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DIY or Don't? What to Consider Before Taking on Your Own Home Improvement Projects 05/23/2023 08:00pm • Watch any one of the scads of home improvement shows on TV, and you, too, might be inspired to take on your own at-home renovations. It's fine if you have the tools and know-how. But too often, some homeowners think a successful attempt at organizing their closet gives them carte blanche to, say, bu Veteran Benefits for Assisted Living: What You Need to Know 05/23/2023 08:00pm • If you served as a member of the United States Armed Services, you may be entitled to certain benefits that could make getting older a little easier. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers some funding programs that can help offset the costs of specific kinds of care later in life. For some How to Prepare for the GED 05/23/2023 08:00pm • Earning a high school diploma can be challenging. Some students come close to walking across that stage, but ultimately don't graduate -- whether that's due to bullying, health issues, family responsibilities or other reasons. However, experts say that having at least a high school education is valu 13 Companies That Offer Unlimited Vacation Days 05/23/2023 08:00pm • The emerging benefit of unlimited time offAn unlimited vacation policy sounds like a dream. You get to hit the slopes in Switzerland or jet off to Thailand whenever you like and not be limited to a fixed time off each year. This unstructured freedom is relatively rare, though. According to a 2022 em How raising the nation's debt limit could reduce spending of some coronavirus relief funds 05/23/2023 04:28pm • With the pandemic officially over, leftover coronavirus relief money for vaccines, public health initiatives and other programs has become a target as negotiators try to reach a budget deal to raise the nation's debt limit. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that $30 billion of pandemic-relat Ooma: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/23/2023 04:22pm • SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) ��� SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) ��� Ooma Inc. (OOMA) on Tuesday reported a loss of $326,000 in its fiscal first quarter. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 16 ce Ford decides to keep AM radio on 2024 models, will restore AM on two electric vehicles from 2023 05/23/2023 02:50pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Owners of new Ford vehicles will be able to tune in to AM radio in their cars, trucks and SUVs after all. CEO Jim Farley wrote in social media postings Tuesday that the company is reversing a decision to scrub the band after speaking with government policy leaders who are concerned FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market 05/23/2023 02:02pm • An image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, with the claim that it showed an explosion near the Pentagon. The posts sent a brief shiver through the stock market as they were quickly picked up by news outlets outside the U.S., Meta sells Giphy for $53M to Shutterstock after UK blocked GIF platform purchase 05/23/2023 12:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Shutterstock said Tuesday it���s buying Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million, the final step to unwind the deal blocked by British regulators, who prevented the Facebook owner from purchasing the GIF-sharing platform over competition concerns. The stock image service said it The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens 05/23/2023 08:20am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� When Yekaterina Maksimova can't afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it's probably the most efficient route. That's because she's been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system's pervasive security came Federal agents, prosecutors going after machine-gun conversion devices in Tennessee 05/22/2023 09:42pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Twenty-six people in Tennessee have been recently convicted or face charges for possessing ���switches,��� devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into a machine guns, which can be made with 3-D printers and bought on the internet, federal law enforcement officials said US bomb designed to hit targets like Iran underground nuclear sites briefly reappears amid tensions 05/22/2023 08:35pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium. The U.S. Air Force o Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off lawsuits? 05/22/2023 07:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� TikTok is challenging Montana's first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for people to use the social media app in the state. It's the second lawsuit since the ban was adopted. Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the law Wednesday expecting a legal fight. The law, sche Atlantic City 1Q casino earnings down nearly 15% from year ago 05/22/2023 03:05pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Atlantic City's nine casinos collectively saw their gross operating profit decline by nearly 15% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period a year earlier. Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the casinos coll Venmo to be officially available for teenagers, although many use it already 05/22/2023 12:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Teenagers will officially be allowed to open a Venmo account with their parent's permission, the company said Monday, expanding the popular social payments app to an age demographic that is likely to embrace it almost immediately. Using Venmo won't necessarily be new to a good numb