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Morgan Pressel makes transition from 18th green to 18th tower for NBC
5Jul By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Morgan Pressel makes transition from 18th green to 18th tower for NBC

Morgan Pressel considered extending her playing career so she would have the opportunity to play in this week's U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach.Even though she stopped playing two years ago, Pressel will still have an excellent vantage point for all four rounds of the first Women's Open at the iconic course.Pressel is going into her third Women's Open as NBC's analyst. The final two rounds on NBC will mark the first time it will air in primetime (3-9 p.m. ET). Thursday's and Friday's rounds will be on USA Network and Peacock.The trip to Pebble Beach completes a great three-week stretch for women's golf. Two weeks ago, the Women's PGA Championship was held at Baltusrol, the famed New Jersey course that's hosted seven U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships.“One of the most important things ...
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Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim
4Jul By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam's state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular “Barbie” movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. The newspaper Vietnam Express and other media said posters advertising “Barbie” were removed from movie distributors’ websites after Monday’s decision. With Margot Robbie playing Barbie opposite Ryan Gosling’s Ken in Greta Gerwig’s comedic look at their “perfect” world, “Barbie” was supposed to open July 21 in Vietnamese theaters.The reports cited Vi Kien Thanh, director general of the Vietnam Cinema Department, as saying the National Film Evaluation Council made the decision. It said a map in the film shows China’s “nine-dash line,” which extends Beijing’s territo...
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Labor Market Headfake?
3Jul By adminNo Comments
World

Labor Market Headfake?

The high-profile payroll survey could be overestimating job growth because of quirks in how the data are calculated.
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Stalled contract jeopardizes relations between new Disney governing body and firefighters
18Jun By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Stalled contract jeopardizes relations between new Disney governing body and firefighters

ORLANDO, Fla. -- After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms.But that warm relationship is in jeopardy as a new district administrator has reopened negotiations on a contract that was approved last month by the unionized firefighters, promising pay raises and more manpower.A vote on the contract originally was targeted for last month during a meeting of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors. But it was never brought up, and it did not appear on an agenda released ahead of the next meeting scheduled for Wednesday.Under the three-year contract proposal overwhelmingly approved by 200 firefighters and first ...
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