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Month: January 2020

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Stray Dog Visits Subway Every Day For A Free Sandwich

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Seeing a stray doggo sadly strolling down the city streets is always a heart-wrenching sight. And while some people stay being observers of such melancholic sights, some choose to act, depending on their abilities. The kind employees of one New Mexico Subway, apparently, were never ones to turn their eyes away from a struggling puppy and have been feeding her every night ever since she first showed up. She’s now a regular and comes back for her free meal every night. Even though none of the workers are able to…

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Bachelor Nation Stars Who’ve Dated Celebrities! – Perez Hilton

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What is it about Bachelor Nation stars that seems to track so well with some of Hollywood biggest celebrities?! The contestants who sign up for the franchise are often catapulted to new levels of fame (which they’ve likely dreamed of) before their tenure on the show is over, making them household names in their own right. In fact, most of them go on to become mega-influencers, but something about their popularity within A-list crowds has reached a fever pitch in recent years. For example, this past summer we saw not…

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What Resolutions? Weekend Horoscopes January 10-12 | Betches

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New year new you—except probably not really. Here’s to all of the Keto, Capricorn Self confidence for liiiiife, Capricorn. Seriously, apparently with 2020 comes some major planetary movement pushing you to love yourself, boosting your self-esteem and making you irresistible to everyone that runs into you. This weekend, the moon in Leo is highlighting intimacy in all of its forms, so Friday and Saturday are great opportunities for a date night with your SO or a new flame. Pisces Blame the moon for your self-indulgent feelings this weekend, Pisces. This…

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Plant-based milk substitute market gets frothy with $225 million for Califia Farms

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The market for companies developing dairy substitutes is really getting frothy. In December, the startup Perfect Day Foods announced it had raised $110 million in financing for its dairy replacement and now Califia Farms, the producer of a range of oat and almond milk products (along with a slew of coffees, juices, and non-dairy snacks) has raised $225 million in fresh financing. Investors in the round include the Qatar Investment Authority, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, Canada’ Claridge, and Hong Kong-based Green Monday Ventures (among others). For Temasek, the deal…

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6 takeaways from the Democratic debate in Iowa

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Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Caution ruled the night of the final Democratic presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses. Here are six takeaways from the debate: Warren’s pitch for a woman candidate Sanders and Biden spar over Iraq War vote Tuesday night brought the most substantive foreign policy debate of the Democratic race to date, with tensions flaring in the Middle East bringing the issue to the forefront. It started with Sanders attacking Biden’s 2002 vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq. “Joe and I listened to what Dick…

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Poll: Is Kim Kardashian Wearing Blackface In This Magazine Cover Shoot?! – Perez Hilton

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Kim Kardashian West is at it again, and just… wow… The Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality TV mogul appears on the new cover of 7Hollywood in its most recent biannual issue, and in doing so, Kim is turning a TON of heads — but not exactly for all the right reasons. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Before we dive any deeper into this one, let’s just give you a look at exactly what we’re talking about — you know, so you’re prepared for the controversy that follows. Here she is…

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IDK Who Needs To Hear This, But It’s Bullsh*t To Let A Wedding End Your Friendship | Betches

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From the moment I waltzed out of my mother’s womb three weeks early (as a 5 lb. baby, I might add—I was like, so skinny), there’s been one main goal in my life: to have the best. f*cking. wedding. ever. I know that seems obvious. Hello, I’m a red-blooded American girl with bleached blonde hair and skin damage from all the *shudders* tanning beds in my teens. Of course I’ve been obsessed with my wedding long before I swiped my v-card for a Joe Goldberg and weddings were my damaged…

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50 Moments in 2019 That Actually Made Us Happy

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There were good things that happened in 2019. Really. I mean, a lot of horrible, disturbing, apocalyptic, humanity-in-crisis, extremely bad things happened, too. But there was a lot to celebrate, laugh at, laugh with, escape to, delight over, indulge in, cry (happy tears) about, and dance to. Things that made us feel something. Something good. At the end of the year for the last two years, weve called out on social media to Daily Beast readers and staffers. Theres so much focus on superlativesThe Best This, The Worst Thatthat we…

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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired amid multiple sign-stealing scandals

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The Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Tuesday, a day after baseball commissioner Rob Manfred implicated him in the sports sign-stealing scandal The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Tuesday, a day after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred Red Sox (@RedSox) Statement from the Boston pic.twitter.com/qXsUhSobSy Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/14/alex-cora-fired-astros-sign-stealing-scandal

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CES takes half-baked stance on cannabis

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A cannabis company won a CES award for 2020. Called Keep, the desktop storage device features biometric security to secure cannabis products, and looks good while doing it. The CTA gave them an Innovations Award Nominee in October and then weeks later told the company they were unable to use the word “cannabis” when exhibiting. Keep Labs decided to stay home and not exhibit at the massive Consumer Electronics Show, potentially missing out on distribution deals, funding and increased brand awareness. Vaporizers, cannabis and tobacco alike have long been found…

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Aaron Hernandez: how did a $40m NFL star become a convicted killer?

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In a Netflix docuseries, the shocking true story of a much-loved athlete convicted of first-degree murder is placed under the microscope Even by the standards of Americas obsession with stories of spectacular falls from grace, the trajectory of Aaron Hernandez, a star New England Patriots football player turned convicted murderer, was particularly steep and unusually compelling a senseless, horrific collapse unfolding in real time. Three years before fake news became an ominous catch-all, Hernandezs summer 2013 arrest for the murder of Odin Lloyd at his mansion in North Attleborough, Massachusetts…

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In the War on Terror, Iran Is Kicking Our A**

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With the largely subsided. Irans initial military response to the Jan. 3 targeted killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a leading military strategist and commander of Irans elite Quds Force, was as limited and restrained as the targeted killing was bold and unexpected. On Jan. 8, Iranian forces fired 16 ballistic missiles at two American-run military bases in Iraq, resulting in no deaths and limited damage. Iran telegraphed the missile launch, suggesting to experts on that countrys foreign and defense policies that Tehran wished to de-escalate tensions with the United…

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Readers on the pain of miscarriage: In my head I was already a mum and then suddenly I wasnt

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According to a new study, a third of women experience PTSD after losing a baby in early pregnancy. Guardian readers describe their experiences Eleanor, 34, Northamptonshire I had three miscarriages in 2018, all under 12 weeks. I became very anxious to the point that it was impacting every area of my life. It affected my sleep and I had very negative thoughts. I spent a lot of time crying and kept having flashbacks to the third, most traumatic miscarriage, particularly when I was trying to sleep or relax. I had…

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