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New report claims Microsoft is considering changing Day One access to Call of Duty on Game Pass

Microsoft is reportedly considering dropping Call of Duty from its Game Pass Day One offering.

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Apr 12 • 11:25 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Apple iPhone Fold: Release Date Leaked And Striking Design Revealed In Photos

What will the first folding iPhone look like? How big will it be compared to the current models? The first images claiming to be dummy units have just leaked.

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Apr 12 • 11:20 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
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How to Reclaim Your Android's Original Speed in Under 10 Minutes

Your Android is capable of a massive speed boost, and it's time you took advantage of it.

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Apr 12 • 8:01 AM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
Science & Medicine: Pain researchers have their eyes on ending chronic pain

A UT Health San Antonio researcher is working to map the nerves involved in jaw pain as part of a federally funded consortium aimed at developing the first targeted, non-opioid treatment for chronic pain, research he hopes will give millions of suffering Americans their lives back and ultimately reverse or even prevent pain in the first place.

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Apr 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • tpr.org
Mt. Carmel church hosts Minority Health Month men’s breakfast to raise awareness

Men gathered at Mt. Carmel Community Baptist Church on Saturday for the annual Minority Health Month Men’s Breakfast, an event aimed at raising awareness about

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Apr 11 • 11:51 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com
The Linux kernel now allows AI-written code, but you're on the hook for it

Your AI-generated code is still your code.

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Apr 11 • 9:59 PM EDT • Technology • xda-developers.com
How aggressive breast cancer turns off the immune system

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease progression remains a major hurdle. By studying how tumors interact with and suppress the immune system, scientists aim to identify new biomarkers that reveal how the cancer evolves. Using real patient samples, the team hopes to turn earlier discoveries into practical clinical tools. The goal: more precise, personalized treatments that can outsmart even the most dangerous tumors.

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Apr 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
iPhone Fold’s Crease-Less Display Longevity Claims Will Be Scrutinized As OPPO Find N6’s Real-World Use Exposes Its Exaggerated Marketing

An OPPO Find N6 owner exposes the device’s false crease-less claims after a month of use, bringing pressure on Apple and its iPhone Fold

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Apr 11 • 7:38 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Hornets aim to bounce back in season finale vs. Knicks

After clinching the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks are expected to sit a number of key players in their regular-season finale against the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.

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Apr 11 • 3:41 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Federal judges say White House ballroom construction can continue, for now

President Donald Trump has claimed that a building pause poses a risk to national security.

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Apr 11 • 1:32 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
'iPhone Ultra' Will Solve Two Key Problems

Apple reportedly plans to unveil a foldable iPhone in September, and the device will supposedly solve two problems with foldable smartphones. In case you missed it, a leaker on Chinese social media platform Weibo recently claimed that the foldable iPhone will be named "iPhone Ultra". According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the device will have improved screen quality and overall durability compared to competing foldables.

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Apr 11 • 11:40 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
“AI polls” are fake polls

A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.

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Apr 11 • 11:38 AM EDT • Technology • natesilver.net
GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Reportedly Hacked, Data Being Ransomed

Well known hacking group, ShinyHunters, claims to have breached the GTA 6 developers cloud servers

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Apr 11 • 11:08 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Apple iPhone Fold Design And Size Revealed In First Leaked Photos

What will the first folding iPhone look like? How big will it be compared to the current models? The first images claiming to be dummy units have just leaked.

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Apr 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
From hooves to scales: Vet Fest showcases animal science at Auburn

Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (AUVCM) hosted its third annual Vet Fest on April 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located at their campus on Wire Road, this free, family-friendly event invites the entire Auburn community to learn and see what the college of veterinary medicine does. With plenty of educational and hands-on activities, Vet Fest aims to both educate and entertain its guests.

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Apr 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • theplainsman.com
Americans are eating up the meat industry's health claims

Consumer appetites for protein are fueling record meat sales, raising experts’ concerns about the risk of heart disease and other illnesses.

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Apr 11 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Blake Dowling: Delilah app aims to simplify legislation, boost civic engagement

People in The Process: Legislation? There is an app for that; meet Joseph Visconti and Delilah.

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Apr 11 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Burnley XI vs Brighton – Predicted lineup and team news

Burnley host in-form Brighton today, aiming to narrow a ten-point gap to Premier League safety.The Clarets have moved closer to relegation after winning only once in 22 league games. Manager Scott Par...

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Apr 11 • 3:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Microsoft Teams is finally fixing those awkward "can you hear me?" moments

A mic test is coming soon.

