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Everything To Know About Rich Lamphere: How This Falsely Accused Entrepreneur Has Succeeded Despite Spending Time In Prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

Rich Lamphere’s name isn’t just another one on the roll-call of real estate moguls. His journey from crafting submarines to creating luxury spaces in California’s poshest spots is full of unwavering resolve, high-stakes drama, and an undying drive to rise above all odds. Surviving the financial rollercoasters of the 90s and 2008, and weathering a false fraud conviction in 2011, Lamphere has managed to steer his business through stormy seas. His story is more than a tale of professional success; it’s a beacon of inspiration for anyone facing adversity. A Hollywood Scripted Life:Lamphere’s story reads like a Hallmark script. The small-town high school quarterback married his homecoming queen sweetheart and set his sights on a promising future. After several years working at various jobs in the bay area, he started his own contracting company based on experience as a union carpenter. Wasting no time at all, he quickly established himself as a leading devel...

Single Review: With ‘Oh Nah Nah,’ M. Maggie shows why she’s the sex-positive, unabashedly brilliant pop singer we’ve been craving.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

‘Oh Nah Nah’ is the latest single from an NYC artist who has racked up 100s of millions of streams and positioned herself as a modern-day pop princess with songs celebrating love and confident expressions of sexuality. Born in Los Angeles and raised in New Orleans, platinum superstar M. Maggie shows on her new single ‘Oh Nah Nah’ why she’s become one of the biggest rising pop stars in recent years.The artist gained international attention when her debut song ‘TRNDSTTR’ amassed over half a million streams following its release. A gifted artist, performer, and show woman, M. Maggie naturally rose to the occasion that the attention brought her – quickly releasing two EPs, securing musical collaborations, and making her acclaimed first album, Love, Sex, M.Her music is a mix of powerful pop dance anthems and sexy, soulful R&B; her musical style and magnetic pop star charisma have already marked her out for success.But M. Maggie isn’t one to take stardom for granted. Even as she...

What is Live Rosin? Benefits and Uses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

SHOP LIVE ROSIN GUMMIESThe cannabis concentrate world is ever-changing, and it’s evident when you look at the past decade of progress. Hash oil was the earliest form of cannabis concentrate, and the development of products like wax and shatter was once the largest major innovation in extracts.Today, consumers are presented with an abundance of options, and one of the most flavorful, highest quality concentrates seeing a surge in popularity is live rosin.The product is still fairly new in the grand scheme of things, but it’s steadily taken a place as one of the most sought after concentrates in the medical and adult-use cannabis markets. But what exactly is so special about live rosin? Is it worth the sometimes lofty price tag, and what exactly is the benefit of taking the leap versus other concentrates?If you’re curious to learn more about live rosin, its benefits, how to use it, and more, you’re in the right spot!What is Live Rosin?Live rosin is a cannabis concentrate involving an ...

What the A’s youth movement tells us about the 2024 roster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

The A’s are familiar with rock bottom and just as accustomed to climbing out of it. Oakland’s 2023 season was doomed from the start and overshadowed by the organization’s desperate escape to Las Vegas.But for fans not completely turned off by ownership’s abandonment, the 2023 season also gave baseball operations free range to see what the organization’s minor league system has to offer. It may mean the 2024 A’s team will be brimming with prospects hoping to lift this beat-up team back to relevance.Top prospects Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom, Lawrence Butler and Mason Miller have had varying degrees of success and appear to be players the franchise can build around. In the last few days they’ve debuted top pitchers such Easton Lucas, Joe Boyle, and No. 13 prospect Joey Estes, will start on Wednesday. Freddy Tarnok made five appearances before undergoing hip surgery, but is expected to compete for a spot in the rotation next spring.With nothin...

SF Giants broadcast partners Mike Krukow, 71, and Duane Kuiper, 73, plan to ‘go on as long as we can’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

If there was any uncertainty about the future of the San Francisco Giants broadcast booth, it’s been dispelled.Broadcast partners for 30 years, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow will continue calling Giants games for the foreseeable future, they told former Oakland Tribune columnist Dave Newhouse in this week’s Ultimate Sports Guide newsletter.“That’s the plan,” Krukow, 71, told Newhouse. “We’ll go on as long as we can.”“If we can do it,” Kuiper, 73, added, “we’ll do it until we can’t.”Age and health have been of concern for the pair of former Giants players who are continuously honored as being part of the best broadcast booth in baseball. Awful Announcing ranked them No. 1 again this year for the fourth time.They’ve also been through a lot off the field.Related ArticlesSan Francisco Giants | A double shot of whiskey, Barbie dress-up day and a much-needed win leave SF Giants in good spirits, despite lackluster series vs. Rockies San Francisco Giants | SF...

