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☆ Why I paid $95 to recycle a mattress — and you might, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City. Greg IacurciI paid $95 to recycle a mattress. Why mattress recycling can be expensiveShredded old mattress materials. Guillaume Souvant | Afp | Getty ImagesThe $95 fee I ultimately paid to Renewable Recycling is "pretty standard" among mattress recyclers, Conway said. For example, cotton remnants must be picked off steel mattress springs before it can be shredded or baled for sale to scrap markets, according to the Mattress Recycling Council.

Persons: Greg Iacurci, Alicia Marseille, Robert Brook, —, Meg Romero, Charles, Mark Rightmire, Romero, Peter Conway, Conway, Guillaume Souvant, Charles County, " Romero, Staples, Reid Lifset, Amanda Wall, Wall Organizations: Renewable, U.S, Mattress, Arizona State University, MRC, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Freecycle, Recycling Inc, MediaNews, Orange, Getty, Spring, Afp, Yale School of, Colorado, Environmental Resources, Arizona State University Individuals, International Sleep Products Association Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Charles County , Maryland, East Rockaway , New York, San Juan Capistrano , California, Spring Back Colorado, Commerce City, Colorado, Oceanside , New York, Charles, California, Mexico, Canada, India, Egypt, Texas, Marseille, — California, Connecticut, Rhode, Oregon, Rhode Island, New York , Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia

☆ Simone Biles leads star-studded cast of US gymnasts headlining ‘victory lap’ Gold Over America Tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Coy Wire | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Biles said in a press release that she is “so excited” and described the tour as “a victory lap around the US.”“It’s more of a celebration tour,” Biles told CNN’s Coy Wire ahead of the tour’s upcoming fourth show in San Jose on Saturday. Biles and co. visited Los Angeles on Friday, with the next leg of the tour scheduled to take place in San Jose on Saturday. This is the second Gold Over America Tour that Biles has led. The tour has been referred to by its acronym “GOAT,” more than likely a nod to Biles’ legendary standing in professional gymnastics. Part of warmup for a recent involved a spot of “goat yoga,” which saw Biles and Chiles balance a live goat on their backs.

Persons: Simone Biles, Biles, ” Biles, CNN’s Coy Wire, “, Jordan Chiles, Naomi Baker, Diana Taurasi, Brittney, Jordan Chiles –, Paris Olympics – Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera, Joscelyn Roberson, ” Chiles, CNN’s, ” Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Richard, Peter Cziborra, Reuters Canada’s Peng, Peng Lee, Ellie Black, Mélanie, Jesus dos Santos, Casimir Schmidt, Chiles Organizations: CNN, America Tour, America, Phoenix Mercury, Saturday, Paris Olympics, Reuters Locations: United States, San Jose, Paris, Oceanside , California, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando, Detroit, Netherlands

☆ I'm moving to America's fastest-growing city. I get why it's so popular, but I hope it keeps the small-town Texas charm.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michelle Clifford, a 33-year-old sales manager from California who is moving to Celina, Texas, in July. Celina's population surged 26.6% from July 2022 to July 2023, making it the fastest-growing city in the US. There were a lot of things that I liked about Texas, and my job also had an office in Frisco. In Texas, rent is cheaper and we can experience country livingWe moved to Prosper, a town north of Dallas, in February. We were drawn to Celina because we have friends from California who moved here and college friends who are natives.

