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August 10 August 10     FOLLOW US      NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER USATODAY.COM   MONEY   money   Car buying red flags: 5 signs you need to walk away from a deal     Haggling over a new car or advertised lease deal can still be an unpleasant shopping experience. Sometimes it pays to walk out before you enter into a bad deal.     Read Story     nation-now           Vermont cookie maker went from Whole Foods to 'Shark Tank,' then vanished. What happened? Vermont cookie maker Liz Lovely's vegan cookies were carried in Safeway and Whole Foods and in health food stores before being rejected by "Shark Tank." So why exactly did the company vanish?     columnist           Forget tin foil. Put your keys in the fridge to keep them safe from car thieves Modern-day key fobs are certainly convenient. However, you may also be inviting high-tech car thieves who can jack your car and drive away in seconds, without so much as setting off an alarm. Here are some ways to keep them safe.     money           Massachusetts man who defrauded 15 people of $6M gets 5 years in prison A former Massachusetts man convicted of running what prosecutors called a Ponzi-style scheme that defrauded 15 investors out of more than $6 million has been sentenced to five years in prison.   Advertisement   news           Artificial intelligence has a racial bias problem. Google is funding summer camps to try to change that Artificial intelligence has been criticized for its use as a surveillance tool and for racist algorithms built into software. Nonprofit organization AI4All wants to show people that AI can be used to better humanity, starting with creating tech space     money           Nike is hit with lawsuit by former employees who say they faced gender discrimination Nike has been hit with a discrimination lawsuit that alleges it pays and promotes women less than their male peers, the latest accusations to rock the sneaker giant     cars           No, the stick shift isn't dead — and this Michigan company will teach you how to drive one Manual transmissions are more work and less efficient than automatics, but some people still want to know how to drive them.       retail           Crocs to close last of manufacturing plants, but says, 'We aren't going anywhere' The footwear company announced that it was closing the last of its manufacturing stores. Still, Crocs asserted that it was not going out of business.     nation-now           Check out the Cincinnati home you could win from HGTV Urban Oasis 2018 The renovated HGTV Urban Oasis 2018 home in Cincinnati is a 3-bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom classic Dutch Colonial home located in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Viewers can enter the sweepstakes for the home starting Oct. 1.       Personal Finance           Looking for love: How much does the average date cost in your state? The average cost of a date today -- consisting of two dinners, a bottle of wine, and two movie tickets -- adds up to $102.32. Many of the cost components vary by state, making dating far more expensive in some parts of the country than others.     The Day In Pictures Gallery Festival goers on the second day of the 26th Sziget (Island) Festival on Shipyard Island, northern Budapest, Hungary.     Popular Stories The first human trials of this experimental, cancer-killing drug could change everything Pentagon plans to launch Trump's Space Force as a separate armed service Canadian police: 2 of the 4 killed in shooting in New Brunswick are officers; suspect in custody   To forward this e-mail to a friend, click here You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: reed791.worldnews@blogger.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here. Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights © 2018 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108