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Sports Oct 17

Brewers Sweep Dodgers to Reach First World Series Since 1982

The Milwaukee Brewers completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, ending a 44-year World Series drought while eliminating the defending champions.

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Business Oct 15

Mortgage Rates to Stay Above 7% Through 2027, Two New Forecasts Predict

Fannie Mae and the Mortgage Bankers Association both project 30-year fixed rates above 7% into 2027, extending the affordability crunch for buyers and sellers.

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Business Oct 15

UK Economy Grows 0.1% in August, Beating Forecasts as Factory Output Offsets Stalled Services

Britain's GDP rose 0.1% between July and August, defying forecasts of a 0.1% contraction, as a 0.8% jump in production masked zero growth in the country's dominant services sector.

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Business Oct 14

Goldman Sachs Projects Chinese Companies Will Capture 31% of Overseas Markets by 2035

Goldman Sachs forecasts Chinese companies will nearly double their overseas market share to 31% by 2035, warning that incumbent firms face ruthless consequences for losing ground.

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Sports Oct 12

Mbeumo Ends 10-Game Goal Drought as Manchester United Draw

Bryan Mbeumo scored his first goal in 10 appearances as Manchester United drew, ending a drought that had stretched since his summer transfer.

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Business Oct 12

Luxury Sector Growth Forecast to Slow to 2.7% in Third Quarter as China Demand Cools

Eight major luxury companies are expected to post average growth of just 2.7% in the third quarter, down sharply from 7% in the prior period, as Chinese demand weakens.

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World Oct 9

Central Pacific Ocean Hits Record Temperature, Scientists Warn of Unprecedented El Niño Pattern

Sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific reached their highest level on record this month, prompting climate scientists to warn that a new and potentially more destructive form of El Niño may be developing.

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Science Oct 9

Mars Cloud Stretches 1,000 Miles and Reforms Daily Under Physics Unknown on Earth

A 1,000-mile-long cloud appears over Mars each day and vanishes by nightfall, behaving in ways that match no weather system observed on Earth.

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Science Oct 9

9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth Found in Atacama Desert Rewrites Region's Climate History

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized tooth from an ancient capybara relative in Chile's Atacama Desert, providing the strongest evidence yet that the world's driest region was once covered in grasslands and water.

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Politics Oct 9

ExxonMobil Internal Files Show Executives Planned Climate Messaging Before Public Denials

Internal ExxonMobil documents reveal the company modeled climate risks and planned its public response years before it publicly questioned climate science.

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World Oct 9

Isaias Strengthens Into Hurricane as Judge Orders Evidence Preserved in Pike Execution

Isaias became the ninth named storm of the 2020 Atlantic season to reach hurricane strength, while a federal judge ordered Texas officials to preserve evidence from the execution of Billy Joe Pike.

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World Oct 9

Hurricane Isaias Strengthens to Category 2 as Gulf Coast Braces for Landfall

Isaias intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, prompting evacuation orders and emergency declarations across Gulf Coast states.

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Business Oct 7

Marvell Stock Jumps as AI Chip Orders Turn Forecast Into Beat

Marvell Technology shares climbed after the chipmaker topped revenue and earnings forecasts and raised its outlook, signaling that AI data-center demand is translating into real orders.

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Technology Oct 6

World Bank Lifts East Asia Growth Forecast to 4.5%, Warns AI-Driven Export Boom Poses Concentration Risk

The World Bank raised its 2025 growth outlook for East Asia and the Pacific to 4.5%, but warned the region's expansion leans heavily on AI-related manufacturing and exports that could falter if U.S. spending cools.

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Science Oct 2

Soil Minerals Control 60 Billion Tons of Annual Carbon Release, Study Finds

A new study finds that interactions between soil minerals and organic matter govern how much carbon microbes release into the atmosphere, a finding that could sharpen climate predictions.

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Business Oct 2

September Jobs Report Expected to Show 84,000 Gain as Labor Market Cools

Economists forecast 84,000 new jobs and a steady 4.1% unemployment rate when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases September payroll data Friday morning.

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Science Oct 1

NOAA Cuts Back Research on Record 2015-16 El Niño That Killed Thousands

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scaling back a research program that studied the 2015-16 super El Niño, a weather event that contributed to droughts, floods, and thousands of deaths worldwide.

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Lifestyle Sep 30

Best Places to Visit in the US for Every Season

From spring wildflower blooms in Texas to fall foliage in New England, here are the best US destinations by season, with real data on crowds, costs, and weather.

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Science Sep 30

Tornado Alley Is Shifting East: What Scientists Know About the Changing Risk

Tornado activity is migrating out of the Great Plains and into the Southeast and Midwest. Here's what the data shows, why it matters, and how to prepare.

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