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Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica devastated. And, the shutdown's impact on airports – NPR

  1. Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica devastated. And, the shutdown’s impact on airports  NPR
  2. Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm makes landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 after devastating Jamaica  NBC News
  3. Jamaica wakes to no electricity and destruction after Hurricane Melissa  BBC
  4. Texas honeymooners trapped in Jamaica as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa slams island  Fox News
  5. Hurricane Melissa Heads To Bahamas Next After Jamaica, Cuba Landfalls  The Weather Channel

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Capital Region Resident Wins CASH4LIFE Ticket Worth $1,000 A Week For Life – cnynews.com

Another Capital Region resident is cashing in to the tune of one thousand dollars a week for life. That means someone is becoming a new millionaire.
We now know the Warren County resident who is now a millionaire. He turned in the winning CASH4LIFE New York Lottery ticket for the Monday, July 21st, drawing at a Speedway gas station in Queensbury. The second-place winning ticket is worth $1,000 a week for life.
Henry Rose of Queensbury just scored big with the CASH4LIFE game, matching five numbers in the July 21 drawing to win the second prize, $1,000 a week for life. Instead of taking the weekly payments, he opted for the cash option, receiving a one-time payout of $651,000 after taxes. His lucky ticket came from the Speedway on Aviation Road in Queensbury.
What Were The CASH4LIFE numbers?
The CASH4LIFE New York Lottery numbers for Monday, July 21st, were 4, 9, 34, 55, 59, and the cash ball was 2. There was no top prize winner of one thousand dollars a day for life, but second place is worth one thousand dollars a week for life. This has a guaranteed payout of one million dollars.
How Do You Play And Win New York Lottery's CASH4LIFE?
Players choose five numbers from 1 to 60 and one number from 1 to 4 to be their Cash Ball. To win the Cash4Life Top Prize, match the six numbers on your ticket to the winning six-number combination drawn (five numbers plus the Cash Ball).
To win second prize, players must match five numbers (no Cash Ball). The odds of winning are 1 in 7,282,016. This is worth one thousand dollars a week for life.
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Paramount to Lay Off 2,000 Employees – The New York Times

  1. Paramount to Lay Off 2,000 Employees  The New York Times
  2. Paramount Layoffs Begin: David Ellison Tells Staff Restructuring Required to Address “Evolving Priorities”  The Hollywood Reporter
  3. Paramount to slash approximately 1,000 jobs in brutal round of layoffs  Fox Business
  4. Paramount Begins New Round of Layoffs After Skydance Merger  Bloomberg.com
  5. David Ellison’s Paramount is planning to lay off 1,000 workers on Wednesday  businessinsider.com

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“The audacity”: Couple surprised to see their Honeyfund registry asks wedding guests for a tip – The Daily Dot

Rebekah Harding
A Redditor is calling out the honeymoon registry platform Honeyfund after discovering that it asks for tips to cover operational costs. In addition, some newlyweds claim the platform is deceptive with its fees.
In a post on the subreddit r/EndTipping, a user posts a screenshot of a pop-up on Honeyfund, asking for a tip of up to $10. The platform allows wedding guests to contribute to a couple’s honeymoon fund instead of purchasing a physical gift.
The tipping screen reads, “When your friends and family give to your Honeyfund, we proudly cover those transaction fees so 100% of your gift funds go into your Honeyfund wallet.”
However, the poster says the message feels deceptive.
“We set up a honeymoon fund instead of a traditional registry. Not only do they charge 2.2% to redeem your funds, they have the audacity to REQUEST A TIP,” they write.
According to Honeyfund’s website, the charge to redeem funds from the Honeyfund Wallet only applies to couples who try to direct transfer to their banks. However, the fee-free option of using PayPal may have lifetime maximum transfer limits, which could make the option unavailable for some.
Honeyfund offers a fee-free prepaid Mastercard, which can be loaded with the couple’s funds. The platform also writes that optional tips, called Honeyfund Gives, from guests allow them not to charge fees to gifters. However, couples can turn off the tipping screen shown to their wedding guests.
In the comments of the Reddit post, other couples share their thoughts on the wedding registry tipping prompt.
“When they say ‘100% of your gift funds go into your Honeyfund wallet,’ they fail to mention that it costs to get money out of that wallet. Kinda of shady,” one writes.
“‘Honeyfund is free to use’….that says it all. Free, not begging to be tipped, free!” another says.
“Turns ‘free’ into ‘not actually free, but really close,’” a third jokes.

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