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☆ Oklahoma Was a Legal Marijuana Utopia. Then Came the Mass Murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Matt Stroud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Fourteen months after the murders, the garage of the abandoned marijuana farm on prairie tableland northwest of Oklahoma City sits frozen and dark. Broadway Avenue in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, about 30 miles south of where Wu Chen, 47, executed four people at a marijuana farm. When Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana, the only real requirement was that Oklahoma residents had to be involved in marijuana growing and selling. But Oklahoma required 75% of any marijuana business to be owned by an Oklahoma resident. Deputies from the Kingfisher County Sheriff's Office were the first to arrive at the scene of a quadruple homicide at an abandoned marijuana farm.

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☆ Biden says he'll ban TikTok if Congress passes bill, but he's campaigning on it until then
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Nathan Howard | ReutersSince Biden's playful intro post, his campaign's TikTok account has notched over 222,000 followers and over 2.4 million likes. The Biden campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. On the app, users were greeted with a screenshot warning them that Congress was "planning a total ban of TikTok." TikTok goes to WashingtonU.S. political campaigns more broadly are trying to figure out how best to utilize TikTok. Last April, for instance, the White House said it was enlisting a squad of volunteer TikTok and Instagram influencers to help spread awareness of the Biden campaign.

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☆ Jon Stewart finally said what we were all thinking about Biden's age
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jon Stewart has returned to "The Daily Show." On his first day back, he dedicated much of his monologue to Joe Biden's age. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Stewart did, however, dedicate time in his monologue to outlining precisely the ways in which Biden is not Trump.

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☆ Every celebrity and tech exec spotted at the Super Bowl, from Taylor Swift to Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFootball stars and Taylor Swift weren't the only A-listers making headlines at the Super Bowl. AdvertisementAlicia Keys and Usher perform onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium. Beyoncé — who dropped two new songs in the middle of the Super Bowl — joined her family later to catch the game. Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey attend Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium. Elon Musk looks on prior to Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium.

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☆ Verizon is dropping cryptic ads ahead of the Super Bowl, and the internet says all clues point to Beyoncé
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Verizon released two ads that fans say hint at a Beyoncé Super Bowl commercial. Some say she could be set to appear in a Super Bowl commercial. The short clip ends with "2/11/24" in the center of a black screen — the date of this year’s Super Bowl — and a split-second song snippet. “Should we be in a Super Bowl commercial? Beyond anticipating the commercial, fans also expect that Queen Bey could use the opportunity to announce a Las Vegas residency.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices. Biden in 2022 banned the use of TikTok by the federal government’s nearly 4 million employees on devices owned by its agencies, with limited exceptions for law enforcement, national security and security research purposes. A law implemented by China in 2017 requires companies to give the government any personal data relevant to the country’s national security. Biden's campaign maintains a presence on Meta's Threads, Instagram, Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and Truth Social, the platform backed by Republican front-runner Donald Trump. The campaign and the White House have also stepped up outreach to social media influencers who they believe can amplify the president's message.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Live updates from the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift reached LAX in her journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl, online sleuths sayWill she make it in time? Read moreThree longtime friends have attended every Super Bowl — and don’t intend to stopAs long as they still have each other, they’re still going to go to every Super Bowl. Here’s why millions are excited for Super Bowl SundayMillions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday. Four in 10 U.S. adults are extremely or very excited for at least one part of the Super Bowl day’s festivities.

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KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — As long as they still have each other, they're still going to go to every Super Bowl. That's the sentiment shared by three friends who say they are the final fans who can claim membership in the exclusive “never missed a Super Bowl” club. They're part of an ever-dwindling group of people who have attended every Super Bowl that has also included media members, football executives, groundskeepers and others. Norma Hunt, wife of late football pioneer Lamar Hunt, was the sole woman to attend every Super Bowl until she died in June. Crisman's home is adorned with Super Bowl ephemera, right down to a collectible hat commemorating the first Bud Bowl, a promotion about beer that ran during Super Bowl 23 in 1989.

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☆ NFL jersey sales: See whose jerseys were the most popular this season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Alex Matthews | Alex Leeds Matthews | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Three of the stars playing in this weekend’s Super Bowl — San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, quarterback Brock Purdy and Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes — have dominated jersey sales throughout the NFL season. Mahomes’ jersey sales had a strong start this season, following his 2022 NFL and Super Bowl MVP awards. But while punching a ticket to the Super Bowl helps sell jerseys, it’s not the only thing that drove jersey sales. But over the course of the entire season, Travis Kelce’s brother Jason and his Philadelphia Eagles teammate Jalen Hurts’ jerseys consistently ranked higher in jersey sales. Following that first appearance, he ranked in the top 10 jersey sales another six times in the latter half of the season.

