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Music Review: Ben Folds sings about motel flings and other topical subjects on hook-filled album 06/02/2023 12:52pm • ���What Matters Most,��� Ben Folds (New West) Ben Folds��� pop confections are sweet and tart, a recipe that makes him popular with both boomers and college students. He���s a master melodist and sly satirist, a sentimental cynic and piano pounder who loves a waltz. All those sides are evident on �� US sanctions Iranian firm for helping government censor internet 06/02/2023 11:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. imposed sanctions on an Iran-based technology firm on Friday for its role in facilitating the Iranian government's censorship of the internet as anti-government protests have swept the country since September. A firm known as Arvan Cloud, its co-founders Pouya Pirhossei In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice 06/02/2023 10:30am • LADARIO, Brazil (AP) ��� One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Brazil, to the settlement of Ladario. The line of wooden houses here marks a boundary ��� between the sp 7 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 06/01/2023 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payment What the GRE Test Is and How to Prepare 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Aspiring graduate students juggling multiple responsibilities may be tempted to cram for the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE. But achieving an impressive score on this graduate school entrance exam is difficult without significant preparation, experts warn. "A lot of our students, especially our studen How to Retire Overseas 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Moving overseas for retirement is an exciting opportunity to reinvent your life and potentially reduce the cost of retirement. But it's a good idea to make sure another country will meet all of your retirement needs before you move there. Here are 10 ways to prepare for a move overseas in retirement Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera 06/01/2023 10:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant. Separately, the compan Born in a typhoon: Many, including newborns, remain without electricity as Guam recovers from storm 05/31/2023 08:57pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� About a week after Typhoon Mawar tore through Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in over two decades, most of the island remained without electricity and the governor appealed for patience during a recovery process expected to take at least a month. Ev Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages 05/31/2023 08:18pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Attorneys representing adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators on Wednesday asked a judge to put on hold a Utah law requiring porn and other adult websites verify user ages. The Free Speech Coalition and its co-plaintiffs argued the new state law violates the China's commerce minister meets Tesla's Musk, promises support to foreign companies 05/31/2023 06:18am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and promised to support the development of foreign companies, the ministry said. Musk earlier met with China's ministers of industry and foreign affairs. He joined a series of CEOs from global companies, including China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures 05/31/2023 04:26am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China���s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened national security measures. The statement issued after a meeting Tuesday chaired by party leader and President Xi Jinping underscores the tension betwee 10 Ways to Get Free Money From the Government 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Depending on your circumstances and possibly bad luck, you may be in need of all the government help you can get. After all, while unemployment has been pretty low -- 3.4% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- if you're part of that 3.4%, you're out of a job and looking for work. Why Are Americans Taking Longer and More Luxurious Vacations in 2023? 05/30/2023 08:00pm • While many people are downsizing their vacation budgets or delaying trips for a less expensive future, others have decided to go all out with opulent or extended vacations. Despite inflation concerns, a World Travel & Tourism Council and Trip.com report found that 31% of travelers said they inte What 5 more years of Erdogan's rule means for Turkey 05/29/2023 01:49pm • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection in a runoff Sunday, following a nail-biter first round two weeks earlier. Having secured another five years, Erdogan now faces a host of domestic challenges in a deeply divided country, from a battered economy to pressure for th India's northeast remains on edge after ethnic clashes as home minister plans visit 05/29/2023 10:57am • GUWAHATI, India (AP) ��� Shootings and arson continued Monday in India���s northeastern state of Manipur, where clashes between security forces and tribal insurgents the previous day killed five people, media reports said. The state, which borders Myanmar, has been roiled by violence for weeks after