Amazon customers look out for fake reviews for Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day scored $12 billion in sales last year for the online retail giant. Shoppers often relying on reviews, but are they all reliable?
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Sunny the Seagull, a stuffed animal, sweeps the nation
When Morey’s Piers in the Wildwoods debuted the plushy version of its mascot last summer as a game prize, Sunny the Seagull’s popularity soared beyond all expectations.
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Powerball increases to $725 million after no one claimed Monday’s drawing
The winning numbers were 2, 24, 34, 53, 58, and the Powerball was 13. The Power Play was 2x. The next Powerball drawing is set for Wednesday.
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs on workforce development
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs visited Pima Community College’s downtown Tucson campus Monday morning to tour facilities and tout renewed funding for workforce development programs.
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Los Angeles Times owners sell San Diego Union-Tribune to publishing powerhouse
The decision comes after the LA Times announced last month that it was cutting 74 jobs — 13% of its newsroom positions — to deal with financial difficulties.
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Julieanna’s Steak and Seafood win Wine Spectator Award, a first for Yuma
The restaurant won due to having at least 90 wine selections on their menu and at least 900 bottles in their inventory.
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PowerBall jackpot grows to $650 million, 10th largest in history
The next drawing is Monday night and the cash option will be an estimated $328.3 million. Saturday’s numbers were 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 and the PowerBall was 18.
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Biden touts his economic agenda and infrastructure bill in South Carolina
WASHINGTON (NBC / KYMA,KECY-TV) – President Biden tapped into South Carolina, announcing his economic agenda and measures he purposes will create a more secure infrastructure. The economic overhaul includes driving up the job market gaining more factory positions, helping lower costs for families by signing the “Inflation Reduction Act.” Biden said, “Factories being built and
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Local businesses granted funds during highway construction
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors awarded grant money to five local businesses affected by ongoing construction on Highway 98 in Calexico.
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Instagram app being called a “Twitter Killer” after release of new app
Meta owns Instagram and that company is releasing a new app called “Threads”, that looks a whole lot like Twitter. “It will be strategically, intentionally, unashamedly similar to Twitter,” says Social Media Consultant Matt Navarra.
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Meta to release Threads to rival Twitter, available for pre-order
The new service, which is available for pre-order in Apple’s App Store and will be released on July 6, has a similar appearance to Twitter, with screenshots of the service showing messages with replies from other users.
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Two retail business properties in Imperial sold for total of $5.81 million
Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors announced the sale of two new construction retail investments to two different buyers as part of a break-up sale strategy at a new retail development in Imperial Valley.
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East Coast gas station celebrated Fourth of July by selling gas for $1.776
Sheetz gas station locations celebrated the Fourth of July with some very patriotic pricing. The popular gas station chain was selling gas for $1.776 per gallon Tuesday, or 1776 if you will.
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California hotel workers on strike, representative responds
“We live paycheck to paycheck, that’s why we are fighting, even though we are losing right now our wages, we have to sacrifice for getting what we deserve,” said Liliana Hernandez, housekeeper of Fairmont Miramar.
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GasBuddy releases gas price updates for the state of Arizona
The average price of gasoline in Arizona fell 15.7 cents per gallon, and as of Monday, this ranges to $3.83/g.
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Twitter to temporarily limit number of posts users view per day
Musk says users will only be able to read a certain number of posts per day due to extreme levels of “data scraping” and “system manipulation” on the platform.
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Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn’t rush to the theater in significant numbers to see “ Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and say goodbye to Harrison Ford as the iconic archaeologist.
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Thousands of California hotel workers set to strike
A union representing the workers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties says the strike will start early Saturday in a push for more pay, better benefits and better working conditions.
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Kabat’s Fortuna Ace Hardware hosts Flavor Fest
This was to show customers different sauces and grills they offer in their store all the while grilling food for them.
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Biden on the campaign road touting his “Economic Agenda” despite tanking poll numbers
WASHINGTON (NBC / KYME,KECY-TV) – Dubbed “Bidenomics,” President Biden sets out to the mid-west touting his economic agenda, claiming success over the nations inflation and economy. Ramping up the campaign trail making the case that his policies are working. Today, House Speaker, McCarthy said “He’s made inflation up by all of his new regulation has
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