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Crack!
I don’t know what happened, Dad: Corning’s lightweight but tough Gorilla Glass, used to protect the screens of…
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Roadside fashion
Either way, you’ll shudder: A Boston-area woman’s business, Petite Mort Fur, makes garments and hats from the pelts…
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Chinese chokers
I heard coughing in this direction: Public anger over air pollution is being credited with China’s willingness to…
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Oh, Uncle Nino
He heard it on Limbaugh on the way in: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79 and long known…
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Threadbare
The Haggen of haberdashers: Clothing retailer Men’s Wearhouse, best known for ousted founder and pitchman George Zimmer’s “I…
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Canadian club
Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Christmas special edition: NBC’s holiday special tonight is “Michael Buble’s Christmas in Hollywood.”…
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Something from the beverage cart?
Coffee, tea or malt liquor: Boeing rolled out the latest version of the 737 today at a ceremony…
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Uff da
With meatballs and lefse on the side: Nearly 800 folks ate a half-ton of lutefisk last weekend at…
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G’day mate
Two can play that game: A leading right-wing politician and gun control proponent in Australia (wow, things really…
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Coming to you live
We now join your friend’s teeth cleaning in progress: Facebook is testing a new feature that will allow…
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Woo-woo woot
A penny for your implausible health claims: Oh wait, there is hardly any copper in a penny. Anyway,…
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Welcome home
Since you’re not that kind of weasel: The fisher, a weasel-like creature that disappeared from Washington long ago,…
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Gray Friday
Almost as sleepy as a Kmart on any day: Black Friday 2015 was a mere shadow of its…
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Lucky turkeys
Pardon me, please: President Obama, continuing a tradition started by President George H.W. Bush, pardoned two turkeys, “Honest”…
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Special delivery
That’s free with Prime, right? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ commercial aeronautics company, Blue Origin, has successfully landed a…
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Sweetheart deal
You say diabeteeze, I say diabuetus: The sugar and corn industries have ended a bitter dispute over the…