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Posts From Steve White

New year brings minimum wage hikes for Americans in 14 states

As part of a recommendation from the state’s wage board, fast food workers in New York City will have a $10.50 an hour rate.

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Miss Phillipines Reveals She Hasn’t Spoken To Miss Colombia Since De-Crowning

On Sunday, the amusing man announced the new Miss Universe was Miss Colombia, who quickly put on her crown, however moments later Steve cut in to announce that he’d made

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Uber tips: Split fares during surge pricing

Both Uber and Lyft said availability is the priority, but that comes at a price, especially on nights like New Year’s Eve.

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US Applications for Unemployment Benefits Jumped Last Week

More Americans requested unemployment benefits last week, but the level remains near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market.

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Dubai’s Address Hotel smoulders after New Year’s Eve blaze

Strong winds delayed the efforts of firefighters to put out the blaze.

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Why did the California elephant seal cross the road?

An elephant seal caused some major traffic problems after it repeatedly tried to cross a highway in Sonoma County, California. Marine Mammal Center officials returned early to the scene along

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China building second aircraft carrier completely on its own Defence Ministry

Beijing’s announcement appears to be in line with the Pentagon’s assessment that China possesses the capacity to construct and deploy a number of aircraft carriers in the coming 15 years.

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Energy, mining stocks lead an early decline on Wall Street

London equities lost 0.6 percent, Paris 0.5 percent and Frankfurt 1.1 percent in its last day of trade for 2015.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Downgraded by JPMorgan After New E. Coli Threat

In its annual report, Chipotle has noted it may be at a higher risk for outbreaks of food-borne illnesses because of its “fresh produce and meats rather than frozen, and

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Cedar Rapids-bound flight makes emergency landing in Tennessee

An airport spokesman in Chattanooga says Allegiant Air Flight 760 had engine trouble after leaving Orlando and had to land in Tennessee.

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Drone rules need to be tighter: CA senator

“We are expecting over the Christmas holidays that as many as 400,000 were sold”, Lance Lunsford, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Texas told News Radio 1200 WOAI.

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Bets soar on whether Saudi Arabia will abandon dollar peg

Domestic fuels have been heavily subsidized, but Riyadh has been under pressure to bring its spending under control as its budget deficit in 2015 ballooned to Riyal 367 billion due

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