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Rachel Thomas is a writer who focuses on arts, automotive, travel, and fashion. She also writes about her hobbies: cooking, reading, and playing video games. Rachel has been a writer for Free Press Georgia since 2016. In that time she has written about everything from the best restaurants in Atlanta to how to make your own face mask at home. When she's not writing for FPG she spends her time with her husband and two cats in their apartment.

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Arizona State extends coach Bobby Hurley through 2025-26 season

Arizona State has signed men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley to a two-year contract extension, the school announced Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: Hurley’s new deal will keep him with the program through the 2025-26 season. He has spent eight seasons helming the Sun Devils, compiling a 141-113 record and three NCAA Tournament appearances. …

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President's Economic Report Blasts Crypto for 'Ignorance of Basic Economic Principles'

The White House today poured cold water on crypto, accentuating the negative aspects of digital assets throughout a massive, 513-page annual report. The first reference to digital assets in the 2023 Economic Report of the President—issued along with a yearly update issued by the Council of Economic Advisers—asserts that “blockchain technology has fueled the rise …

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Study Finds TikTok Tracking Pixels Present in State-Government Sites

For more crisp and insightful business and economic news, subscribe to The Daily Upside newsletter. It’s completely free and we guarantee you’ll learn something new every day. What’s scarier: the Luddite ineptitude of big government or the ubiquity of big tech? As state and local governments move to ban TikTok from employee devices, a team …

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NASCAR suspends Josh Williams one race: Did they get it right? Let’s debate

NASCAR suspended Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams one race for parking his car on the start/finish line at Atlanta Motor Speedway during Saturday’s race. Below, The Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck share their thoughts on the news. What was your initial reaction? Bianchi: When you saw Williams not only park his car but then …

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Gaming Giant Nexon Taps Polygon for NFT Game MapleStory Universe

Nexon, one of the largest game publishers across Asia, is creating a new Web3 game based on its popular pixelated 2D role-playing franchise, called MapleStory Universe—and it’s launching a private Supernet on Polygon for the new game, Nexon announced Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. MapleStory, launched in 2003, is a long-running …

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Will Itemizing on Your Tax Return Make You More Likely to Get Audited?

The quick answer is that it depends. Key points The IRS may have more opportunities to dig deeper into your taxes when you itemize on your return. As long as you claim legitimate, reasonable deductions, there’s no reason to fear an audit. At this point, you’ve ideally at least begun the process of filing your …

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SOCKS on Fire: PleasrDAO to Burn Unisocks Tokens, Real Socks Too

PleasrHouse, a recently launched streaming auction series from Web3 collective PleasrDAO, has orchestrated a pair of compelling sales so far—including a Pentagon Papers-themed NFT in collaboration with Edward Snowden, and the physical couch seen in the classic Doge meme. But for its next trick, PleasrDAO plans to burn socks… in both token and physical form. …

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March Madness, World Baseball Classic earn strong viewership: Sports on TV

Bruce Springsteen, the patron saint of sportswriters, for his debut album in 1973 penned a lyrically bewildering song called “Blinded By the Light” — later a much bigger hit for British prog rock band Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. One of Springsteen’s lyrics reads: “With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the …

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