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An agriculture teacher at Harmony Middle School in Osceola County was named one of five finalists for Florida’s Teacher of the Year award, the Florida Department of Education announced Monday.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026 -
After going 12-2 during the season, and getting wins in the playoffs over the Pittsburgh Steelers and then-Oakland Raiders, Morton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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What is termed a Public Interest Disclosure Order will come into force on June 2, meaning CIISA will be designated a ‘Prescribed Person’ for whistleblowing disclosures relating to the film, TV, music and theater sectors.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Dopamine is one of these chemicals termed neurotransmitters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Last month, legislative leaders blocked Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s third attempt to get a single-payer system, dubbed CalCare, adopted, shelving the San Jose Democrat’s Assembly Bill 1900 without a hearing.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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The new program, dubbed the Golden State Start, will launch this summer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Aptly christened Orion One, the debut model measures 141 feet and was created for owners seeking comfort, efficiency, flexibility, and value in the sub-499GT category.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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Three decades later, Sterling would be at the mic for the end of another World Series, when the Yankees christened their dynasty with a victory over the Atlanta Braves.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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Sales of dollar- and euro-denominated bonds from developing nations this month are already running some 200% above volumes seen last April, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.—
Selcuk Gokoluk,
Bloomberg,
19 Apr. 2026
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This distinction matters for anyone holding assets denominated in either system.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Football superstar Eric Cantona, the poetic yet pugilistic French striker who played best for English club Manchester United in the 1990s, gets the whole the-man-the-myth-the-legend treatment in the starkly if aptly titled documentary Cantona.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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And if anyone was hoping for a different ending to this saga, Gabaldon has been working on the 10th and final main novel of the series, titled A Blessing For a Warrior Going Out, that has yet to be released.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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The bank made the loan to two people and is entitled to look to both of them for payment until the loan is paid in full, regardless of what your divorce paperwork may say.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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She is also entitled to attorneys’ fees and costs.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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In 1991, the worst-to-first season, Bobby and Pam Cox bought a farm in Adairsville, a 40-acre spread just down the road from the Baptist church in which Pam Cox was baptized.—
Mark Bradley for the AJC,
AJC.com,
9 May 2026
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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