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☆ San Diego State Beats Florida Atlantic at the Buzzer to Advance to NCAA Title Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lamont Butler of the San Diego State Aztecs hit a game-winning shot as the clock expired to defeat the Florida Atlantic Owls, 72-71, in the Final Four. HOUSTON—San Diego State was almost out of time. With the clock ticking down from nine seconds and Florida Atlantic’s defenders charging down the court, junior Lamont Butler ran to the corner of the court, dribbled inside the arc and launched a shot. The lights on the backboard turned red as the buzzer sounded, then his shot fell. The Aztecs were going to the NCAA title game.

☆ San Diego State Beats Florida Atlantic, While UConn Crushes Miami to Advance to NCAA Title Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lamont Butler of the San Diego State Aztecs hit a game-winning shot as the clock expired to defeat the Florida Atlantic Owls, 72-71, in the Final Four. HOUSTON—San Diego State was almost out of time. The lights on the backboard turned red as the buzzer sounded, then his shot fell. The Aztecs were going to the NCAA title game thanks to a classic buzzer beater. Their opponent in Monday night’s title game will be Connecticut, which has been deep into celebration mode by the time the final buzzer sounded in each of their five tournament games so far.

☆ Florida Atlantic Advances to the Final Four After Beating Kansas State
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Jim Chairusmi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Atlantic players Jalen Gaffney and Bryan Greenlee celebrate after defeating Kansas State in the Elite Eight. Florida Atlantic began its NCAA tournament run with 125-to-1 odds to win the national title. It hails from Boca Raton, Fla., known for its beaches and golf courses, not title-chasing basketball teams. But in an upset-heavy men’s bracket in which all four No. 9 seeded Owls rallied against the odds—and, for the fourth straight tournament game, a second-half deficit—and are headed to the Final Four.

☆ Florida Atlantic, UConn Advance to the Final Four
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Jim Chairusmi | Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Atlantic players Jalen Gaffney and Bryan Greenlee celebrate after defeating Kansas State in the Elite Eight. Florida Atlantic began its NCAA tournament run with 125-to-1 odds to win the national title. 1 seeds lost before the Elite Eight, the No. 9 seeded Owls rallied against the odds—and, for the fourth straight tournament game, a second-half deficit—and are headed to the Final Four. 4 seeded UConn notched the latest in a string of blowouts, this one over Gonzaga, to join them.

☆ NCAA Tournament roundup: Fairleigh Dickinson makes history against Purdue
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Kobe Johnson supplied 13 points, nine rebounds and four assists, while the Trojans' usual leading scorer, Boogie Ellis, was held to six points. Vermont (23-11) was led by Robin Duncan, Dylan Penn and Matt Veretto who each scored 11 points. Jamarius Burton added 11 points and Greg Elliott had 10, as the Panthers advanced to face No. Jordan Hawkins chipped in 13 points, Donovan Clingan posted 12 and Andre Jackson Jr. supplied 10. Adrian Baldwin Jr. paced the Rams (27-8) with 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

☆ Amtrak announces ultra-cheap fares for late-night rides on popular routes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

People walk to an Amtrak train in the Moynihan Train Hall on September 15, 2022 in New York City. The company on Thursday announced a slate of $5 to $20 train fares for routes running between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. on select Northeast lines. The cheaper routes will serve stations in its Northeast Corridor like New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and more. A late-night train from New York to Newark, New Jersey, for example, will cost as little as $5. The new late-night price tier could relieve some cost pressure on travelers who continue to spend even as inflation squeezes their wallets.

☆ An architect bought a crumbling 19th-century French château and restored it to match the original owners' plans. Now you can rent it for up to $600 a night — see inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sibylle Thomke, a Swiss architect, bought a 19th-century château in France with her savings in 2017. Sibylle Thomke. "You could buy a three-bedroom apartment in Zurich for the price that I paid for this property," Thomke said. "My biggest concern was how to make sense of the château," Thomke said. As they offer the luxury of a dinner service four nights a week at the château, Thomke chose not to place it on Airbnb.

CNN —University of Texas at Austin men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony assault on Monday. “The University is aware of the situation regarding Chris Beard. The university announced Monday night that Beard was suspended following his arrest. “Given the information available, The University has suspended Chris Beard from his position as head coach of Men’s Basketball and will withhold his pay until further notice. Associate Head Coach Rodney Terry will serve as acting head coach for tonight’s game against Rice.”The 7-1 Longhorns, ranked No.

☆ See photos from the Apollo era like never before
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Since then, Saunders has applied his technique to 400 images from the Apollo program. His book of images, “Apollo Remastered,” was published in September. During his 10,000 hours of working on Apollo images, Saunders set himself another task: solving the case of the missing lunar golf ball. Defying gravityAstronaut Alan Shepard served as the commander of NASA's Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. The late NASA astronaut, known for his zest for life, smuggled a custom 6-iron clubhead and some golf balls to the moon during Apollo 14.

☆ Sleep deprivation affects nearly half of American adults, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The analysis also found over 30% of adults reported an hour of sleep debt -— when you sleep less than your body needs — while nearly 1 in 10 adults had a sleep debt of two hours or more. “This is a well done study examining a very large and representative sample,” said Dr. Bhanu Prakash Kolla, a sleep medicine specialist in the Center for Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Social jet lagIn addition, nearly half of the adults in the study reported social jet lag – a bad fit between the sleep timing preferred by a person’s inner biological clock and the one dictated by society. Over 46% of the survey participants reported at least 1 hour of social jet lag, while 19.3% experienced at least 2 hours. Untreated social jet lag can have serious consequences, including insomnia, early waking or excessive sleepiness, daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating, constipation or diarrhea and increased cortisol levels.

☆ Use the End of Daylight-Saving Time to Seize the Morning
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Alex Janin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Attention night owls who want to become earlier risers: This weekend may be your best chance to reset your sleep schedule for the coming year. Most Americans will turn their clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, in the annual shift from daylight-saving time to standard time. The change gives us an extra hour of sleep that night and more sunlight earlier in the morning.

☆ Why you should reinstate the classic alarm clock
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-24 | by ( Jessica Bumpus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“You use an actual alarm clock?” they asked, as though it was a fax machine. It was years later, in 1874, when the French inventor Antoine Redier became the first person to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock. German clockmakers reportedly soon followed and by the end of the 1800s, the electric alarm clock had been invented. From riffs on the Panasonic RC-6025 radio alarm clock, immortalized in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, to more retro designs from classic brands like Roberts. All I was after, though, was a straightforward alarm clock, much like my original.

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