Persons: —, Michelle Clifford, TCU — Texas Christian University —, Prosper, Clifford, California I've, I'm, Clifford's, Celina doesn't Organizations: Service, Business, TCU — Texas Christian University Locations: California, Celina , Texas, Celina's, Orange County, Austin, Texas, Bay, He's, Southern California, San Diego, San Francisco, Oceanside , California, Frisco, Prosper, Dallas, Oceanside, Celina, Preston, America

☆ Far-right blogger Jim Hoft used The Gateway Pundit's company funds to buy himself a Porsche and an oceanside Florida condo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hoft appeared to view the distinction between his personal finances and TGP Communications, the now-bankrupt corporate entity that owns The Gateway Pundit, as little more than a formality. Both he and his brother, Joe Hoft — a Gateway Pundit cofounder — took loans from the company, he said. AdvertisementSome of the creditors suing The Gateway Pundit claim the bankruptcy is a legal maneuver to try to escape from accountability in other courts. Coomer has also sued Hoft after The Gateway Pundit falsely accused him of being on "a conference call filled with Antifa-sympathizing callers" to rig the election. He used the company to give himself an $800,000 loan to purchase a condo in 2021 in Jensen Beach, Florida, he said.

Persons: —, Jim Hoft, Hoft, Joe Hoft, We've, Ruby Freeman, Wandrea Moss, Eric Coomer, Freeman, Moss, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Coomer, Louis Organizations: Service, TGP Communications, Business, Voting Systems, New, New York City, Porsche, Trump, White House, US Trustee's, Pundit Locations: Florida, Georgia, New York, Jensen Beach , Florida, St

☆ Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, just spent $94 million on her 4th Malibu property in 10 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Laurene Powell Jobs has dropped millions of dollars on four adjacent oceanside properties in Malibu. The billionaire investor recently spent $94 million on a property, the LA Times reported. AdvertisementLaurene Powell Jobs, the billionaire investor and widow of the Apple founder Steve Jobs, recently dropped $94 million on a prime oceanfront property in Malibu, California, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Paradise Cove plot is the latest addition to Powell Jobs' growing portfolio of properties in one of the country's most affluent neighborhoods. Since 2015, Powell Jobs has spent more than $170 million on neighboring Malibu properties in an apparent effort to build a sprawling compound on some of Southern California's most expensive cliffs.

Persons: Laurene Powell Jobs, —, Steve Jobs, Powell Jobs Organizations: LA Times, Service, Apple, Los Angeles Times, Business Locations: oceanside, Malibu, Paradise, Malibu , California, Southern

☆ A 10-foot-wide house was built 'out of spite' on a leftover piece of land in Florida and is selling for $619,000. See inside.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A 10-foot-wide house was built on a lot in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. If the neighborhood had its way, there wouldn't be a house there at all. AdvertisementWhat was once an empty residual lot used as a garden by a neighbor is now a 1,547-square-foot home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida — only 10 feet wide. The two-story house sits on a 25-foot wide lot (with a lot of depth) and even has space for a garage. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Ryan Wetherhold, John Atkins Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Jacksonville Beach , Florida, Oceanside Real Estate

☆ A graffiti ‘takeover’ roils downtown Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Leda Abkenari | Leda Joy Abkenari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have transformed their craft beyond urban aesthetics to champion community issues. (The Los Angeles City Attorney confirmed to CNN that, as of April 3, criminal charges have been filed against 23 individuals, for violations including trespassing and possession of vandalism tools.) ENDEM's tag, pictured here adorning the walls of the 3rd Street tunnel in Downtown Los Angeles. And as a result of that, they’re on the streets,” Hutchinson told CNN, noting that the homeless population in Los Angeles is continuing to grow. (“This has strained our deployment,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore said during a February meeting of the Los Angeles City Council.

Persons: tagger ENDEM, “, Keith Haring, Banksy, Endem, ENDEM, ” ENDEM, Oceanwide, ” Roger Gastman, Roger Gastman, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, “ You’ve, ” Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Mario Tama, Michel Moore, ”, Blair Besten, ” Besten, Gastman, — we’re, We’re, it’s, ” Gastman, It’s Organizations: CNN, Oceanwide Holdings, Los Angeles City Attorney, Oceanside, Los Angeles Urban Policy, Los Angeles Housing Services Authority, LA, Plaza, LAPD, Los Angeles City Council, Downtown, Oceanwide Locations: Angeles, Downtown LA, Germany, New York City, Downtown Los Angeles, Oceanside, LA, Los Angeles

☆ Cruise lines' private islands are having a renaissance. These are the 3 reasons they need it now more than ever before.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

To cruise lines, they're cash cows. Related storiesThese are the three reasons cruise-run private destinations have become so important. Amid rising fuel costs, it's easy to see why cruise lines would want to plan more itineraries around these nearby stops. Private destinations keep profits in-houseThe bar had two halves: one on land and the other at pool level. And because there's no need to rely on other excursion operators, they allow cruise lines to keep more profits in-house.

