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Detroit designer uses unique technique to create furniture, highlights skilled trades

By ALYSIA BURGIO Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — In downtown Detroit, on the corner of West Grand River Avenue and Griswold, you’ll find a furniture shop called Throwbacks Home. “It’s modern, it’s eclectic, it’s rustic,” said Bo Shepherd, Head of Design/Co-Founder of Throwbacks Home and Woodward Throwbacks. Shepherd says

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Antarctica’s ice shelves are thinner than we thought. Here’s what that means for sea levels

By Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — New research has found that previous studies on the Antarctic ice shelves may have overestimated their thickness, an important factor for scientists to determine how fast sea levels could rise. Researchers from Ohio State University say in a

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As staffing problems, extreme heat cause big problems at Stillwater Prison, former corrections officer says “nothing has changed”

By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story     BAYPORT, Minnesota (WCCO) — A former corrections officer is speaking up about what it’s like in the Minnesota prison where inmates staged a protest this weekend. Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater has been on lockdown since Sunday morning, when about 100 inmates refused to go back to

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“Very enlightening,” Virtual reality headsets allow Massachusetts students to learn new trades

By COURTNEY COLE Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Due to the skyrocketing cost of a college degree, more and more students are looking for vocational education. With that in mind, some students in Massachusetts are using virtual reality to try out different careers. Students in several North Shore communities

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