Dominion’s $1.6B defamation suit against Newsmax set for 2024 trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

By Marshall Cohen | CNNDominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Newsmax over the right-wing network’s airing of 2020 election lies is scheduled to go to trial in late September 2024, a Delaware judge decided.Dominion sued Newsmax in the wake of the 2020 election over the network’s on-air promotion of the false claim that the voting technology company rigged the election against then-President Donald Trump by flipping millions of votes to Joe Biden. The network denies wrongdoing.The decision by Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis means — barring an out-of-court settlement — Trump’s lies about the 2020 election will be front and center at a four-week trial during the closing weeks of the 2024 election.Davis presided over a similar high-profile defamation case brought by Dominion against Fox News over the network’s airing of election lies. The case ended in April with a last-second $787 million settlement, the largest publicly known defamation settlement in...

Trump will skip second Republican primary debate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

By Kristen Holmes | CNNFormer President Donald Trump will skip the second Republican presidential primary debate in California next week and instead will travel to Detroit to deliver a speech to an audience that will include current and former union members, according to a source familiar with his plans.His prime-time remarks will serve as counterprogramming to the September 27 debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.The revelation comes as the United Auto Workers’ strike has entered its fourth day.“The auto workers are being sold down the river by their leadership, and their leadership should endorse Trump,” the former president told NBC News in an interview last week.Details of Trump’s Detroit trip were first reported by The New York Times.Trump, who has maintained a large lead in national and early-state primary polls, also skipped the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee last month. The third debate is scheduled to take place in Miami in November. The fo...

Run game, downfield passing and pass rush are deficiencies for the Raiders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Through two games — including in the 17-16 victory at Denver a week ago — some disturbing trends have emerged for the Las Vegas Raiders.They haven’t been able to run the ball even with the reigning rushing champion in their backfield. The Raiders haven’t developed a consistent vertical passing game, which isn’t a shock considering that was a knock on Jimmy Garoppolo when Las Vegas signed him. And the Raiders’ ever-struggling defense continues to have problems even with some new faces to buttress one of the NFL’s top pass rushers in Maxx Crosby.Sunday’s 38-10 loss at the Buffalo Bills underscored how much work there is for the Raiders.The question is whether their problems are fixable, and with 15 games remaining, the Raiders still have time to make their case all is not lost.“It’s our choice as to how we use this,” coach Josh McDaniels said Monday. “You can either use it as a huge positive and grow and get significantly better and...

Panthers veteran LB Shaq Thompson carted off vs. Saints with shin injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers inside linebacker Shaq Thompson was carted off the field after sustaining a right shin injury against the New Orleans Saints on Monday night.His return was listed as doubtful.Thompson was injured late in the first quarter when Saints offensive lineman Trevor Penning and Panthers defensive lineman DeShawn Williams were engaged in a block and rolled up on the back of Thompson’s right leg as he was trying to make a tackle.Thompson, in his ninth season with the Panthers, is one of the team’s emotional leaders. Before he was helped onto the cart, the entire Panthers bench ran on the field to wish Thompson well.The second-longest tenured player on Carolina’s roster, Thompson had a career-high 135 tackles last season. He became only the fifth player in franchise history to amass at least 100 tackles in four consecutive seasons.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Minnesota picks Taylor Heise 1st in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

If Minnesota regards itself as the State of Hockey, the Twin Cities’ Professional Women’s Hockey League franchise will feature plenty of homegrown players, including Taylor Heise.The 2022 women’s college hockey player of the year, who played for the Golden Gophers and grew up 75 miles from Minneapolis, is staying home after the yet-to-be-named Minnesota franchise used the No. 1 pick to select Heise in the newly launched league’s inaugural draft on Monday.“It’s an unreal feeling,” the 23-year-old Heise said.“It’s my home. Everyone I love is there. And it’s the State of Hockey,” she added. “I’m just honored that I’m going to be able to play and to show little girls that anything is possible if you keep working hard.”Heise heard her named called by tennis legend Billie Jean King, a member of the league’s board of directors in opening the PWHL’s 15-round draft held in Toronto.Heise joins a franchise whose general manager, former U.S. national team player Natalie Darwitz, is from Minneso...