HGTV | Dogs + Home Design: 50 Adorable Photos

Impeccable home design and adorable dogs all in one – it doesn’t get much better than that. These photos are absolutely pawfect.–read more–

Car and Driver | 2023 BMW M3 Touring Puts Undiluted M Goodness into a Rare Form

The M3 Touring is the first of its kind, but the tantalizing combo will remain off-limits to us Yanks.
Call them wagons or estate cars, it doesn’t really matter. What counts is the sad fact that a drop in global demand is speedily driving the genre that epitomizes style, space, and street cred toward extinction. Worse still, the industry has fallen concurrently into the habit of replacing every single outgoing family holdall with another anonymous SUV or crossover. Central Europe is now the last stronghold of the formerly coveted body style, which is often badged Touring, T-model, Variant, or Avant, and is typically kitted out with inspiring powertrains and lifestyle-oriented accessories.  –read more– 

CNN travel | New aircraft design from NASA and Boeing could benefit passengers in the 2030s

(CNN) — Greener commercial flight technology may be on the horizon.

NASA and Boeing will work together on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project to build, test and fly an emission-reducing single-aisle aircraft this decade, according to an announcement from the agency on Wednesday.  –read more–  

CNN BUSINESS –  Black couples pay a higher tax penalty for marriage than White couples. Here’s why

New York (CNN) — When filling out your federal income tax return, there is no requirement to identify your race. Moreover, the US tax code does not contain specific racial group provisions. Yet just because the tax code is considered race blind does not mean it’s race neutral.  –read more–  

(CNN health) – Can a monogamous couple happily become nonmonogamous? It’s possible but not easy, experts say

CNN – Can a monogamous couple become nonmonogamous? Of course, they can — but do these couples survive and thrive? What are the pitfalls and what are the pleasures?
More and more I’m seeing couples in my practice of all ages who have always been in monogamous relationships but now are seriously thinking about opening up their relationships. They are young couples just starting out, couples with young kids and a mortgage, and empty nesters looking to find their wings.  –read more–.

Sorry, Spike. There’s a new world’s oldest living dog — and he’s the oldest ever recorded

(CNN) – It was only two weeks ago that Spike, a 23-year-old chihuahua mix from Ohio, was named the oldest living dog. Now, he has been utterly dethroned.

Bobi, at the age of 30 years and 268 days, has been crowned the world’s oldest living dog — and the oldest dog to ever live — by Guinness World Records (GWR).  –read more–

Lewis Hamilton News: F1 Champ Worries For Future After Retirement – “There Will Be A Big Hole”

The Mercedes driver is trying to fill the hole that will come when he finally retires from Formula 1. — read more —

CNN style Fashion | MTV Video Music Awards 2022: Best fashion from the red carpet

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards got underway Sunday evening, with stars including Lizzo and Blackpink stepping out onto the red carpet for the big night.

Compared with Hollywood’s award ceremonies, the VMAs often see attendees letting loose and showing off their personalities, typically choosing fun, sultry or experimental outfits over formal suits and ballgowns. Fashion history has also been made here, such as Lil’ Kim’s one-sleeved purple jumpsuit and seashell nipple pastie in 1999 or Lady Gaga’s infamous meat dress in 2010.

This year’s event, held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, saw performances by the likes of Bad Bunny and Nicki Minaj, with Jack Harlow and LL Cool J hosting. Celebrity fashion watchers also had much to celebrate as style darlings including Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Becky G arrived in show-stopping ensembles.  –read more–  

CNN politics | Smoking weed is now more popular than smoking tobacco

(CNN) – “It’s the economy, stupid,” Democratic operative James Carville once famously noted. Usually, that assertion holds when it comes to elections. But as we have seen from the changing political tides since Roe v. Wade was overturned, sometimes the economy takes a back seat to social issues.

Abortion, though, won’t be the only major social issue on voters’ minds this year. Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in a number of states, including Arkansas, Maryland and Missouri.

The chance for voters to decide whether weed should be legal comes at a time when newly released polling suggests cannabis is more popular than ever.  –read more–  

CNN BUSINESS | Target just went from great to bad to ugly. But the worst may be over

New York (CNN Business) – Target just demonstrated how quickly things can change in the world of retail, posting a terrible quarter after nearly two years of soaring profits and record revenue growth. But the big box retailer is promising things will change in the other direction just as fast.

Target was widely seen as one of the winners of the pandemic, gaining new customers as shoppers not wanting to go into brick-and-mortar stores were drawn to its growing curbside pickup and home delivery.

But after a disappointing fiscal first quarter when profits fell 40%, Target just had an even worse second quarter. Profits plunged 90% compared to a year earlier.  –read more–