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US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
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SAVE $75: Until Dec. 23, the PS5 and PS5 Digital are on sale for $75 off in the PlayStation Black Friday sale.
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TL;DR: Live stream France vs. Argentina in the Autumn Nations Series for free on TF1+. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The Autumn Nations Series has delivered some really entertaining games between the best sides in the world, and we're not done yet. Fresh from beating the All Blacks last weekend, France now welcome Argentina to Paris.
TL;DR: Live stream the 2024 Players Championship Finals on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The Butlin's Resort in Minehead is the place to be this weekend, as the 2024 Players Championship Finals comes to town. It's a little late to secure a ticket, but all is not lost.
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns.
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Wicked is already bursting with stars, from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo to Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum. But the film takes its star meter up a notch by incorporating three of the most influential figures from the original stage show into the film.
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in "Wicked."
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Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, the original Broadway Elphaba and Glinda, both pop into Wicked for brief cameos that nevertheless had the audience at my screening going wild.