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Peter Santenello: The Last Waterman: Inside Old Maine With a Sixth-Generation Lobsterman

August 5, 2026

Eric Waterman is a sixth-generation lobsterman whose family name appears on the nautical charts off

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Brett McFarland: Brett McFarland Turned a Prison Sentence Into a Country Music Dream

August 5, 2026

Brett McFarland performed 'Blessing in Disguise' live at the Eureka Theater, telling the true story

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Harvard Business School: Reese Witherspoon Built Hello Sunshine Because No Studio Would Make Two Movies About Women in the Same Year

August 5, 2026

Reese Witherspoon went to every major studio asking how many films they were developing with

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Gulf News: Ethara's David Powell Has Booked Over 100 AAA Acts for Abu Dhabi and Still Has Two Names on His Wish List

August 5, 2026

Ethara CEO David Powell has booked more than 100 AAA acts for Abu Dhabi over

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Hard Knocks Women: She Was Sleeping in Her Car With $93 to Her Name. At 21, She Hit $1.7 Million on Amazon.

August 5, 2026

A 21-year-old Amazon seller in Miami was homeless, had $93 to her name, and was

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School of Hard Knocks: Robert Herjavec Made $500 Million in One Year and He Broke Down Exactly How

August 5, 2026

Robert Herjavec broke down the year he made $500 million and immediately reframed the whole

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My First Million: MrBeast Burned the Boats at 18 and Built an Empire on Nine Brutal Rules

August 5, 2026

Jimmy Donaldson stopped attending community college at 18 and edited YouTube videos in a parked

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Robert Herjavec: Robert Herjavec's Brutally Honest Take on AI, Money, and What Actually Builds a Billion-Dollar Business

August 5, 2026

Robert Herjavec spent a week in New York taking TV interviews on the AI sell-off,

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Michelle Khare: Michelle Khare Trained in Samurai Arts at Japan's 800-Year-Old Ogasawara School

August 5, 2026

Michelle Khare spent one week training at Japan's 800-year-old Ogasawara school in Nikko, where fewer

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Michelle Khare: Michelle Khare Worked a Full Shift at Vienna's Hotel Sacher - Then Discovered the Date She Planned Was Her Own Anniversary Dinner

August 5, 2026

Michelle Khare spent five frantic hours planning what she believed was a romantic last-minute rescue

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Charlie Chang: Claude 4.5 Just Built a 3D Office and a Full Website From Scratch, and It Took One Prompt

August 5, 2026

Anthropic's Claude 4.5 built a navigable 3D office from 17 photos and a complete luxury

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Chris Rogers: GoPro MAX2 at Teahupo'o: The 360-Camera Trick That Changed How We See Tahiti's Most Powerful Wave

August 5, 2026

At 6:00 a.m. at Teahupo'o, surf legend Terrevor David paddled into one of the most

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