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The latest model of the iPhone comes out tomorrow, and as consumers upgrade their phones, they will downgrade their values in American capitalism.
As if in anticipation of putting its new toy on the market, Apple successfully sued Samsung late last month for rights on intellectual property.
The case ended with a verdict awarding more than $1 billion to Apple from Samsung.
Four Baylor Army ROTC cadets are readjusting to being home after spending the summer overseas as part of a military-education training program.
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She’s got the magic touch.
Lubbock native Kim Johnson has been Baylor’s main massage therapist in the Student Life Center since 1999, and has been licensed and certified since 1995.
With the exception of two temporary massage therapists who worked in the Student Life Center, Johnson has been at Baylor since massages became first available.
Students walking through the SUB’s Barfield Drawing Room today for their weekly Dr Pepper float will find the room full of booths representing Baylor study abroad opportunities.
There will be more than 80 programs featured in the 2012 Fall Study Abroad Fair sponsored by the Center for International Education. It will be held in conjunction with the Dr Pepper Hour from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room.
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Beyond the races for U.S. Senate and governor, Texas voters will decide who fills several statewide offices this November — positions that oversee everything from the state’s finances to its oil and gas industry.
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The Iran war is now in its 46th day. Iran responded by restricting access to Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil, and moving to toll vessels transiting the strait. Waco drivers are already feeling it. The local average hit $3.38 a gallon last week, up 21 cents in seven days and 75 cents year-over-year, according to AAA data.
Gas prices in Texas have surged more than 70 cents per gallon since the U.S. went to war with Iran three weeks ago. The near-total shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has driven oil prices up more than 40%, pushing the national average to its highest point since 2023 and sending diesel past $5 for the first time in three years.
The largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in decades unfolded as American and Israeli forces struck Iran Saturday, killing its supreme leader and triggering retaliatory strikes from the Gulf to Israel. The White House said the campaign is aimed at dismantling Iran’s military and toppling its government.
Dr. Joshua Alley, assistant professor of political science, said part of the Trump administration’s interest in Greenland has to do with America’s national security strategy.
