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by Calculated Risk on 9/01/2025 05:04:00 PM This is something to watch again. Here is another update on lumber prices.SPECIAL NOTE: The CME group discontinued the Random Length Lumber Futures contract on May 16, 2023.  I switched to a physically-delivered Lumber Futures contract that was started in August 2022.  Unfortunately, this impacts long term price comparisons since the new contract was priced about 24% higher than the old random length contract for the period when both contracts were available. This graph shows CME random length framing futures through August 2022 (blue), and the new physically-delivered Lumber Futures (LBR) contract starting…

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Sam Kerr has hit another milestone in her illustrious career by getting her very own signature boots.The Chelsea and Australia striker has teamed up with Nike to launch her first-ever Player Edition Mercurial Superfly, a design that pays tribute to her home country, her career, and one of her biggest sporting idols.The boots arrive in a light sandy base, a nod to Australia’s beaches, with flashes of teal, pink and orange running through them to mirror the ocean, sunsets and rocky landscapes. “The colors of the boot are what I think of when I think of home: Perth’s ocean and…

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Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim has pushed back against past criticism of Carmelo Anthony from figures such as George Karl and Phil Jackson. Speaking to SportsKeeda’s Mark Medina, Boeheim emphasized that Anthony’s impact on both the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks often went underappreciated. “He made every team that he was on better […] The post Jim Boeheim defends Carmelo Anthony: “He made his teams better” appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

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FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar breaks down the latest updates for the tropics, as activity may increase in the basin starting in mid-September. MIAMI – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is continuing to monitor a tropical wave emerging into the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa for possible tropical development over the next week.The heightened activity comes as we near the peak of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER next Flooding damage on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde on Aug. 11, 2025. (Angelo Barbosa/Facebook) prevnext…

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President Donald Trump said sending National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to reduce crime has paid off. While speaking about his crime-fighting initiatives on Aug. 25, Trump said: “In the last 11 days, again, I hate to say it, because it sounds so ridiculous, but in the last 11 days, we’ve had no murders, and that’s the first time that’s taken place in years, actually, years, we always have a murder a week.” Trump later added, “So for 11 days there have been no murders. The record goes back years where that’s happened. They haven’t seen that happen in years.”…

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Who defines and enforces property rights? If you are the average person, an undergraduate student, or even a mainstream economics professor, that answer is easy: the government. Look it up! Municipal and county governments determine the deeds to your property and various usage rights including wetland setbacks and easements. State governments create regulations that affect residential and commercial property and how businesses may go about their business. And the federal government controls patent and copyright protections, sets environmental policies, and enacts many other rules determining how one can use real estate and intangible assets. Sometimes property rights are not well…

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Erik ten Hag has described his dismissal from Bayer Leverkusen as “unprecedented” and claimed he was “never” given the trust he needed after being sacked just three games into his tenure. The former Manchester United boss signed a two-year deal in the summer to succeed Xabi Alonso, who left for Real Madrid. But Leverkusen’s management decided to act swiftly after a mixed start – a 4-0 DFB-Pokal win, a 2-1 league defeat to Hoffenheim, and a 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen in which they surrendered a two-goal lead. In a statement via his agency SEG Football, Ten Hag expressed frustration…

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A video recorded in Houston shows a road that was turned into a river during flash flooding on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025.San Antonio – The bodies of two people were found Monday after a San Antonio creek flooded Sunday night.San Antonio police said friends of the victims reported them missing. One of the bodies was later found by them and the other was found by authorities that had responded to the scene.The victims, only identified as a man and woman, were found in Salado Creek along with lots of debris that washed downstream during flooding on Sunday night, according to…

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