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After a computer glitch shut down registers at a Texas H-E-B days before Christmas, shoppers were stunned when the store workers told them to take their groceries home for free A computer outage ...

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Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. From Dec. 18 to Jan. 1, Epic is giving away one free PC game per day. These games are ...

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