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Apr 10 • 10:27 PM EDT • Technology • xda-developers.com
ShinyHunters Claims Rockstar Games Snowflake Breach via Anodot

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Apr 10 • 9:34 PM EDT • Technology • hackread.com
Good Sports: Fresno City College baseball aiming for championship

It's a group the Fresno City staff has a hard time comparing to any other Rams squad, and pitching coach Eric Solberg has pretty much seen it all.

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Apr 10 • 7:58 PM EDT • Sports • abc30.com
Healthdaq: Recruitment platform used by health trusts targeted by cyber attackers

Hackers claim to have stolen hundreds of thousands of files containing personal data from the platform.

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Apr 10 • 7:01 PM EDT • Health • bbc.com
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The Latest Foldable iPhone Rumors: What's Changed and What We Know Now

Rumors about Apple's first foldable iPhone are picking up now that the device has entered a new testing stage that precedes mass production. If you've been having trouble keeping up with what's new, we've recapped the latest iPhone Fold rumors that have come out over the last few weeks. Naming One rumor claims Apple will call its foldable iPhone the "iPhone Ultra," which doesn't seem out of the question.

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Apr 10 • 5:57 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Natasha Lyonne says she took sleeping pill before being escorted off flight, claims she was 'detained' by ICE

Natasha Lyonne says she took a sleeping pill before being escorted off her recent flight to NYC and claimed that she was 'detained' by ICE afterward: 'Sign of the times, I guess.'

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Apr 10 • 4:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Laredo proclaims April Autism Awareness Month, underscores challenges

Laredo proclaimed Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month as officials, families and community members urged others to move beyond awareness and address barriers.

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Apr 10 • 3:44 PM EDT • Health • lmtonline.com
Epic Games Pins ‘Fortnite’ Comeback on Disney Partnership

Recent updates of the hit game have flopped. A Disney collaboration aims to turn things around.

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Jury starts deliberating states’ claim that Live Nation has a monopoly on concerts and ticketing

States argue Live Nation and Ticketmaster are driving up prices to see live music.

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Apr 10 • 1:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • pressdemocrat.com
Jury starts deliberating states' claim that Live Nation has monopoly on concerts

Soon after starting deliberations the jury in Manhattan federal court told the judge it wanted to review certain testimony given at the five-week trial

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Apr 10 • 12:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumlocalnews.com
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David Blitzer Expands Sports Empire With Bet On Golf’s Next Generation

Billionaire David Blitzer's Bolt Ventures has made two significant golf industry investments during Masters week aimed at the game's next generation of fans and players.

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Jury starts deliberating states' claim that Live Nation has a monopoly on concerts and ticketing

Jury deliberations have begun in a civil case pitting 34 states against the concert giant Live Nation Entertainment | 1080 WTIC NEWSTALK

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Apr 10 • 11:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Jury starts deliberating states' claim that Live Nation has a monopoly on concerts and ticketing

Jury deliberations have begun in a civil case pitting 34 states against the concert giant Live Nation Entertainment. The states argue that the company and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster, are...

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Bismarck science center promoting wellness with Gateway to Health event

Bismarck locals and visitors in the area are invited to an event aiming to promote wellness. The Gateway to Science is holding its Gateway to Health event next weekend, which features more than 20 …

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Unique X, Imagica Entertainment Media Services Partner to Transform Japanese Cinema Advertising Business

Digital cinema software provider Unique X and Imagica Entertainment Media Services (Imagica EMS), the market leader in Japan for post-production and media services, today announced the signing of a full long-term agreement, building upon their original Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This strategic partnership establishes a robust framework for an exclusive collaboration aimed at transforming and […]

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Gadsden to invest $2.7 million in sports complex upgrades along Coosa River

Gadsden city leaders are investing millions of dollars into the city’s sports complex, with new construction aimed at expanding playing space and drawing larger

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Apr 10 • 9:25 AM EDT • Sports • abc3340.com
California’s crisis in rural health care is also a chance for transparency

Drug discounts aimed at rural hospitals serving uninsured or low-income patients actually profit hospitals that don’t serve those patients.

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Apr 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
New business center aims to spark growth in Wagoner after decades without new development

A new business center in downtown Wagoner is bringing fresh momentum to a community that has not seen new commercial construction in more than two decades.

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How JD Vance went from well-known foreign war skeptic to the public face of peace talks with Iran

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Pakistan to helm talks aimed at solidifying the fragile truce between the US and Iran — and in the process, elevate himself as the key peacemaker within an administration that has devoted its last several weeks to war.

