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Briefing: Jays place Kirk on 10-day IL with thumb fracture

Strategic angle: The Blue Jays have placed catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb fracture, the team announced Saturday.

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Briefing: Does The Difference Between 87 And 88 Octane Even Matter?

Strategic angle: 88 octane fuel has been making the rounds recently. But just how much does it matter compared to the usual 87 octane fuel many cars use today?

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Briefing: Everyone Else Built A Better SUV, Jeep Built A Better 2026 Wrangler Rubicon | Review

Strategic angle: The turbo four is quieter and cleaner than the V6 it replaced, but it's also the least exciting thing about this Jeep Wrangler.

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Briefing: After the Minnesota surge, ICE is moving to a quieter enforcement approach

Strategic angle: ICE seems to be changing from aggressive immigration enforcement on city streets to an apparent return to operations that rely heavily on local law enforcement.

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Briefing: Buy two Nintendo Switch games, get $30 off at Target

Strategic angle: Target offers a limited-time discount for Nintendo Switch games to select members.

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Briefing: Basic business class is here with new, stripped-down United Polaris fares

Strategic angle: United is overhauling its fare classes, offering cheaper business class and premium economy fares that are more restrictive.

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Briefing: This Is The Most Reliable Ford F-150 Engine, According To Ford Techs

Strategic angle: The Ford F-150 offers a wide number of powerful and reliable engines. But one in particular stands above the others as the most dependable of them all.

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Briefing: Ari 458 Pro Surprises As A Mini-Camper

Strategic angle: Only 30 square feet and traveling electrically. This is minimalism on four wheels.

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Briefing: Kia Driver Sees Man On Motorcycle With A Helmet On While Woman Is Without One. Then He Rolls His Window Down

Strategic angle: A driver captures a moment highlighting the importance of safety gear on the road.

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Briefing: Nissan's Turnaround Hinges On This Unique Hybrid System. It's Nothing Like Toyota's

Strategic angle: Nissan has steered clear of hybrids in the U.S. for years. The Rogue Hybrid e-Power plans to change that.

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Briefing: The PWHL is growing, and the success of women's hockey in the Olympics may be just what it needed

Strategic angle: Women's hockey is growing, and the PWHL is aiming to become the first professional women's hockey league to have long-term success.

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Briefing: Warsh nomination moves ahead, putting Trump's competing Fed plans on a collision course

Strategic angle: A Senate committee will consider Kevin Warsh's nomination even as one of its members still plans to block it.

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Briefing: Buffett may end donations to Gates charity over Bill's ties to Epstein

Strategic angle: Revelations about Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Bill Gates have strained his friendship with Warren Buffett and the Omaha billionaire's annual multi-billion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation.

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Briefing: Harper tells Dubois: 'It's not about the elbows, it's about the fists!'

Strategic angle: Caroline Dubois and Terri Harper took to the scales ahead of their world championship unification on Sunday.

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Briefing: Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one‑eyed worm creature

Strategic angle: It's easy to take our eyes for granted. But our recent research shows they took an incredible evolutionary journey to reach their current familiar form.

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Briefing: D.C. Can Fine You $259,214 For Speeding And Still Not Stop You From Doing It Again

Strategic angle: Drivers with Maryland and Virginia plates are racking up massive D.C. speeding debts.

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Briefing: 58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion

Strategic angle: They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us.

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Briefing: Opinion: Humanity's hopes ascended with Artemis II

Strategic angle: NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II this week. The four astronauts aboard will travel around the moon.

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Briefing: Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes, not slides, to meetings

Strategic angle: In a shift towards more practical presentations, Block CEO Jack Dorsey emphasizes the importance of prototypes in meetings.

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Briefing: Filosa’s Stellantis Is Hiring Like Tavares Never Happened

Strategic angle: New Stellantis boss flips the script as engineers and factory workers flood back in the US and globally