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From STLToday.com:
ST. LOUIS • A man who was confronted by a gas station clerk for stealing a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos tried to burn down the business Sunday, police say.
Joshua Lee Crook, 33, was charged Monday with first-degree attempted arson, a felony, and three misdemeanors. His bail is $20,000, cash only.
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From NYTimes.com:
Who’s a good dog?
Well, that depends on whom you’re asking, of course. But new research suggests that the next time you look at your pup, whether Maltese or mastiff, you might want to choose your words carefully.
“Both what we say and how we say it matters to dogs,” said Attila Andics, a research fellow at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.
Dr. Andics, who studies language and behavior in dogs and humans, along with Adam Miklosi and several other colleagues, reported in a paper to be published in this week’s issue of the journal Science that different parts of dogs’ brains respond to the meaning of a word, and to how the word is said, much as human brains do.
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From HuffingtonPost.com
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked the top party school in the nation in the annual rankings released Monday by the Princeton Review.
Following the Badgers, West Virginia University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. It’s the first time in a decade that UW-Madison took the top slot in the party school ranking. Illinois took the top spot last year.
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From KHOU.com:
The winners of the State Fair of Texas’ annual food competition have been announced.
Fried Jell-O, created by Ruth Hauntz, took the Big Tex Choice Award for Best Taste, and Isaac Russo’s State Fair Cookie Fries took the coveted award of Most Creative.
The top prizes, chosen from a field of eight finalists, were given to two veterans of the Fair food world. From a State Fair of Texas press release:
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From Metro.co.uk:
Is there any pain worse than childbirth? In the hours of strenuous labour, many mums will scoff at the very idea of worse physical pain as they scream obscenities at the father and break his hand with an iron grip for putting her through this.
However, according to some scientists and mums, there are some wincing pains that they consider to be more agonising than giving birth, honest!
I am lucky enough not to have experienced most of these pains – and I have definitely never given birth to a child – but after taking to social media, parenting forums and looking into scientific studies, there were ailments that came up again and again as being worse than labour.
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From BBC.com:
Firefighters in Norway have pulled a man from the inside of a toilet after he lowered himself in to retrieve a friend's phone and became stuck in the tank below.
Cato Berntsen Larsen climbed feet-first into the public facility after his friend dropped the phone while urinating.
Mr Berntsen Larsen said he had volunteered to enter the tank, which is not connected to the sewer and which is only emptied once a season.
The 20-year-old became sick as he stood thigh-deep in its contents, and had to spend an hour completely enclosed in the small area.
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From Thrillist.com
Losing weight can seem like a complicated mix of nutrition, caloric math, hymns in praise of the weight gods, exercise, secret government experiments, and blind luck. In reality, it usually just boils down to one or two big lifestyle habits that, with consistency, make those extra pounds melt away.
This is good news! For most people, it's easier to focus on a few lifestyle shifts than it is to try a complete overhaul. Take these Redditors, for example. Some have lost 20lbs, others 50, and one guy lost a whopping 198lbs -- in this thread, they cite the one or two biggest changes that helped them drop their unwanted weight.
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From KTNV.com:
A UNLV study has found that students perform better in school if their teacher is good looking.
UNLV researchers designed a simple experiment. College students listened to an audio lecture while viewing a photograph of the instructor. There were two photos -- one of a physically attractive instructor and one who was less attractive.
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From STLToday.com
If you're a guy drinking at a bar and you want to be seen as "authentic" and "genuine," what should you drink?
A new marketing "study" suggests, drink a Budweiser.
If you're a woman and you want to be seen as "friendly" and "low maintenance"?
Same answer: Drink a Budweiser.
The survey results, being promoted by Budweiser, come from an outfit named Learndipity Data Insights, and they were based on online answers provided from Aug. 1-12 by 2,000 U.S. residents, age 21 and over.