Persons: —, Patrick Scholes, Michael Bayley, Naftali Holtz, it's, Scholes, wouldn't, Linken D'Souza, Brittany Chang, Josh Weinstein, Jason Liberty, Simone Padovani, CHANDAN KHANNA, They're Organizations: Service, Royal, Business, Truist Securities, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Cruise, Holland America, MSC, Royal Caribbean International, Royal Caribbean Group, Beach, cabanas, Carnival Corp, Private, Hideaway, Disney, Key, Getty Locations: Miami, Bahamas, CocoCay, Caribbean, Honduras, Belize, Eleuthera, Cay, Holland, Royal Caribbean, Paradise, Nassau, Florida, cabanas, Royal, Orlando, Venice, Italy's Giudecca, Santorini, Greece, Key West , Florida, California, Alaska , Maine, Europe, Juneau , Alaska, French Polynesia, Italy

☆ We skipped a wild spring break in Miami Beach. Instead, we had a blast relaxing with retirees in Florida an hour north.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Molly Mcguigan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Last year, my friends and I spent our spring break an hour north of the madness of Miami Beach. Instead, we headed about an hour north of Miami toward the quiet oceanside community Hillsboro Beach for our own relaxing spring break. AdvertisementWe'd chosen to skip the ragers and bad behavior associated with spring break, especially spring break in Miami. If we were hungover on a crowded Miami Beach, we would've missed out on forming this unlikely friendship that crossed generational divides. He told us he was surprised by our choice for an alternative spring break, but he understood.

Persons: untraditional, —, We'd, Molly McGuigan, would've, we'd, Uber, he'd, Miami partygoers —, He'd Organizations: Service, Sunshine State, Miami Beach, Miami partygoers Locations: Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, oceanside, Hillsboro Beach

☆ Analysis: China worried about return of Trump, but also sees opportunities if he wins 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Then-US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Beijing's Forbidden City in 2017. “If this decoupling is carried out by Trump 2.0 in a very forceful way, the impact on China is going to be very severe. But experts say China’s business and official sectors are likely already considering contingency plans. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a reception following talks at the Kremlin in March 2023. “Whoever wins – the structure of (US) confrontation, competition, pressure to China are still there,” he said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi, Donald Trump, didn’t, –, Biden, Wang Yi, Trump, He’s, Trump’s, Brian Wong, ” Wong, Lintao Zhang, Obama, Melania, “, Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan, Xie Huanchi, he’s, ”, Bala Ramasamy, Shen Dingli, Premier Li Qiang, Ronald Reagan, “ Biden, Shen, ” Trump, skeptically, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Pavel Byrkin, Wong, it’s, Wang Yiwei Organizations: Beijing CNN —, Communist Party, Biden, Senior, Trump’s “, University of Hong Kong’s, Contemporary, House, oceanside, Trump, of, Forbidden, Huawei, Oxford Economics, China Europe International Business School, Premier, American, South Korea Navy, Asia –, Russia’s, NATO, Europe, Kremlin, Getty, South Korea –, White House, Renmin University Locations: China, Beijing, State, US, Russia, Communist, Contemporary China, Taiwan, Lago, City, Xinhua, Shanghai, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe, China's Qingdao Port, –, Asia, Seoul, Tokyo, Ukraine, United States, AFP, Japan, South Korea, America, Washington, Hong Kong, South China

☆ You can now get Tesla's Cybertruck in 3 more colors, including 'satin abyss blue,' if you're willing to pay up to $6,500 more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla has added three new Cybertruck color wraps — costing up to $6,500 — to its online shop. Its website said the wraps are only available at four Tesla service centers in California. The colors "stealth black" and "satin ceramic white" have been available since December. 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 .

