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Other jobs for your “to-do” list: Estimate your monthly expenditure in retirement and stress test that against your income.
From MarketWatch
Come next September, Weis will be wearing purple and calling plays against the Rebels in their conference opener.
One reason: Even Amazon’s AI systems for detecting fake reviews—and the actions it takes against fake review brokers—can’t stop the way honest but biased humans are reviewing items.
Currently in its fourth season, “Fire Country” has won its time slot every week this season except when it aired against Game 6 of the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times
Firefighters do everything they can, but strong winds are working against them to make the destruction go from bad to worse.
From Los Angeles Times
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