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Metro

Famous tech YouTuber has side gig as Ultimate Frisbee pro

By Associated Press
July 26, 2019 12:00 AM
New York Empire's Marques Brownlee throws a frisbee in front of a Toronto Rush player during an American Ultimate Disc League game at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. Most professional ultimate Frisbee players have second jobs to make ends meet. Brownlee’s day job just happens to be more lucrative. (Daniel Ngai/Toronto Rush via AP)
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Technology

With poo on a pedestal, Bill Gates talks toilet technology

By Associated Press
November 06, 2018 12:00 AM
Bill Gates, former Microsoft CEO and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gestures to a jar of human feces as he speaks at the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 6. With a jar of human feces on a podium next to him, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has kicked off a 'Reinvented Toilet' Expo in China. Gates said Tuesday that the technologies on display at the three-day expo in Beijing represent the most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Nation

Bill Gates directs education funding to poor US schools

By Associated Press
September 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Marking another phase in his education agenda, Bill Gates is now taking a more targeted approach to help struggling U.S. schools.
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Featured

Things you should know today: 2/22/18

By Alexa Reimschussel
February 22, 2018 12:00 AM
Shelters open amid Midwest flooding as rivers keep rising
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