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Nov
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
US Travel: Nov. 8 Reopening Is Only a First Step Toward Recovery

US Travel: Nov. 8 Reopening Is Only a First Step Toward Recovery

Travel,
LAURIE BARATTI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   This coming Monday, November 8, promises to be a game-changer for the U.S. travel industry in the COVID-19 era, as the federal government’s new system for inbound international travel takes effect. In a statement released today, the U.S. Travel Association welcomed the imminent arrival of those new policies, which will allow fully vaccinated travelers to enter the U.S. from global markets that, prior to the pandemic, were highly lucrative for the sector, but whose citizens have been barred from visiting the U.S. for 19 months now. “After nearly two years of restrictions, Monday begins…
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Nov
06
2021
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Your Favorite Snack Foods Are Going to Cost More Next Year

Your Favorite Snack Foods Are Going to Cost More Next Year

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie Mondelez and Kraft Heinz say they're both raising prices on items like Oreos and Easy Mac to combat inflation costs. From Ritz Crackers and Oreos to Bagel Bites and Jell-O, many common snacks beloved for generations are going up in price as pandemic-related inflation continues to make life more expensive. And recently, two of the world's largest food companies, Mondelez and Kraft Heinz, both indicated that their prices are going to go up as we head into the new year. Earlier this week, Dirk Van de Put — CEO of Mondelez, which makes plenty…
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Nov
06
2021
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NATIONAL NACHOS DAY

NATIONAL NACHOS DAY

Celebrations,
Troy Warren for CNT #Celebrations   NATIONAL NACHOS DAY On November 6th, National Nachos Day recognizes the snack favored at sporting events across the country. In their purest form, nachos are tortilla chips covered in nacho cheese, queso or other melted cheese and served with salsa. Where Nachos Began First created sometime around 1943, the popular and loved nachos are of Mexican origin.   History tells us that Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya created the original nachos in 1943. According to his son, Nacho was the maître d’ at the El Moderno Restaurant in Piedras Negras. One evening after the kitchen staff had left,…
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Nov
06
2021
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No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

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By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #Technology CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station as early as this weekend will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule’s broken toilet. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur described the situation Friday as “suboptimal" but manageable. “Spaceflight is full of lots of little challenges,” she said during a news conference from orbit. “This is just one more that we’ll encounter and take care of in our mission. So we’re not too worried about it." Mission managers could decide later Friday whether…
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Nov
06
2021
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Louisiana body donated to science was dissected for a paying audience

Louisiana body donated to science was dissected for a paying audience

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By Christine Hauser, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks The blurred video showed a cadaver on a table in a hotel ballroom. A man stood over the body, addressing an audience that had paid to watch the dissection of a corpse. Some people snapped on gloves and hovered, peering and touching. This was the body of David Saunders, a 98-year-old Louisiana man. It was not, his widow said, what she intended when she donated his body for medical research after he died of COVID-19 in August. “My impression, it was strictly for medical science, not that his body…
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Nov
04
2021
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Leukemia-causing benzene found in underarm sprays

Leukemia-causing benzene found in underarm sprays

Health
By Anna Edney, Bloomberg News (TNS) Troy Warren for CNT #Health WASHINGTON — Antiperspirant and deodorant body sprays have been found to contain elevated levels of the carcinogen benzene and should be recalled, an independent testing lab said in a petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Wednesday. The sprays are the latest in a string of aerosol products found to contain the cancer-causing chemical, including sunscreens and antifungals. Earlier this year, Johnson & Johnson recalled certain aerosol sunscreen sprays under the brands Neutrogena and Aveeno. Beiersdorf AG recalled some Coppertone sunscreen sprays in September. The next month,…
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Nov
04
2021
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UK authorizes Merck’s coronavirus pill, first shown to treat COVID

UK authorizes Merck’s coronavirus pill, first shown to treat COVID

COVID-19
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARIA CHENG, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 LONDON — Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. It is the first country to OK the treatment, although it was not immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available. The pill was licensed for adults 18 and older who have tested positive for COVID-19 and have at least one risk factor for developing severe disease. The drug, known as molnupiravir, is intended to be taken twice a day for five days by people at home…
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Nov
04
2021
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Natalie Wood was assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges

Natalie Wood was assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges

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By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks NEW YORK — For decades, it’s been one of Hollywood’s darkest rumors: A teen-age Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by a top movie star more than twice her age when she met with him at a hotel in Los Angeles. In a memoir coming out next week, Wood's younger sister identifies the long-suspected assailant: Kirk Douglas.   “I remember that Natalie looked especially beautiful when Mom and I dropped her off that night at the Chateau Marmont entrance,” Lana Wood writes in “Little Sister,” alleging that the incident happened in the…
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Nov
04
2021
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Airlines Bracing for the Good, Bad and Ugly of Holiday Travel

Airlines Bracing for the Good, Bad and Ugly of Holiday Travel

Travel
RICH THOMASELLI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   Airlines can’t stand storms of any kind. High winds, rain, snow, ice – it wreaks havoc on flight schedules. But despite great optimism that air travel over the holidays could be as brisk as ever, there is a looming perfect storm that could disrupt the lucrative six-week period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. “It’s going to be messy, to say the least,” Helane Becker, senior research analyst at Cowen and Co. and one of the most respected airline analysts in the world, said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” program. Airlines are…
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