Persons: Tesla, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: California, West Covina, Oceanside, Costa Mesa, Santa Clara

☆ Photos show 3 multimillion-dollar mansions perched precariously near the edge of a cliff after landslides in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Three multimillion-dollar mansions now sit on the edge of a cliff in California. Heavy rainstorms caused landslides that eroded the cliff along Scenic Drive in Dana Point. AdvertisementEarly February rainstorms across Southern California have left three Dana Point homes in precarious positions. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties on February 4. In Los Angeles, the storms caused 562 mudslides and resulted in 15 homes being red-tagged, meaning they were designated as unsafe to inhabit, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Persons: —, Gavin Newsom, Dana, Allen J, Mike Killebrew Organizations: Authorities, Service, Gov, Los Angeles Times, Getty, The New York Post, CBS News Locations: California, Dana Point, Southern California, Orange County, oceanside, Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties, Dana Point , California, Redfin, Los Angeles

☆ Michelin Guide history: How did a tire company become a restaurant rating guide?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Enter a pocket-sized red book known as the Michelin Guide. As a result, more French people had a desire to tour the country, making the Michelin Guide increasingly essential. The Michelin Guide now covers over 30,000 restaurants across three continents and more than 30 million guides have been sold. Addison is one of 13 three-star Michelin restaurants in the US and the only one in all of Southern California. A Michelin logo on a chef's uniform at the gala presentation of the Michelin Guide Spain on December 14, 2021.

Persons: André, Édouard Michelin, André Michelin, Édouard, Olivier Darmon, Guenter, ” Darmon, Darmon, ” William Bradley, Addison, William Bradley, Lauren di Matteo Addison, Bradley, ” Bradley, “, Roberto Alcocer, Christophe Bellanca, Christophe, Jordan Younis, Liz Clayman, Christophe Bellanca’s, they’re, Gwendal Poullennec, Richard Saker, Christophe Bellanca's, Alan Batt, ” Poullennec, Taylor Swift’s, Jorge Gil, Carbone, Jay, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama, It’s, didn’t, Kevin Thornton’s, ” Thornton, Thornton, Michelin “, Bobby Yip, don’t, ’ ”, Alcocer, He’s, ” Bellanca Organizations: New, New York CNN, Michelin, Ferrand, Michelin Tire Company, Compagnie, des, Culture, AAA, CNN, Washington Post, Bellanca, Michelin Guides, Spain, Europa Press, Major Food Group, Irish Times, Conted, Reuters Locations: New York, Clermont, Paris, France, Europe, United States, San Diego, Southern California, Addison, Valle, Mexican, Oceanside, Oceanside , California, New York City, Cartmel, Cumbria, England, Kevin Thornton’s Dublin

☆ This Florida Mall Has Gucci, Prada … and Soon, Affordable Housing?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In Bal Harbour, Fla., an oceanside village north of Miami Beach, a luxury mall says it wants to help tackle one of the nation’s — and Florida’s — most intractable problems: a lack of affordable housing. It is an unexpected move for a retail temple where Gucci, Chanel and Rolex are on offer. Affordable? But in a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, the Florida Legislature passed a law last spring intended to encourage projects like the one that the owner of the mall, Bal Harbour Shops, has in mind. And nowhere has seen more backlash to date than little Bal Harbour.

