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The costs of food, gasoline and air travel are much higher this Thanksgiving than in previous years

New York fashion week impacts student trends and styles, as fashion seeps into campus life. By Lizzy Pratt

Sikorsky Firehawks prove major game-changer as California confronts another record wildfire season.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that lockdown was a boom time for dating apps. And now that the world is finally opening up again, single people are stampeding towards them in even greater numbers – Hinge has reported a 63 per cent spike in downloads since 2019 and a tripling of revenue in 2020, while May 2021 alone saw more than 6.5 million people downloading Tinder. But while this level of interest might be new, actually being on a dating app seems, anecdotally, to be the same old...

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Teenager making life a little sweeter one giant cookie at a time Cookie Love 207 Maggie Cook, freshman at Bonny Eagle High, began Cookie Love 207 this winter as a way to give back to her community. Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:41 PM EDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 11:41 PM EDT May 6, 2021 BUXTON, Maine — Freshman Maggie Cook loves to bake but decided during this past long, isolating winter to bake sweets as a way to satisfy mor...

AMERICAN GLADIATORS Documentary Coming to ESPN Twitter 0 comments Long before every television network aired a reality competition series, one changed the game. From 1989-1996, the series American Gladiators pit a cast of amateur athletes against one another. And most famously, against the series’ own colorful champions. The contestants then fought in challenges of physical strength, dexterity, and overall agility. Oh, and lots of cheesy showmanship. It paved the way for reality competitio...

ESPN has announced its next 30 for 30 documentary and if you grew up in the late-80s or early- 90s, the subject might be very intriguing to you. American Gladiators will be profiled next in ESPN’s docuseries. For those unfamiliar with the show, “Contenders” would compete against “Gladiators” in events such as jousts on elevated platforms, tug of war on a tilting surface, and trying to scale a rock-climbing wall while being pulled down. Adding some entertainment value, the Gladiators ...

Prepare to take a human cannonball through the history of a ’90s classic.