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A seemingly ordinary sports photo page titled “Falcons Cowboys Football” paired with an obituary excerpt for Odessa Dillard Foddrell, 84, who died on August 12, 2025 in Conover, North Carolina, reads like a glitch in the matrix—but it’s also a snapshot of how fragile modern, template-driven news...

A single sports image page and a quietly written obituary tell a bigger story about how local journalism actually gets made—and for many newsrooms, the glue holding that story together is a Windows PC on a deadline desk, a sideline laptop on battery power, and a carefully tuned workflow that...

The Queen, Britain's longest-serving monarch, has passed away at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne. 😲 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-royal-family-in-mourning-latest-news/ar-AA11C72y

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Legendary singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer in secret for 18 months. The star, who released a new album last week, was known as the creator of glam rock and was one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. A spokesman for Bowie said this morning...

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Cliff Robertson, a ruggedly handsome actor who played the young John F. Kennedy as a wartime skipper in “P.T. 109” (1963) and who won an Oscar for his sympathetic portrayal of the mentally disabled title character in “Charly” (1968), died Saturday at a hospital in Stony Brook, N.Y. He had...

Late last night I was shocked (although not suprised) at the announcement of Amy's death. It's a huge shame that a talent such as this will never be fully realised and my condolences go out to her parents during this time. I loved the album 'Back in Black' as it has a similar vibe and sound to...

NEW YORK — Elliot Handler, who with his wife grew Mattel from a small home-based picture-frame business into the largest U.S. toy maker and created the Hot Wheels brand, died on Thursday. He was 95. Read Full Story: Link Removed

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Character actor Roberts Blossom, who played the white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in the movie "Home Alone," has died at age 87 in Southern California. More: Link Removed due to 404 Error

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In memory of Harold Hayes In 1991 I sold my moving company in New Orleans and moved to Bayou La Batre Alabama. I had been running a bulletin board and was networking through Fidonet. I found someone selling a couple hundred used Hitachi cd rom drives and bought them to sell to sysops running...