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Saving the planet isn’t always as straightforward as you’d think. Just ask McDonald’s British division, now reeling from the Great Drinking Straw Debacle. In a bow to green sentiment (and a pending legal deadline), the chain last fall started banning plastic straws from its 1,300 UK outlets, replacing them with paper ones. see also McDonalds … Continue reading "Sentiment vs. science: The great straw debacle"

President Trump lashed out and called Hollywood “racist” as he traveled between two high-dollar fundraisers in the Hamptons Friday. “Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves ‘Elite,’ but they are not Elite. In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly … Continue reading "Trump lashes out at \u2018racist\u2019 Hollywood while fundraising in the Hamptons"

The only question was whether it would land fair, but Todd Frazier crushed this fastball so darn hard it never had a chance to hook foul. Home run. Tie game. And just like that, the close-to-sellout crowd at Citi Field was celebrating in the ninth inning Friday, evoking memories of the Mets’ postseason runs in … Continue reading "Mets are pressing all of the magical buttons right now"

This costume designer is putting the “gorgeous” in Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Netflix’s “Glow,” which follows the fictionalized careers of scrappy lady wrestlers, premieres its third season Friday, Aug. 9. And thanks to costume designer Beth Morgan, the ’80s fashion featured in the show is more glam than ever. The looks honor Morgan’s inspiration to … Continue reading "‘Glow’ Season 3 goes to Vegas: Here’s how to get the look"

Some houses have home offices, but this one has a full-on trading floor. A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mansion that just went on the market for $12.99 million has a Wall Street-style command center with a trading computer, 10 monitors and an LED news ticker. The wood-paneled room also boasts two internet providers. “If one carrier … Continue reading "Huge Florida mansion comes with trading floor, stretch limo"

The Washington Post just wrote the mother of all corrections. The newspaper published the 579-word mea culpa on a July 23 article Wednesday — so long that it is more than one-fifth the length of the original story, had to be separated out into 15 bullet points and jumps from the first page of the … Continue reading "Washington Post issues lengthy correction to amend story’s ‘widespread errors’"

CBS and AT&T signed a new multi-year content carriage agreement, ending a 20-day blackout that began when the previous, seven-year deal expired last month. As a result of the contract dispute and after months of negotiations over retransmission fees, CBS stations went dark for more than 6.5 million DirecTV, DirecTV Now and AT&T U-verse customers … Continue reading "CBS, AT&T sign multi-year contract, ending blackout"

Gaffe-prone presidential hopeful Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth during an Iowa campaign stop on Thursday when he told a group of predominately Asian and Hispanic voters that “poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids.” Biden committed the stunning blunder while speaking about education at a town hall … Continue reading "Latest Biden blunder: ‘Poor kids’ are just as bright as ‘white kids’"

New Yorkers are going off the deep end in their search for a good pool. Click Here: online rugby store malaysia The oppressive heat of these late summer days has them paying thousands of dollars, waiting on long lines and arriving at ungodly hours of the morning for access to a cool body of water. … Continue reading "NYC pools are hell on Earth with long lines and strict dress codes"

The mother of the El Paso Walmart shooting suspect called police weeks before the massacre because she was worried about her son owning an AK-style assault rifle, lawyers for the family said Wednesday. The mom wasn’t concerned that Patrick Crusius, 21, posed a threat but was troubled that he owned the weapon — given his … Continue reading "Mom of alleged El Paso shooter called cops about gun before tragedy: report"