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Trump started the Iran war with 5 goals. How far has he really gotten?

The president claimed he achieved them all. The reality is more complicated.

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Apr 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Amazon's 'Project Houdini' reinvents how data centers are built

Amazon's Project Houdini aims to accelerate AWS data center builds using modular construction, reducing labor hours and speeding up deployment.

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Welcome to Y’all Street: bullish Dallas aims to steal New York’s financial crown

Texas city believes loose rules and low taxes will make the US’s biggest banks come running – can it pull it off?

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Apr 10 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
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Pacoima businesses voice safety concerns as RV encampments disrupt local commerce

Pacoima business owners express safety concerns over RV encampments driving customers away, claiming inadequate responses from local officials.

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Apr 10 • 12:21 AM EDT • Business • abc7.com
Texas' smokable hemp ban hits businesses as lawsuit challenges new rules

It has been just over a week since Texas' ban on smokable hemp took effect, and some business owners say the new rules are already taking a financial toll - while a legal challenge aims to overturn it.

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Is ‘office air’ ruining your look at work? Science says it’s possible

A TikTok trend has Gen Z and Millennial office workers sharing before-and-after photos at work, questioning whether the “office air” affects their appearance. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda takes a look at the claims and how experts say there’s some truth to the theory.

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Apr 9 • 10:16 PM EDT • Science • nbcnews.com
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Lawrence: VA, under Trump, resumes electronic health record rollout in Michigan

The VA is rolling out a new Federal EHR system in Michigan on April 11, aiming for nationwide deployment by 2031.

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Apr 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
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Marathon Reportedly Had a Budget of Over $200 Million — and While the Pressure Is on Bungie to Gain More Players, It Is Not Facing an Imminent, Concord-Style Shutdown

A new report has claimed Marathon’s budget is over $200 million, and while player numbers have fallen significantly since launch, Bungie’s extraction shooter is allegedly not facing an imminent shutdown.

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Apr 9 • 7:17 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
West Ninth Street Black business district aims to echo the past, but with a modern twist

The new Black business district blocked off part of the street, which will remain that way until Juneteenth, with the project aiming to realize the historical significance and hopeful revitalization of the area.

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Apr 9 • 7:04 PM EDT • Business • arktimes.com
You Can Claim a Free PS4 Game Right Now, No PS Plus Required

Yours to keep forever

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Apr 9 • 6:45 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Cult-Hit Doki Doki Literature Club Fights Sudden Android Removal

The acclaimed visual novel had amassed thousands of positive user reviews

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Apr 9 • 6:44 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
New Charter Allows RFK Jr. to Reclaim Vaccine Policy Despite Court Ruling

The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.

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Apr 9 • 5:29 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war

Based on available information, the U.S. and its military partner, Israel, achieved significant battlefield wins, experts said. However, they said that calling it a "total victory" overlooks significant strategic setbacks for the U.S.

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Apr 9 • 5:14 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Photo gallery: VA aims to finally fix veterans’ health records

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence announced the implementation of the Federal EHR at four Michigan VA hospitals.

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Apr 9 • 4:10 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
What to know about changes to US military draft registration

The US Selective Service registration process is changing to automatic enrollment. The agency says the move aims to streamline registration.

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Apr 9 • 2:50 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
'Graveyard Keeper' Is Available To Claim For Free On Xbox For A Limited Time

Here's when you can grab it!

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Apr 9 • 2:30 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Samsung reportedly launching Galaxy Z Fold 8, ‘Wide’ on July 22, S Pen might be back

A new report claims to reveal the launch date for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 and “Wide” foldable in July,...

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Apr 9 • 10:05 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Questioning the Science Experts: Is It Even Permitted?

If you’re trying to do ID science, it’s a little bit easier to be intellectually honest, because you have to work harder to make the case for your claim.

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Apr 9 • 9:42 AM EDT • Science • scienceandculture.com
Abortion Pill’s Safety Called into Question in Congressional Actions Based on Misleading Data — The Monitor

False claims about the safety of mifepristone are driving legislative and investigative action in Congress, even as major medical organizations and decades of clinical evidence support the drug’s safety. And competing interpretations of what censorship and free speech mean are impacting how health misinformation is moderated.

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Apr 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • kff.org
As Trump throws lifeline to coal plants, critics warn of higher costs and health risks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Biden administration and many electric utilities were building a future dominated by renewable energy. They aimed to replace coal, slashing greenhouse gases and reducing air pollution that kills more than a thousand people ann...

