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4/17/2024
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Numlock News: April 17, 2024 • Cables, Kelp, Visas
By Walt Hickey Welcome The US Citizenship and Immigration Service has hiked the price for a visa to get into the United States for a global musician on tour. Prior to the first of the month, it cost
4/16/2024
10 : 14
Numlock News: April 16, 2024 • Tracker, Dungeons & Dragons, The Boy and the Heron
By Walt Hickey First Class The cost of a Forever US postage stamp will rise from 68 cents to 73 cents in July, following a price hike just this past January and the sixth increase since January 2021.
4/15/2024
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Numlock News: April 15, 2024 • Wrexham, Cats, Roguelike
By Walt Hickey Herding Cats Cats are having a moment in Hollywood, appearing in central roles in films like The Marvels, A Quiet Place: Day One and Argylle, as well as television shows and more. This
4/13/2024
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Numlock News: April 10, 2024 • Curling, Lefties, Smugglers
By Walt Hickey Gold Authorities in Hong Kong have made what officials say is the single largest gold smuggling bust in the city's history, identifying 146 kilograms of gold that have been disguised
4/13/2024
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Numlock News: April 11, 2024 • World of Warcraft, Jeopardy!, Strip Malls
By Walt Hickey WoW Blizzard Entertainment has cut a new deal with Chinese gaming titan NetEase that will bring World of Warcraft back to China. Previously, the companies had a 14-year running
4/13/2024
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Numlock News: April 12, 2024 • Jake, Grizzly Bears, Ajinomoto
By Walt Hickey Podcasts Enterprising actors are making money by pretending to be podcasters or guests on video for the purposes of advertisements, all for the sake of injecting at-a-glance believable
4/9/2024
10 : 14
Numlock News: April 9, 2024 • Camels, Angry, Eiffel Tower
By Walt Hickey Exciting personal news at the new day job! Sherwood News, where I currently serve as executive editor, has launched! I'm incredibly proud of the site, so be sure to check it out.
4/8/2024
10 : 4
Numlock News: April 8, 2024 • Coyotes, Cochlear, Shōgun
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Coyote The NHL's Arizona Coyotes have been in a comical limbo, having departed their arena in Glendale in 2022 and temporarily set up shop at the 4600-seat Mullett
4/5/2024
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Numlock News: April 5, 2024 • Salmon, Agave, Pollo
By Walt Hickey Agave The price of agave has slipped calamitously in Mexico as the effects of the tequila boom cause a major surplus of the agave used to make it. As recently as 18 months ago, a
4/4/2024
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Numlock News: April 4, 2024 • Beetles, Termites, Bones
By Walt Hickey South Carolina An imbroglio in South Carolina follows the government's discovery of $1.8 billion languishing in a bank account as legislators attempt to figure out precisely where
4/3/2024
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Numlock News: April 3, 2024 • Tomorrowland, Imax, Vocations
By Walt Hickey Meth Myanmar is a massive producer and exporter of methamphetamine all across of southeast Asia, from India to Australia, as a country roiled by war turns to illicit pharmaceuticals to
4/2/2024
10 : 14
Numlock News: April 2, 2024 • Dwayne Johnson, Macau, Owls
By Walt Hickey The Right Fine, I Guess, Stuff Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private higher ed institution that trains pilots and air traffic controllers, right by La Guardia airport
4/1/2024
10 : 24
Numlock News: April 1, 2024 • Godzilla x Kong, Carpathia, Acacia
By Walt Hickey Reminder: Today is the worst day on the internet. Beware of what you see! Fear not, Numlock is functioning as normal. Reliable Talent The box office remains on a roll, as Godzilla x Kong
3/29/2024
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Numlock News: March 29, 2024 • Trading Cards, Kite Fights, Breadfruit
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Kite Fighting A popular competitive sport in Brazil is kite fighting, where competitors try to cut down their opponents kites while avoiding getting their own kite
3/28/2024
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Numlock News: March 28, 2024 • Orcas, Visas, Dragons
By Walt Hickey Visas As part of the budget signed into law on Saturday, $50 million has been allocated to the State Department to cut down on the passport backlog and reduce the long wait times for
3/27/2024
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Numlock News: March 27, 2024 • Vizio, Culverts, Gowanus Canal
By Walt Hickey Vinyl For the second year in a row, vinyl records outsold CDs, with people buying 43 million vinyl records and just 37 million CDs. Vinyl's pricier anyway, so vinyl accounted for
3/26/2024
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Numlock News: March 26, 2024 • Bananas, Orange-Tufted Spiderhunter, Malatang
By Walt Hickey It's A Banana, Michael, What Could It Cost? Idiosyncratic supermarket Trader Joe's has firmly held the price of a banana at 19 cents for 20 years, a stalwart hold in the face of
3/25/2024
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Numlock News: March 25, 2024 • Puppets, Lasers, Dragon Ball
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Haunted Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire made $45.2 million in North America, a decent showing that was on the upper end of projections but only slightly ahead of the 2021 film
3/22/2024
10 : 4
Numlock News: March 22, 2024 • Gallium, BPM, Chips Ahoy!
By Walt Hickey Fruit Luxury fruits, long a product within Japan, have become exportable commodities particularly as the 8.9 trillion yen ($60 billion) agriculture industry of Japan attempts to
3/21/2024
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Numlock News: March 21, 2024 • Temu, Pharma, Coffee
By Walt Hickey Coffee The cost of coffee beans in international markets is at record highs, with the cost of robusta coffee futures peaking on London's exchange at $3497 per tonne on March 7 and