workers to be laid off before end of week

by upi.com | Feb 20 2025

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The Mayo Clinic Just Announced a “New” Mediterranean Diet

by thehealthy.com | Feb 11 2025

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The ironic tragedy of how Albany Dems shot down the DA who raised the alarm on soaring youth gun crime

by New York Post | Feb 20 2025

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Bonnie Blue stretches the limits of her body-show and now plans to live-stream an eventual natural birth

by marca.com | Feb 20 2025

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This Midwestern state is considered one of the best places to retire, new study says: see the list

by Fox News | Jan 29 2025

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NASA changes odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 yet again — but this time it's good news

by LIVE SCIENCE | Feb 20 2025

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Lexar Go SSD with Hub review: Tiny, rugged storage for your phone

by PCWorld | Feb 20 2025

Word of the Day

flounder

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 20, 2025 is:

flounder • \FLOUN-der\ • verb

To flounder is to struggle, whether that struggle is about moving or obtaining footing (as in “horses floundering through deep snow”) or about knowing what to do or say.

// Caught off-guard by the reporter’s question, the mayor floundered for a few moments before remembering the talking points he had rehearsed.

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Examples:

“In those early days we floundered in a city we didn’t know. Tottenham in 1992 wasn’t the London we’d imagined. There were no top hats, no smog, no Holmes, no Watson, no ladies, no gents, and no afternoon tea. Not for us. We lived in a different London. In our London, people swore and spat, drank, quarreled, and laughed in fretful bursts. They spoke strange words in accents we couldn’t parse.” — Leo Vardiashvili, Hard By a Great Forest, 2024

Did you know?

There’s nothing fishy about flounder... the verb, that is. While the noun referring to a common food fish is of Scandinavian origin, the verb flounder, which dates to the late 16th century, is likely an alteration of an older verb, founder. The two verbs have been confused ever since. Today, founder is most often used as a synonym of fail, or, in contexts involving a waterborne vessel, as a word meaning “to fill with water and sink.” Formerly, it was also frequently applied when a horse stumbled badly and was unable to keep walking. It’s likely this sense of founder led to the original and now-obsolete meaning of flounder: “to stumble.” In modern use, flounder typically means “to struggle” or “to act clumsily”; the word lacks the finality of founder, which usually suggests complete collapse or failure, as that of a sinking ship.

Lamont reaches deal to keep PURA Chair Gillett

Black coffee’s resurgence: Why 2025 could be the year of simplicity

Bonnie Blue stretches the limits of her body-show and now plans to live-stream an eventual natural birth

CD Projekt Red Wants Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel To Have Most-Realistic Crowds Ever

Pronghorn is launching a bourbon matured in Madagascar vanilla extract-soaked cognac casks

🚨 LAFC complete loan deal for Türkiye international Cengiz Ünder

Trump to call Team USA ahead of hockey match with Canada

US to speed up unmanned military vessel manufacturing with next-gen shipyard Port Alpha

Restored mid-century modern home in Newburgh designed by Philip Johnson asks $2.9M

Mass firing of federal workers by Trump White House not showing up in jobless claims. Yet.

7 relaxing ways to feel the radiance of Hvar

7 Tech Upgrades to Help Guard Your Home Against Fire

2/20/2025: Cold with a few flurries

AI-designed chips so weird that 'humans cannot really understand them' — but they perform better than anything we've created

Financing Secured For $445 Million Manhattanville Renovation In Harlem, Manhattan

OnlyFans star Lily Phillips is accused of faking her pregnancy: "You were ultra skinny in the gym like 12 hours ago!"

Deranged vagrant slashes NYC store clerk with machete, tries to torch him in gum dispute — while out with no bail

Tougher oxygen standards for key stretch of Delaware River finally?

Summer lovin’: Look hot but stay cool in gowns for warmer weather

Huntington Lighthouse group halts Musicfest for summer renovations

How a mushroom coral goes for a walk without legs

Marketplace Los Angeles Founder Charlie Shanfeld Shares How He Sources High-End Vintage Clothing for Celebs

This isn’t a 10-stock show right now. Here’s where to find opportunities with the S&P 500 at all-time highs.

Black coffee’s resurgence: Why 2025 could be the year of simplicity

PGA Tour and LIV Golf Look for Merger Deal Under Trump

Trump Issues Executive Order to Expand IVF Access: What to Know

Huntington Lighthouse group halts Musicfest for summer renovations

Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam Partners With Atlantic Music Group For BuVision Label

More than 6,000 IRS workers to be laid off before end of week

The Mayo Clinic Just Announced a “New” Mediterranean Diet

The ironic tragedy of how Albany Dems shot down the DA who raised the alarm on soaring youth gun crime

Bonnie Blue stretches the limits of her body-show and now plans to live-stream an eventual natural birth

This Midwestern state is considered one of the best places to retire, new study says: see the list

NASA changes odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 yet again — but this time it's good news

Lexar Go SSD with Hub review: Tiny, rugged storage for your phone

Word of the Day

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