Persons: Chanel Organizations: Miami Beach, Rolex, Florida Legislature, ” Locations: Bal Harbour, Fla, oceanside, Miami, Florida, Bal

NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, pleaded guilty Wednesday to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York. The 86-year-old businessman entered the plea in Manhattan federal court six months after he was charged in the case. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the plea deal includes the largest financial penalty for insider trading in a decade. Broad Bay Limited, which Lewis owns, will pay more than $50 million in financial penalties, the prosecutor said in a release. Federal sentencing guidelines call for a prison sentence of between 18 and 24 months, though Lewis can seek less than that.

Persons: Joe Lewis, Lewis, Damian Williams, —, Joseph Lewis, Williams, Forbes, Lewis ’, Picasso, Matisse, Degas, Woods, Ernie Els, Justin Timberlake, Prosecutors, Jennifer Peltz Organizations: Tottenham Hotspur, Broad, U.S, Premier League, Lewis ’ Tavistock Group, Associated Locations: British, New York, Manhattan, United States, oceanside

☆ Emergency declared in San Diego as wettest January day on record brings widespread flooding
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Dennis Romero | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Damage is shown after a heavy rain storm causes a small river to overflow into a neighborhood in San Diego, California, U.S. January 22, 2024. SAN DIEGO — Winter storms for relatively dry San Diego are hit-or-miss, but mostly miss, so the wallop of a Pacific front Monday stunned California's second-largest city even as it was expecting rain. It was the wettest January day on record in San Diego, the National Weather Service said. Residents in the Southcrest neighborhood just southeast of downtown had to be rescued by firefighters as standing water quickly surrounded their apartment complex, according to authorities and coverage from NBC San Diego. "At least in the short term, it doesn't look like there's a whole lot on the horizon for Southern California," Maxwell said.

Persons: California's, Todd Gloria, weren't, Gloria, Gavin Newsome, Sean Mahoney, Brandt Maxwell, Maxwell, There's Organizations: DIEGO, National Weather Service, U.S . Customs, Border Protection, San Diego Fire Department, Residents, NBC San, Navy Base, ., Lincoln High School, Red Cross Southern, California Transportation Department, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, San Diego Locations: San Diego , California, U.S, San Diego, West Coast, Tijuana, Baja California, Southcrest, NBC San Diego, Navy Base San Diego, downtown, Las Vegas, San Diego Bay, La Mesa, Spring, Red Cross Southern California, Mission, Ocean, San Diego County, Oceanside, El Niño, Southern California, San, El, California, Washington, Israel, Gaza

☆ I moved to the middle of Canada, where the affordable healthcare is great, but the closest city is 2 hours away and I can't find anything cheap on Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Leslie Redmond, 37, moved to Winnipeg, Canada, from Alaska in 2022. There's a really big Ukrainian population and a really big Polish population. So there are a lot of flavors and foods that are really ubiquitous up here that I wouldn't have had in the States. That was the case across Canada — and across the US — but I think that's kind of slowed down a little bit now. I would say Winnipeg is pretty equivalent to Alaska, but Alaska is higher than what you would find in the lower 48.

Persons: Leslie Redmond, —, It's, I've, Redmond, I'd, Justin Reitsma, they're, it's Organizations: Service, of Agricultural, Food Sciences, University of Manitoba Locations: Winnipeg, Canada, Alaska, There's, States, North Dakota, Vancouver, Quebec, Yukon, we're, Grand Forks, Target, there's, Manitoba, Redmond, oceanside

☆ From Roommates to Friends to ‘Turbo Twins’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Beatrice Hazlehurst | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Within weeks of moving to Los Angeles in the spring of 2019, Ms. Elks was fully integrated into her fellow Australian’s social circle. In July, the pair were having drinks at a friend’s house in Oceanside — a surfer’s paradise south of Orange County — when she decided to pitch Mr. Riches on becoming her boyfriend. “‘Guys, me and Benny are in a relationship,’” Ms. Elks recalled telling everyone. Ms. Elks wasn’t just dating Mr. Riches at the time — she was also living with him. Mr. Riches, 32, was impressed by her sense of style.

