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SmartDuvet

Making the bed every morning can feel cumbersome, especially when you're running late.

But the SmartDuvet, a comforter insert that automatically straightens your blanket, could make the whole process easier.

Sound magical? The concept is actually pretty simple — the insert is inflatable.

The SmartDuvet comes in a lattice shape, and slips inside your duvet cover. While you sleep, it remains uninflated. But when you want to make your bed in the morning, you attach the insert to a hose... Читать дальше...

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — The owners of a New Hampshire Nativity scene have a message for whoever stole Mary from their yard last week.

A social media campaign to recruit foster parents for child asylum seekers was derailed after it attracted racist abuse and extreme anti-immigrant comments.
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A man is arrested over a stabbing on an Overground train in south-east London.

US President-elect Donald Trump meets John Kelly at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club on November 20, 2016 in Bedminster, New Jersey. / AFP / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) At first glance, strictly from the point of view of the short-term impact they will have [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The spot month contract for light sweet crude was $53.08 per barrel at 12 p.m. Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

NEW YORK (AP) — The spot month contract for light sweet crude was $53.08 per barrel at 12 p.m. Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Santa Claus says a terminally ill 5-year-old boy died in his arms after he gave the boy a present in the hospital.

The holiday season has been good to Microsoft. According to the company, it’s selling more of its Surface products than ever before and even making a dent in Apple’s loyal following.

Shares of Pfizer Inc. surged 2.5% in midday trade Monday, after the drug giant said it was raising its quarterly dividend by 6.7%. The company said the new dividend of 32 cents a share, up from 30 cents, will be payable March 1, to shareholders of record on Feb. 3. At the current stock price of $32.51, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 3.94%, compared with the aggregate yield for the Dow components of 2.33%, according to FactSet. "The dividend increase demonstrates our... Читать дальше...

"I wouldn't say there's really much left; that I wasn't able to check the box," Air Force safety Weston Steelhammer said. "I've had a great four years here and I wouldn't trade it for the world. If I had it to do again I'd do it the same for sure."

Trump is behaving like any executive trying to implement a strategy, former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.

"Fire is part of Mediterranean atmosphere," JNF director says.

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A job at Google.

It's career heaven, right? How could a gig at the biggest, most ambitious tech company on the planet possibly be bad?

Well, take a look at this Quora thread, which is being constantly updated by current and former Google employees to dish the dirt on working for the search giant.

Turns out that working at Google isn't all free food and bike rides around campus.

Take their complaints with a grain of salt. These are the complainers, after all. Читать дальше...

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The rates of babies in rural America born with symptoms of opioid withdrawal has skyrocketed.

Athleisure brand ADAY has a 2,000-person waiting list for their $125 Throw and Roll leggings. 

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