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Everyone’s Favorite Food Myth May Be Doing More Harm Than Good
People naturally attempt to justify their actions, whether or not they’re confident that their motivations were 100% correct. One excuse that is a commonly held belief is the extent to which food gets dirty after being dropped onto different surfaces. According to redbrick.com, researchers at Aston University recently found that an estimated 87% of people…
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Warehouse Burglar Squeezes Through Exhaust Fan to Rob Building
A former employee of a warehouse in South Brunswick, New Jersey is facing two counts of burglary charges for repeatedly squeezing through the building’s rooftop exhaust fan. Momodu Rogers, a 38-year-old resident of Irvington, Washington, allegedly entered the warehouse on multiple occasions, in November 2013 and again on September 25 of this year. According to…
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Why Did Protesters Flock to the Opening of This Texas Church?
A new church has opened up in Spring, TX, but many Christians aren’t happy about it. By all appearances, the building is fairly innocuous. It sits on Main Street in the Old Town Spring district, with a hand-drawn “Co-Exist” sign on the ground before it. But that isn’t a typical Christian church. It’s actually the…
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Louisville Residents Continue Seeking Damages for Intrusive ‘Whiskey Fungus’
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati recently upheld a lower federal court ruling which allows residents of Louisville, Kentucky to continue seeking damages from Diageo Americas Supply regarding excessive ethanol emissions from its bourbon warehouses. Diageo produces Bulleit Bourbon and other spirits. Residents have been complaining, for quite some time, that the company’s…
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Sale of Stuyvesant Town Indicates Strength of NY Real Estate Markets
Real estate experts and economists believe that the recent sale of a Stuyvesant property in Manhattan is a sign that the American housing market is finally reaching pre-Recession stability. Blackstone Group LP and Canadian investor Ivanhoé Cambridge announced on Tuesday, Oct. 20 that they were negotiating a deal to purchase the 11,200-apartment Stuyvesant Town and…
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Why Are Roofing Companies Happy That a ‘Godzilla’ El Niño Is on Its Way?
Roofing is not the safest of professions. If it were, states wouldn’t require roofers to have such huge insurance policies. Illinois, for example, requires roofing contractors to carry at least $250,000 of coverage in property damage insurance and $500,000 in personal injury insurance. Bearing that in mind, it’s a little strange that roofers would look…
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The End of the Sexy Costume Epidemic
Over 157 million Americans will celebrate the spookiest holiday on the calendar this year, and according to the National Retail Federation, 4.3 million adults plan to dress as witches, 2.4 million will be donning animal costumes, and 1.9 million will disguise themselves as zombies. There’s also the Sexy Pizza Rat, Sexy Green Poo, Sexy Donald…
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Texas-Style Karma: Man Abuses His Wife For Years; Ends Up Living on the Lawn of His Million-Dollar Mansion
Sharafat Khan, a 69-year-old man from Lakeville, Texas, is living on the front lawn of a million-dollar house in the upscale waterfront development of Taylor Lake Shores. Khan isn’t actually homeless; that yard and house happen to belong to him and his wife. But after a months-long dispute and several legal battles over a divorce,…
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ASG Group Agrees to Multi-Million Dollar Deal with Government of Australia
ASG Group, an Australian-based IT service provider, signed a deal worth AU$23.8 million with the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, according to the industry news site ZDnet.com. “This contract solidifies our position as a premier provider of desktop and infrastructure services for the federal government,” said Geoff Lewis, ASG CEO. ASG will provide…
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Atlanta Hawks Player Faces Heated Trial, Racial Bias
While nearly 40 million people go camping every year, that number does not include the countless basketball fans that camp outside of stadiums around the country, waiting for the big game. Sometimes the pressure of being in the sports-spotlight can be a little too much, according to a recent story from The New York Times.…