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Apr 9 • 7:48 AM EDT • Health • wral.com
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Sabres reclaim Atlantic Division lead with comeback win over Rangers

Jason Zucker scored the tiebreaker, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the New York Rangers 5-3 Wednesday.

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Apr 9 • 7:48 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Scientists create new type of encryption that protects video files against quantum computing attacks

A newly developed encryption framework aims to protect video data from future quantum attacks, all while running on today's conventional hardware.

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Apr 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Accenture acquires Spain-based Keepler to boost AI and data business

The IT service provider says it aims to expand its capabilities to help clients reinvent core business processes.

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Apr 9 • 6:52 AM EDT • Business • staffingindustry.com
Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship

A new lawsuit filed by a legal advocacy nonprofit says a 35-year-old federal scholarship program that brought Native Hawaiian doctors to the islands is unconstitutional.

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Apr 9 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • civilbeat.org
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Women in Business club holds first annual symposium

BuzzBallz founder Merrilee Kick gave a keynote speech on starting a business at the first-ever University of Montana Women in Business symposium on March 27.

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Apr 9 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • montanakaimin.com
Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights

The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows.

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Apr 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
On Social Media, Democratic Politicians Are Letting the F-Word Fly

In person, on social media and in campaign ads, Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.

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Apr 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The Science of Coffee: What It REALLY Does to Your Body
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Apr 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
NVIDIA’s Upcoming N1 SoC For AI PC Laptops Spotted On Engineering Motherboard: 128 GB Memory, User Claims Launch Expected This Year

An engineering sample motherboard featuring NVIDIA's upcoming N1 SoC, which will power its AI PC laptops, has been spotted online.

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Apr 9 • 3:55 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music | 1080 WTIC NEWSTALK

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Apr 9 • 1:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music | Talk Radio 1210 WPHT

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Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music | KYW Newsradio

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Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM

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Apr 9 • 1:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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UC Davis Launches Aggie Venture Accelerator to Advance Early-Stage Life Science Innovation

The UC Davis Innovation and Economic Development Office has launched the Aggie Venture Accelerator, an initiative designed to support early-stage startups developing solutions at the intersection of life science, food and health. Delivered in partnership with The March Group, a thematic early-stage venture capital firm, the program will provide selected startups with mentorship, structured programming and investment with the aim of accelerating their path to market.

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Apr 9 • 1:06 AM EDT • Science • ucdavis.edu
Repeat party-line vote for House bill aimed at ‘preserving girls sports’ in Minnesota

The Minnesota House GOP was handed defeat number two this week for a bill that it said will preserve girls sports in the state.

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Apr 8 • 8:01 PM EDT • Sports • kttc.com
RFK Jr. moved his ex-wife’s remains from Kennedy family plot to the edge of the cemetery

A new biography on RFK Jr. has resurfaced claims he moved his ex-wife's remains from the Kennedy family plot to the edge of the cemetery without her family's knowledge.

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Apr 8 • 6:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Life science real estate developer IQHQ accused of fraud by early investor

Aimco is suing the San Diego-based lab developer for fraud, accusing the company of making false promises to secure an investment that is now worth nothing.

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Apr 8 • 5:23 PM EDT • Science • sandiegouniontribune.com
LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits

LinkedIn says claims fabricated by extension maker suspended for scraping data.

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Apr 8 • 5:08 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
What is the quantum ‘Ghost Murmur’ purportedly used in Iran? Scientists question CIA’s claim of long-range heartbeat detection

Ghost Murmur was described as a futuristic CIA tool that could detect a heartbeat from vast distances. Physicists say the public story clashes with the basic limits of magnetic sensing

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Apr 8 • 5:00 PM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Sweeping limits on sports betting proposed at Ohio Statehouse

A new proposal at the Statehouse aims to significantly change how sports betting operates across Ohio.Lawmakers on Wednesday announced the “Save Ohio Sports Act

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Apr 8 • 4:27 PM EDT • Sports • abc6onyourside.com
Colorado Democrats eye new fee on home insurance companies

Colorado Democrats are reviving a proposal to levy a new fee on home insurance companies, with the aim of distributing grants to fund “resilient” roofing. Introduced by Sen. Kyle Mullica, D-Thornton, Senate Bill 155 creates a government “enterprise,” which would collect a 0.5% fee of the total premium collected by an insurer on what’s called […]

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Apr 8 • 4:13 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
BladderShield Claims Evaluated: Potent Bladder Leak Trick Supports Men's Health

