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Month: January 2024

Peacock’s exclusive NFL playoff game drove ‘biggest subscriber acquisition moment ever measured,’ analytics firm says

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — NBCUniversal’s high-stakes decision to exclusively air the NFL’s AFC Wild Card playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs on its streaming service Peacock drove record signups to the platform, a digital analytics firm said Wednesday. In the three days leading up to the January 13 kickoff in Kansas

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COCC President Dr. Laurie Chesley talks Madras Campus expansion, other efforts in first-ever State of the College address

(Update: adding comments from COCC president, board members) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Local leaders, educators and members of the public gathered at Central Oregon Community College to watch President Dr. Laurie Chesley deliver the first annual State of the College address Wednesday morning. The presentation on their Bend campus was a chance for constituents and

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Judge in a bribery case against Honolulu’s former top prosecutor is suddenly recusing himself

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A month before the start of a trial against Honolulu’s former top prosecutor for allegedly taking campaign donation bribes in exchange for prosecuting an employee of an engineering and architectural firm, the judge who has been presiding over the case for several years is unexpectedly recusing

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Federal officials consider adding 10 more species – including the pygmy rabbit – to endangered list

By TODD RICHMONDAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say they’ve decided to review whether to add 10 more species to the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the agency has completed its 90-day review of petitions to add the new species and decided that inclusion may

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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor promises to veto last-ditch Republican redistricting effort

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Assembly passed and that largely mirror maps he proposed, but with changes that would reduce the number of GOP incumbents who would have to face one another in November. Evers’ veto

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CosMc’s first location had twice as much traffic last month than a typical McDonald’s

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s new trendy beverage-led spinoff CosMc’s is pulling in younger customers at a faster clip than a typical Mickey D’s with Big Macs and fries, according to one early traffic estimate. McDonald’s unveiled its CosMc’s specialty drinks cafe spinoff in December, with the first location opened in

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