Persons: Verity Jean Louise Elks, Benjamin Oliver Brian Riches, Riches, “, Benny, ’, Elks, ” Organizations: Elks, New York City Locations: Los Angeles, Oceanside —, Orange County, New York, Coast, Australia, Venice

☆ Here's where boomers are retiring to
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Clearwater, Florida, topped SmartAsset's new list of where baby boomers are moving. All but two cities in the top 10 were in Florida, Arizona, or Nevada, though one was in Montana. Four of the top 10 cities — as measured by boomers who moved in 2022 as a percentage of the total population — were in Florida. Nearly 30% of Cape Coral's total population are boomers, while Clearwater is 27%. Over 28% of Scottsdale's total population are boomers.

Persons: —, SmartAsset, Xers Organizations: Service, Survey, Cape Coral, Oceanside —, U.S . News Locations: Clearwater , Florida, Florida , Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Florida, Arizona, Nevada , Montana, North Carolina, Orlando, Cape, St . Petersburg, Coral's, Clearwater, Mesa, Scottsdale, Reno , Nevada, Lake Tahoe, California, Santa Rosa, Billings , Montana, South, Billings, Montana's, America, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Reading, Lancaster, U.S, Surprise, Fort Lauderdale

☆ Why doesn’t the US have more passenger trains?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Today, the United States’ passenger rail system is an echo of its former self, with swathes of the network unused or surrendered to freight. In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Rail Passenger Service Act, which removed the requirement that private rail companies provide passenger service. Mike Segar/ReutersBut many American towns and cities have lost access to passenger trains. Can passenger trains make a comeback? A passenger rides an Amtrak train passing near the Pacific Ocean on November 9, 2021 near Oceanside, California.

Persons: you’ll, Biden, ”, Miguel Medina, JP Morgan, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Christian Wolmar, “, Yonah Freemark, Bing Guan, Freemark, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Harvey Weber, Paul Hammond, Hammond, Richard Nixon, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Mike Segar, Ulysses S, Grant, Al Drago, Joe Biden, ” Freemark, Robert Puentes, It’s, ” Puentes, Mario Tama, Brightline, Carline Jean, Tony Coscia Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Washington , D.C, Brightline, Miami, US Department of Transportation, du, Getty, Amtrak, US, Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Railroad, CNN, Bloomberg, United States Senate, Newsday, Colorado Railroad Museum, Rail, Service, Hall, Pennsylvania, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Washington DC, Eno Center for Transportation, Private, Las, Passengers, West Palm Beach, Fort, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Tribune Locations: Europe, Asia, America, United States, Boston, Washington ,, Orlando, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Swedish, Paris, AFP, France, Japan, China, Promontory Point , Utah, Compton , California, American, Levittown , New York, Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Indiana, Ohio, Baltimore, Baltimore , Maryland, Potomac, Delaware, Oceanside , California, South Florida, Las Vegas, West Palm, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, South

☆ Opinion | Inclusion and Exclusion on Campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Literal gated communities and figurative glass ceilings exist to highlight this divisiveness in bluntly metaphorical fashion. WilliamsBurlington, N.J.To the Editor:While I commend David Brooks’s stand on inclusion, it’s a bit late. The uproar should have started on the day that universities started to cancel speeches by speakers who leaned to the right so as not to offend some vocal student groups. Rather than allow an intelligent back and forth with those they might disagree with, these people were not allowed to come to their campus. They also celebrate the virtue of humility, a virtue that is notably absent in the world of higher education.