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☆ Even the wealthy will have to pay extra for parking at the Super Bowl — at least for their private jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Taylor Rains | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hundreds of private jets are expected to flood Las Vegas this weekend for Super Bowl LVIII. According to the agency, Super Bowl parking spot reservations are handed by aircraft service stations known as fixed-based operators, or FBOs. Scottsdale Airport in Arizona saw a deluge of private jets ahead of the Super Bowl in 2023. Wealthy flyers will also use private charter companies like flyExclusive and VistaJet to schedule a drop-off and pick-up before and after the Super Bowl. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Swift did not immediately respond to comment from BI regarding her planned Super Bowl travels.

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“I just can’t think of anyone in our politics, in our culture, in our society who we know across more generations. “I don’t think we, as a country, have ever needed someone as much. At the Grammys, as she often does at awards shows, she stood un-self-consciously and sang along with everyone from Tracy Chapman to Olivia Rodrigo. The world — which may not like our politics, which may not like our foreign policy — still loves our pop culture. "Because these things don’t last and so how does she just become this big commercial success, or does she leave a legacy?”

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Alabama has had Super Bowl success at quarterback with the first three MVPs being Crimson Tide products, along with Super Bowl 11 winner Ken Stabler. Joe Namath won MVP for the Jets in Super Bowl 3 against the Colts without scoring or throwing for a TD. COMEBACK KIDSSan Francisco reached the Super Bowl thanks to an epic comeback against Detroit in the NFC title game. The only other comeback that big in either a Super Bowl or NFL championship game was the Patriots' rally from 28-3 down to beat Atlanta 34-28 in overtime in Super Bowl 51. That didn't stop them from becoming a dominant traveling show on the way to a fourth Super Bowl appearance in five seasons.

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☆ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were spotted sharing major PDA on the field after the Chiefs secured a Super Bowl spot. Check out these pics of the couple's sweetest moments.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewNEW LOOKTaylor Swift shared a kiss with Travis Kelce on the field after the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC Championship on Sunday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The Chiefs secured a spot in the 2024 Super Bowl — scheduled for February 11 in Las Vegas — by defeating the Baltimore Ravens 17-10. Here are some photos of the pair celebrating the Chiefs' victory.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami played six preseason matches last season. It's basically an around-the-world, big-crowd, big-money, bright-spotlight batch of preseason games for Inter Miami, which instantly became a global brand when Messi announced last summer that he was joining the Major League Soccer club. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“It’s incredible,” said DeAndre Yedlin, the Inter Miami defender who was captain until Messi arrived. But Inter Miami not only understands the value of having Messi, it welcomed this massive preseason stretch in advance of an MLS season that starts Feb. 21. “You have to see how many times these people are going to have this possibility.”The financial benefit of Inter Miami and Messi playing in Saudi Arabia hasn't been revealed.

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DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes and the Detroit Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in a divisional-round playoff game on Sunday, lifting the long-suffering franchise into the NFC championship for the first time in 32 years and just the second time in franchise history. The Lions (14-5) won two playoff games in a season for the first time since 1957, the last year they won the NFL title. They will play at San Francisco, the NFC's top seed, next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl — a game they have never played in. Baker Mayfield threw three TD passes for Tampa Bay (10-9), including a 16-yard toss to Mike Evans that got the Bucs within one score with 4:37 left. The Lions kneeled to run out the clock as their fans stood, screamed and twirled white towels.

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Washington will meet Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 1. 2 seed Washington (13-0) won the Pac-12 championship with a 34-31 win over Oregon in the conference championship game on Friday. 3 seed Texas (12-1) jumped four spots from No. This will be the sixth all-time meeting between Washington and Texas, and fourth straight in a bowl. The semifinal will be a bowl rematch of quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. of Washington and Quinn Ewers of Texas.

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The up-and-coming indie twang band Wednesday released a track called “Formula One” on their 2023 album. Glynn Wedgewood, COTA's senior vice president of music and entertainment, says the track first introduced live music performances with Elton John in 2015. “Artists in Residency can really help bridge that gap.”Tiësto, a lifelong F1 fan, released the album “Drive” in April, featuring an F1 racing helmet on the cover. The Vegas race is the most expensive event on this year’s calendar. The mastermind behind the “Barbie” soundtrack already knows there’s a big crossover between music fans and F1 fans.

