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Liverpool vs. Paris Saint-Germain live stream: Where to watch UEFA Champions League online, odds, picks

Having not just survived a beat down, but emerged victorious at the Parc des Princes last Wednesday, Liverpool welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Anfield with a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals not too far away. Then again Luis Enrique will simply tell his visiting charges that a repeat of their performance in the first leg and it is eminently possible, …

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A $10,000 Surgery Gave Me Perfect Vision–and a New Vanity

In junior high, I began suspecting that I couldn’t see as well as I should, but the idea of wearing glasses felt devastating, so I kept it to myself. That summer, during a family trip to Rome, I declared the Sistine Chapel “lame,” triggering the angriest reaction I’d ever seen from my father. He grabbed my shoulders and shook me. …

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Stock market plunge not as ‘meaningful’ as business moves

The White House on Monday downplayed the weekslong stock market sell-off, insisting that recent moves by business leaders suggest a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy. “We’re seeing a strong divergence between animal spirits of the stock market and what we’re actually seeing unfold from businesses and business leaders,” a White House official told reporters Monday afternoon. “The latter is …

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