Persons: David Brooks, David Brooks’s, Rich Corso, it’s, Andrea Economos Hartsdale, Mitchell, Fuller Organizations: New, Diversity, Equity Locations: New Jersey, Williams Burlington , N.J, N.Y, Ill

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Norton, who ran the first U.S. gambling facility outside Nevada — Resorts casino in Atlantic City — and gave advice around the world on how to set up and operate casinos, has died. His son, Rob, president of Cordish Gaming, said Norton died Sunday following an accident in his Oceanside, California, home. “Steve was an early and influential gaming executive in Atlantic City and at Resorts,” said the casino's current president, Mark Giannantonio. “He was an important leader in the Atlantic City market dating back to the 1970s. Norton used his experience as an Atlantic City casino pioneer to advise state governments — including in Louisiana, Illinois and Indiana — on how to adopt riverboat gambling, and in 1998 founded his own gambling consultancy company based in Indiana.

Persons: Steve Norton, Rob, Norton, Steve, ”, Mark Giannantonio, ” Norton, “, Sheldon Adelson’s, ___, Wayne Parry Organizations: CITY, Nevada — Resorts, Atlantic City —, Cordish, Resorts, Boardwalk, Associated Press, ” Resorts, Atlantic, Vegas Sands Corp, Gold River Gaming, Argosy Gaming, Indiana —, American Gaming Association Locations: N.J, Nevada, Atlantic City, Oceanside , California, Atlantic, New Jersey, Bahamas, Las Vegas, Louisiana , Illinois, Indiana, Singapore, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Netherlands, www.twitter.com

☆ Horse racing-Breeders' Cup to be held at Del Mar in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 2, 2021; Del Mar, CA, USA; A group of horses, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, during workouts at Del Mar Race Track. Mandatory Credit: Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The Breeders' Cup will be held in back-to-back years at Del Mar racetrack after organizers on Wednesday said the site of the 2024 edition of the international championships will return to the oceanside venue again in 2025. "Our return to Del Mar in back-to-back years marks the continuation of a wonderful collaboration and successful partnership, both with our friends at the track and with the greater San Diego area, demonstrating our continued commitment to California horse racing," said Drew Fleming, Breeders' Cup president and CEO. The Breeders' Cup World Championships consists of 14 Grade 1 races over two days. Last weekend's event drew 109,624 fans to Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles County, where the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic was won by White Abarrio.

Persons: Del, Aidan P, O'Brien, Ray Acevedo, County's Del, Drew Fleming, White, Rory Carroll, Toby Davis Organizations: Del, USA, Breeders, County's Del Mar, Santa, Thomson Locations: Del Mar , CA, USA, Del Mar, oceanside, Southern California, San Diego, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

☆ 'She Shreds': Skateboarding Girls up Their Game at California Contest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

At the 12th annual Exposure Skate competition this month in the California beach town of Encinitas, girls under 10 and in their teens were shredding. "I hope girls' skateboarding improves even more and we can push each other and beat the boys," Suganami added with a laugh. Parents of the skateboarding girls are equally stoked by the expertise and the attention. "They are missing that girls are the future of skateboarding and girls can be good at skateboarding too," said Lulu Johnson. "So what you will see if you go to a skate park or skateboarding contest, is the competitors are cheering each other, supporting each other.

Persons: Mike Blake ENCINITAS, Cona Suganami, Suganami, Amelia Brodka, Brodka, Tony Hawk, Hawk, Lauren Wigo, Marisol Concha, Lisa Lilley, Ruby, Lilley, Mindy Johnson, Lulu, Lulu Johnson, extol, Mike Blake, Mary Milliken, Lincoln Organizations: Reuters Locations: Mike Blake ENCINITAS , California, California, Encinitas, Tokyo, Poland, Park, New York City, Oceanside , California, Minnesota

Persons: Jordyn Barratt, Mike Blake, Cona Suganami, Suganami, Amelia Brodka, Brodka, Tony Hawk, Hawk, Lauren Wigo, Marisol Concha, Lisa Lilley, Ruby, Lilley, Mindy Johnson, Lulu, Lulu Johnson, extol, Mary Milliken, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Hawaii, Encinitas , California, U.S, , California, California, Encinitas, Tokyo, Poland, Park, New York City, Oceanside , California, Minnesota

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