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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ It hardly seems possible to improve upon a ripe, sun-warmed tomato straight from the garden. But Linda Casto and Dominic Verrilli know how to make the fruit even sweeter: Give it away. The two tend a sprawling garden on a flood ...
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Gardeners share bounty with food pantries - Herald-Dispatch
RHINEBECK - Gourmet magazine's chief wine consultant took a healthy sip of a New York State pinot noir - and scowled. "Weird," world-renowned wine expert Michael Green said Saturday during a wine-tasting seminar at the Hudson Valley Wine and Food ...
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Fruit of the vine gets evaluated - Poughkeepsie Journal
CAGLIARI, Sardinia – Pope Benedict XVI, who has said he is living out his own old age serenely, met in Sardinia with some of the Mediterranean island's “super old” faithful Sunday, including a 105-year-old woman who wished the pontiff a life as ...
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Pope greets Sardinia's 'super old' - San Diego Union-Tribune
TRENTON, N.J. : In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s ...
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AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents - International Herald Tribune
In a bold challenge to the decades-old status quo, 129 college presidents have signed a statement calling on elected officials "to support an informed and dispassionate public debate over the effects of the 21-year-old drinking age." Known as the ...
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Colleges take on drinking age - Christian Science Monitor
This is a great time of year to join the "homegrown" movement. As the rains of summer diminish in Kona, many vegetables will grow well in the next few months. One of the best producing vegetables to consider is squash. Fall and winter type squash ...
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Kabocha squash -- delicious and it grows well here - West Hawaii Today
A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile north-west, killing at least 17 people and injuring 80 in an attack possibly intended for a more important target, officials said. The suicide attack occurred ...
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Bomb attack kills 17 in Pakistan - MSN UK News
OLDER pokie players are among the most at risk of losing more than they can afford, with one in four dipping into their retirement savings to fund their gambling habits, research has found. And some are in danger of "whittling away" their savings as ...
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Pensions blown on pokie addiction - News.com.au
Your Sunday roast stands accused. According to the United Nation's chief climate expert, Rajendra Pachauri, that tasty piece of top rump resting on your dining table is the source of many of the world's environmental woes, in particular those ...
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Is our taste for Sunday roast killing the planet? - Guardian Unlimited
As the school buses start rolling again at the beginning of a new school year, parents can take steps to increase their child's chances of being successful academically, as well as being healthier in the months ahead. One of the best action steps you ...
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