A 2026 consumer awareness overview of BladderShield's bladder leak trick marketing claims, urobiome rebalancing positioning, ingredient research for overactive bladder and urinary urgency, men's bladder health context, pricing structure, and what men should verify before purchasingTallmadge, OH, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This article contains affiliate links. If a purchase is made through these links, a commission may be earned at no additional cost to the buyer. This is an informationa

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Apr 8 • 3:07 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Comptroller Review Finds City's Small Business Forward Program Failed to Cut Red Tape or Limit Fines

New York, NY — A new review conducted by auditors of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine found the Small Business Forward program, aimed at easing regulatory and financial burdens on small businesses across the five boroughs, failed to achieve meaningful change for small businesses in New York City. Vague definitions, a lack...

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Apr 8 • 2:56 PM EDT • Business • comptroller.nyc.gov
White House Budget For 2027 Set To Slash Science, Climate, And Environment Funding By Billions

Meanwhile, the military is hoping to receive a 44 percent increase in funding.

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Apr 8 • 12:16 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Women’s UFC champion dares Jake Paul to try MMA

“Bullet” takes aim at Jake Paul

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Apr 8 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sell

Despite the iPhone Air's struggling sales, a known leaker claims Apple will push ahead with at least two generations of the device, while also suggesting the standard iPhone 18 will see virtually no exterior design changes.

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Apr 8 • 10:27 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Why Most Men Pee Wrong (And How to Fix It, According to Science)
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Apr 8 • 10:09 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Dem Missy Hughes announces health plan aimed at countering Trump

Democrat Missy Hughes released a health care proposal that would serve in many ways as a buffer against actions taken by the federal government.

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Apr 8 • 9:58 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
Sun Prairie mayor says ‘difficult decisions’ ahead as $3.95M referendum fails

The referendum aimed to help maintain several public safety services after the city hit its levy limit last year.

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Apr 8 • 9:41 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
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Dearborn Heights man pleads guilty in federal court to health care fraud

Rabih Hamdan admitted to submitting false prescription claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Blue Cross.

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Apr 8 • 9:16 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
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New sports bar to open at former Harpo's site

The bar aims to revive a long-vacant Arapahoe Avenue location.

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Apr 8 • 8:20 AM EDT • Sports • axios.com
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The rumoured Switch 2 Star Fox game could be announced this month, trusted leaker says

Following the initial claim that a new Star Fox game is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, leaker Nate the Hate is saying it might be announced in April.

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Apr 8 • 8:07 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
UNE faculty, business executive board mentor high schoolers in regional workforce development challenge

Students from multiple high schools in southern Maine gathered on April 2 to compete at the University of New England in the Junior Achievement of Maine’s (JA Maine) Titan Challenge, and several teams were mentored by faculty in UNE's College of Business — including the winning team in the southern Maine region.

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Apr 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • une.edu
Blue Envelope Program Launches in Luzerne County

All Luzerne County police departments will participate in the initiative aimed to improve communication between police officers and drivers with special needs

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Apr 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • lvhn.org
"Very difficult, perhaps altogether impossible": Smith's political science at Econlib

We’re joining our friends at Liberty Matters in their celebration of the 250th anniversary of the publication of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations through a series of six weekly essays. In this fifth essay, Jacob T. Levy explores one of Smith’s most famous claims in Book V of Wealth […]

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Apr 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Science • econlib.org
Prior authorizations fell after insurer pledges

Health insurers say they've cut pre-treatment claim reviews by 11% in the past year.

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Apr 8 • 5:40 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Meet the famous guests, local honorees for 50th Hornell Sports Night

Former pro stars, a college basketball coaching legend and acclaimed local athletes are in a star-studded lineup for the 50th Hornell Sports Night.

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Apr 8 • 5:07 AM EDT • Sports • eveningtribune.com
Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records

The administration is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.

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Apr 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
What it takes to rebuild a home, business on Long Island after a fire or flood

Businesses and homeowners impacted by fire, flood and other disasters say the path to rebuilding is challenging as they navigate insurance claims and bureaucracy.

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Apr 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • newsday.com
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Prince George’s Co. Council introduces new bills aimed at luring more, better businesses

A majority of the Prince George’s County Council announced a package of new bills that aims to make it easier to lure more nice restaurants to the county.

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Apr 8 • 4:01 AM EDT • Business • wtop.com
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Niners' Potential Trade Package Revealed to Get Star Defensive Player

Clutching their first-round pick, the Niners plot a blockbuster deal to land an elite pass rusher, aiming for Super Bowl contention.

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Apr 7 • 9:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com