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What spring? Fourth nor'easter in three weeks cuts power to 90000
Snow continues into tomorrow morning, and will wind down early tomorrow afternoon. "Power outages due to heavy snow and/or strong winds are possible in eastern MA", the weather service said. In New Jersey, the state's major utilities reported slightly more than 76,000 customers without service Thursday. Murphy had also declared a state of emergency Tuesday night ahead of the storm.
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Toys R Us stores across USA begin liquidation sales
Larian this week set up a GoFundMe page with the lofty goal of raising $1 billion in crowdfunding by May , led by his own initial donation of $200 million. When it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall, Toys R Us pledged to stay open. He named it Toys "R" Us - with a backwards "R" in the logo that was supposed to look like it was drawn by a kid.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee wants Zuckerberg to testify
The Guardian reports that Facebook handed over data of such a huge number to the researcher for a study on worldwide friendships published in Personality and Individual Differences in 2015 . The reference to Indian elections came after India had warned Facebook of "stringent" action for having allowed data theft. The communications firm was first brought into the spotlight when it assisted Donald Trump's successful U.S.
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Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk's US$2.6b compensation plan
As of Tuesday, the last trading day before today's special meeting, Tesla's market capitalization stood at $52 billion. The pay plan helps ensure Musk will remain at Tesla at least until 2028, but several questions loom. In July 2016, Mobileye said its contract with Tesla would not be renewed, without providing a reason for the split between the two firms. The votation for Musk's high-stakes, high-reward compensation plan was held at the Tesla Training Center on Fremont, CA, ...
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2 hour AP highway blockade for special status
Yet, the Centre remains unmoved. After the Andhra ruling party's conflict from the NDA, Wednesday's assembly session saw a war of words between the TDP and BJP on various issues. "I was the first to oppose it", the Chief Minister. We also moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government. Stating that the State was pushed backwards by 20 years after the separation of Telangana , he said, "How much should the Centre help us to bridge this gap?" This move by the TDP was witnessed ...
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