NEW YORK (AP) — One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels. Internet-connected “smarts” are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in your home. CES 2019, the gadget show opening Tuesday in Las Vegas, will […]
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Self-driving car companies at CES preach safety first
Autonomous vehicles are driving the buzz at CES this week – but this year, companies are touting their commitment to safety and public education after fatal crashes increased policymakers’ worries about the nascent technology. “Events like that have highlighted the need to have a dialogue about safety,” said Jack Weast, who leads autonomous vehicle standards […]
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Beaudin UCHC rookie of the week
ELMIRA, NEW YORK — Eliza Beaudin of Lewiston who plays for Elmira College was honored as the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) rookie of the week on January 3rd. Beaudin, produced her first career point and goal streak with strong performances in back-to-back games against Nazareth. For Beaudin, it marked her second UCHC Rookie of […]
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'Decentralized Surveillance:' Home items are getting smarter and creepier
NEW YORK (AP) — One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels. Internet-connected “smarts” are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in your home. CES 2019, the gadget show opening Tuesday in Las Vegas, will […]
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Democrats' stance on the 'wall' hypocritical
WASHINGTON — Barring some miraculous breakthrough, on Saturday the current government shutdown will become the longest in American history. But it has already hit another historic milestone: It is, by far and away, the stupidest government shutdown in American history. In 2019, the federal government will spend a whopping $4.407 trillion. Yet Congress and the […]
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New Democrats show surprising lack of discipline
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post Writing in The Washington Post recently, columnist Dana Milbank made the point: “It’s time for Democrats to be the grownups.” But on matters large and small, it appears that they cannot escape their own shallowness and they are stuck in early adolescence. We are only in the […]
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Questions to ask an active candidate
By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post In 2016, Republicans foolishly talked themselves into dispensing with character or qualifications as a consideration for presidents. Since the election they’ve felt compelled to defend President Trump and his horrible words and actions, no matter how racist, cruel, dishonest, narrow-minded, stubborn, narcissistic, disloyal, thin-skinned or vulgar. If nothing else, […]
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Changing the law by breaking it
President John F. Kennedy was one among many to remind us that America’s is “a government of laws, not of men.” That truism underpinning our system of justice has been built into our federal and state governments since before we had either. In 1780, John Adams based the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on […]
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Tell colleagues you don’t wish to go
DEAR ABBY: I started working in engineering in the late 1980s and thought it was “cute” that we all wore Hawaiian shirts when the guys went out for Friday lunches. Now we’re in our 50s, and many of my peers still honor that tradition. I no longer find it cute. In fact, I’m finding it […]
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Readers describe their best and worst trips of 2018
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Bob Tupper’s summer vacation in Bologna, Italy, was his best trip of the year. It included a visit to the famous markets in the Quadrilatero district, touring the oldest university in the western world and sampling beer at the Baladin brewpub near the city. Lots of beer. Tupper, […]