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He worked 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt boat company. At 83, he’s just turned down $400 million for it—and gave it all to charity instead

Instead of selling Grady-White Boats for $400 million, Eddie Smith Jr. was inspired by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard to donate profits to charity.

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"I look at AI almost like a toddler": OG Halo artist says game devs relying on AI for direction are in for "a rude awakening"

"Unless you know what you're doing, AI is not going to help you"

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"AI is going to help you not finish games even more": Original Halo artist thinks studios relying on AI are in for a “rude awakening”

Original Halo artist Eddie Smith has warned that game studios relying too heavily on AI may be creating more problems than they solve. Drawing from his experience on an AI-assisted production, Smith argues that technology cannot replace strong creative direction or game design expertise.

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Alex Murdaugh’s bombshell confession before infamous botched hitman plot revealed

Curtis ‘Cousin Eddie’ Smith revealed never-before-heard details about the bizarre roadside shooting in the new series of Netflix’s ‘Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal’

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A shock confession, spiteful obituary and boozy boat party: What the new Murdaugh Murders Netflix series revealed

From a bombshell confession to fake obituary and a booze-fuelled boat party, Netflix’s second season of Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal brings new details about the Murdaugh saga to light. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

A shock confession, spiteful obituary and boozy boat party: What the new Murdaugh Murders Netflix series revealed

The Independent UK

Carnarvon business owner fed up with 'war zone' description, launches 'positives' campaign

A local Western Australian business owner angered by a "war zone" label for her town starts a social media campaign to showcase its better qualities, with its social problems largely confined to a small area.

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This week’s baseball quiz is going streaking

Notorious Oscar incident has us thinking about other streaks that involved uniformed players

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Billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and Nicola Forrest double mango footprint in Western Australia's Gascoyne

The Forrest family's Harvest Road Group will double its mango footprint in northern WA.

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Lawyer Alex Murdaugh's fall from high society life to become Netflix double murderer

Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of killing his wife and son at their sprawling countryside estate. But this story stretches back even further and includes even more bodies in South Carolina's Lowcountry, in the US

Daily Mirror

‘Do you think I killed Paul?’: Jurors watch video of Alex Murdaugh’s final interview with investigators

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Judge Clifton Newman ruled Wednesday that jurors in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial can hear testimony about Murdaugh’s 2021 Labor Day botched roadside suicide attempt, an unexpected reversal of a ruling he issued the same morning.

Tribune News Service

Carnarvon crime reaches new 10-year high with burglaries and assaults on the rise

Burglaries are up 35 per cent from a previous peak in the coastal WA town of Carnarvon, as community leaders say locals are living in fear.

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Murdaugh uses public docs to sow doubt he killed wife, son

Months after accusing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son, South Carolina investigators and prosecutors have released few details about the evidence that they believe connect him to the slayings

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh attorneys claim associate’s ‘failed’ lie detector test exonerates him in wife and son’s murders

Murdaugh’s attorneys allege the prosecution is withholding results of Eddie Smith’s failed polygraph test

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Defense lawyers say Eddie Smith failed polygraph about Alex Murdaugh’s wife, son

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Defense attorneys for accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh say in a new court filing that Curtis “Eddie” Smith, not their client, likely killed Murdaugh’s wife and son in June 2021.

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Carnarvon residents invite WA Premier Mark McGowan to witness youth crime impacts for himself

Carnarvon's business community, residents and government officials say crime is threatening to drag a "bloody great town" under and that it's time the state's leaders saw for themselves just how bad the situation is.

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No end in sight for Carnarvon's maternity crisis amid doctor, midwife shortage

A shortage of midwives and obstetricians has led to the cancellation of maternity services at Carnarvon's Health Campus, meaning expectant mothers have to travel far from home, to Geraldton or Perth, as they approach their due date.

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Rutherglen Glencairn crown player of the year after challenging season ended in relegation

The club recognised their best performers during a tough West of Scotland Football League Premier Division campaign

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Mango farmers' margins squeezed as crude oil hits seven-year high

With the price of crude oil hitting a seven-year high this week, mango farmers feel the pinch at the diesel pump with a flow-on effect to consumers.

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