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☆ Insider Today: Y Combinator's Demo Day decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Y Combinator's Demo Day, which will wrap up today, was long considered the event for early-stage startups. AdvertisementAdvertisementInvestors front-running Demo Day was previously considered a major faux pas. You might ask yourself: Who cares if startups line up investments before Demo Day? And companies that get investments before Demo Day might regret it in the long run. The new rating system for performance reviews determines pay — and managers were instructed to not share it with employees.

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☆ Elon Musk Hasn't Killed Twitter, He's Just Made It Irrelevant
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It's been less than a year since he bought it, and Elon Musk's Twitter is already well on its way to suffering a fate worse than death — irrelevance. How you do a turnaroundIn the early days of Musk's Twitter takeover, I told you he was overpaying for the company. Unfortunately for Twitter, Musk is not a traditional turnaround guy. Maybe, to Musk, that's a crusade worth sacrificing the very thing that makes Twitter special. Maybe this is the site Musk wanted in the first place.

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☆ Fox posts quarterly loss on Dominion settlement despite boost from Super Bowl, Tubi
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The News Corporation headquarters, which is also home to Fox News, stands in Manhattan on April 18, 2023 in New York City. Fox Corp. reported a quarterly net loss on Tuesday due to the costs related to its settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, despite revenue that was lifted by the Super Bowl and its fast ad-supported streaming service Tubi. Fox notched $4.08 billion in quarterly revenue, up 18% from the same period last year. The company also saw a boost after airing more NFL games during the season and from increased viewership for Tubi. Fox is the top-rated cable news channel, even as prime-time ratings in Carlson's slot have slid since his departure.

☆ Beer for $5 and sandwiches for $1.50: Here's how the famously cheap concession prices at the Masters compare to other major sporting events like the Super Bowl and US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Masters Tournament began Thursday in Augusta, Georgia. Major sporting events like the Super Bowl, US Open, and MLB World Series all boast much higher food prices. In other professional sports leagues, like the NFL, MLB, and tennis, refreshments at their major events can cost nearly triple. A 16-ounce bottle of water at each stadium cost attendees just under $5, per ESPN. However, unlike many other major sporting events, the US Open permits guests to bring their own food and drinks into the tournament with some restrictions, helping attendees curb costs.

☆ You still can get a ticket to the Super Bowl on game day, but it'll cost you
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider checked out a few last-minute Super Bowl ticket options and found some of the cheapest seats available. StubHub cracks the $3,000 barrierSuper Bowl tickets on StubHub StubHub/ScreenshotThe lowest Super Bowl ticket price before fees on StubHub Sunday morning was $3,035. Prices over the yearsSuper Bowl ticket data from VividSeats VividSeats/screenshotSuper Bowl ticket prices have dropped significantly in the past two years, according to VividSeats, but remain far above the cost of a ticket in the 2010s. The average ticket price for Super Bowl LVII rings in at $6,024, according to VividSeats data, slightly less than the price in 2022. The average cost for 2021's game — Tom Brady's final Super Bowl — was nearly $9,500.

☆ TV prices sink ahead of the Super Bowl — here are the best deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly 200 million people will watch the Philadelphia Eagles face off against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12, which might be a good motivation to buy a brand-new television. Now, retailers like Target and Best Buy are trying to clear out last year's models in order to make room for this year's, so they are lowering prices even more, according to Julie Ramhold, consumer analyst with DealNews. Among her other top picks are a 75-inch LG 4K smart TV with built-in Alexa and Google voice assistants for $749 at Walmart and a 55-inch Sony 4K smart TV for $480 or 60-inch Samsung 4K smart TV for just $450, both at Best Buy. "We see deals on more brand names rather than those generic TVs and the deals are primarily on those larger screens," she said, such as an 85-inch Samsung 4K smart TV for $300 off at Sam's Club. Woroch recommends shopping for "open box" or certified refurbished sets for further discounts and searching for coupon codes or cash back on sites like CouponCabin.

☆ Eagles coach Nick Sirianni: Highly successful people ‘get a little bit better’ each day—but there’s 1 thing in your way
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After the Philadelphia Eagles advanced to this year's Super Bowl, head coach Nick Sirianni set a simple goal for his players over their next two weeks of practices — be a little bit better today than you were yesterday. "Our job is to get a little better each day, to climb," Sirianni said. "We don't need to think about getting way down the road here, but how do we get a little better today?" For Sirianni, who's in his second season as the Eagles' head coach, that's the key to achieving success. Small-scale focus adds up: Experts recommend breaking down ambitious goals — like winning the Super Bowl — into smaller, achievable tasks that can be sustained over a longer period of time.

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