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CVS Gives Out Free Cigarette Packs Stuffed With Help For Quitting

http://ift.tt/Wqoo00 You can’t buy tobacco products anymore at the newly-renamed CVS Health, but you can get the cashier to give you a free ...

EA CEO: We Don’t Want To Win Worst Company Award For 3rd Time

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http://ift.tt/1taAvsA In 2013, video game giant Electronic Arts became the first business to be named Worst Company In America twice by Con...

Cheese Makers In Switzerland Fight Counterfeits With Secret Bacteria

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http://ift.tt/1stHxMX (Rusty Clark) Did you know that counterfeit Swiss cheese is a problem? It certainly is if you’re a cheesemaker in Swit...

Comcast: Approve TWC Merger Because Broadband Will Still Suck Just As Much

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http://ift.tt/1rINovG ( Kevin Burkett ) Yesterday, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler surprised a lot of people by publicly discussing the woeful state ...

CompuServe In 1994: Here, You’ll Never Outgrow 60 E-Mails Per Month

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http://consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/60messages.png?w=667&h=1024 Decades ago, our ancestors would purchase or receive in...

Home Depot Already Being Sued Over Apparent Data Breach

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http://ift.tt/1AfPbsX ( Nicholas Eckhart ) As of right now, Home Depot has yet to confirm multiple reports that its in-store payment system...

GetTaxi Offering $10 Flat Fees For All Rides In Manhattan For The Rest Of The Year

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http://ift.tt/1rHXL2H ( Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie ) Another on-demand car service has fired a shot in the war with Uber and Lyft for custo...

Netflix Hoping Shorter Clips Can Win Over Mobile Users

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http://ift.tt/1pxUQEg Your Netflix mobile app might already be serving up short clips under the heading of “Have five minutes?” Netflix say...

Albino Cobra Captured After Days On The Loose In Southern California

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http://ift.tt/1xlXHdF Free no more. Residents of a Southern California neighborhood can rest a little easier now, after animal-control offi...

Linkwallet Emerges, Says Wallets Will Ship By End Of 2014

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http://ift.tt/1qAkFYv Since backing a hardware project on a crowdfunded site feels like shopping, people get annoyed when the things they “b...

Esurance: No, Our Billboard Didn’t Actually Suggest You “Cover Your Home In A D**k”

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http://ift.tt/1t9HZvS Blurred because we have moms. Gather round to hear the tale we like to call, “Not Everything You See On The Internet ...

Science Sez: No Evidence That Bras Cause Breast Cancer

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http://ift.tt/WoXipX ( Allison ) Some people believe that wearing a bra might interfere with lymph circulation and waste removal from the b...

Teen Counterfeiter Blames Crime On “Too Much Freedom” From Mom

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http://ift.tt/1t9rhNh ( Evan Jackson ) Reason #6,721 I have no interest in ever being a parent: My child would someday try to pin the blame...

Apple CEO Promises To Improve Security Following Nude Photo Theft

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http://ift.tt/1Cyyo8n ( Samuel M. Livingston ) While Apple maintains that the recent mass theft and publication of hundreds of revealing ph...

NYC Pays Out $33,000 In Settlement After Police Mistake Jolly Ranchers For Meth

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http://ift.tt/1rGMKyB ( DonkerDink ) In a country enamored with a show about two guys making bright blue methamphetamine, it’s no wonder Ne...

American, Delta Sue Operators Of Scammy Travel Clubs

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http://ift.tt/1pT1DPc This is the sort of misleading letter being sent out — under numerous company names — promising travel vouchers, but ...

Whole Foods Pulls Yogurt With Bogus Nutrition Info From Stores

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http://ift.tt/WodIio Food companies put nutrition information on the labels of their products, and we consumers assume that information is, ...

Family Dollar Spurns Dollar General’s Latest Advances, Turns Down $9.1B Offer

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http://ift.tt/WnVygB ( stevendepolo ) Who needs to watch soap operas when there’s so much drama going on in the dollar store world? Love tr...

Taco Bell Testing Biscuit-Shell Breakfast Tacos Because It Can

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http://ift.tt/WnVvS5 No, that’s not a hash brown covered in epoxy resin and shoved into a pita. It’s supposed to be a piece of chicken with...

Florida Restaurant Won’t Provide Ketchup Or Salt For Customers Over The Age Of 10

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http://ift.tt/1rFZDZX ( NBC-2 ) Listen, you’re old enough now and it’s time we had the talk: Not everything you eat needs to be slathered i...

Twitpic Shutting Down Over Trademark Spat With Twitter

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http://ift.tt/1qkCWKP While Twitter has allowed users to upload photos directly to their feeds for quite some time, some users still prefer...

United Airlines Flight Diverted After Report Of Kidnapped Child Onboard

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http://ift.tt/WnwV3F ( afagen ) Passengers on an International flight from Dulles International Airport to Beijing were caught up in the mi...

Starbucks Opening Upscale Roastery In Seattle, Testing “Express” Stores In NYC

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http://ift.tt/1lERSCT ( sunilgarg ) While there already seems to be a Starbucks on every corner, apparently the company thinks there’s alwa...

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