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  • Groundbreaking Research on Climate Change Mitigation Strategies

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  • Michael Irvin out at NFL Network with major changes coming

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  • WESPY Awards once again shines the light on area's athletic excellence

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  • Walrus dies from bird flu on Arctic island: researcher

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  • Irvin shines again with latest gem in 7-0 win

    The Orioles are close to testing the age-old baseball theory that teams never can have too much pitching.Cole Irvin must wonder how he plays into the experiment.Kyle Bradish is leaving his injury rehab assignment and starting for the Orioles next week. John Means makes his final rehab appearance on Sunday, which sets up his return.The process of el

  • Miami event shines light on missing and murdered Indigenous persons

    MIAMI, Okla. — A somber day of recognition in Miami, about an issue facing indigenous people across the nation. The Quapaw Nation invited tribe members and other Native communities to join them in a half-mile walk for awareness of missing or murdered indigenous people. Sunday was officially Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The []

  • Shine A Blue Light In Support Of Greater Charlotte Law Enforcement

    A local company is helping the community show their support for law enforcement officers by giving away free blue LED lightbulbs for your front porch.

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    Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’

    Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca palms, is chewed by millions of people across Asia. For the next three years, Mong would work six days a week for the equivalent of around $670 a month. A small bonus was tacked on for dressing provocatively to entice male customers. Her job was to slice the nuts open and add a pinch of slaked lime (or...

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    Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’

    By Emma Russell, CNN (CNN) — Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca palms, is chewed by millions of people across Asia. For the next three years, Mong would

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    Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’

    By Emma Russell, CNN (CNN) — Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca palms, is chewed by millions of people across Asia. For the next three years, Mong would