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From PRNewswire.com:
Survey of more than 23,000 professionals finds only 29 percent report they are often or always stressed; some Business Chemistry® types report experiencing significantly more stress than others
Eighty-two percent of respondents say making a workplace error is stressful; errors are the top stressor across all Business Chemistry types
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From WNEP.com:
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP -- A man in Luzerne County cut down his neighbor's tree over the weekend because he thought it was ruining his car. The tree ended up hitting his own apartment house.
Police said Raymond Mazzarella grabbed a chainsaw and cut down the tree in his neighbor's yard Saturday afternoon. The tree sat in his neighbor's yard, but it had branches above his parking space. Those branches would drip sap onto his car. When he cut through the 36-inch wide trunk, the tree fell onto part of his own apartment building.
“He decided it was the best thing to do, to get rid of the tree, where he thought it was going to go, I don't know,” said Terry Best, a Pittston Township code enforcement officer.
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From Thrillist.com
You've probably noticed some major changes in the beer aisle lately. It's not just the types of beer available, or the crazy number of breweries represented, or the fact that there are bros intermingling with beer snobs. It's the cans. So. Many. Cans.
Cans' resurgence in popularity with beer (and even wine) has once again sparked the unending debate: are cans better than bottles? How can you even figure that out? With science, of course. And expert opinions from brewers and other smart people. We consulted both to find out, tapping deep into our can-do (HA!) attitudes to unbottle (HA! HA!) the truth behind the great beer-packaging debate. Now, it's cans vs. bottles in a no-holds-barred, round-for-round battle royale. Let's rumble.
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From Telegram.com
If you've ever paused to reflect on the moody, filtered shots of a friend's Instagram feed and wondered if you should reach out, a new study may confirm your worries.
Researchers Andrew Reece of Harvard University and Chris Danforth of the University of Vermont collected survey information and Instagram photos from 166 volunteers recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk, which pays people small amounts to perform tasks.
Each participant was asked to complete a standardized clinical depression survey to assess depression level, answer demographic questions and share information about their use of social media including their Instagram usernames. The researchers then analyzed the photos for quantitative measures of colors, brightness and faces, as well more subjective assessments of happiness, sadness, likeability and "interestingness."
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From DailyMail.co.uk:
Parents expect to spend nearly £200 typically on sending their child back to school after the summer break, a survey has found.
The research among parents of children aged between four and 16 found the average "back to school" cost per child is £186.
Across the UK, this figure could mean parents collectively spending more than £1.5 billion on sending their offspring back to school, according to the research from Nationwide Credit Cards.
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From FemaleFirst.co.uk:
Recent research has found that couples are comforted by certain sounds- we've looked at each one and come up with the reasons why they're so soothing.
Birds tweeting- When you're lying in bed with each other on a weekend or when you're on holiday and there's nothing to wake you but the birds having a sing-song.
Radio- It's a reminder of road trips together, the love songs of your early courtship and nights when neither of you would get off the dancefloor.
TV- This is the background noise to snuggles in bed or on the couch and pyjama wearing, lazy days.
Rain on the window pane- When the weather encourages you to stay in and all you have is each other and your imagination.
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From CBSNews.com:
The lives of a Baltimore family were changed forever this week when a fire suddenly broke out in the home Erika Poremski shared with her eight-month-old daughter, Viviana, and her nearly six-year-old dog, Polo.
Poremski says she had just stepped out to her car when she turned around and discovered her house in flames with Viviana and Polo still inside.
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From DailyMail.co.uk:
More than one in four parents have already started shopping for Christmas, new figures reveal.
It may be the season for ice creams rather than mince pies but with around 130 days to go, 27 per cent of mums and dads have already bought gifts to put under the tree.
Well organised mums, in particular, work to a strict timetable, said the survey of 1,000 people by toy company Hexbug.
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From DailyMail.co.uk:
Skip the flannel pajamas and over-sized t-shirts – experts say sleeping au naturel is better for your health.
Researchers found that sleeping naked is not only comfortable, but it regulates your skin temperature, preventing you from waking in the middle of the night.
Forgoing clothes at bedtime also keeps bacteria that thrive in warm moist areas at bay, and it boosts your immune system if you sleep naked with your partner.
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From ConsumerAffairs.com:
There are several advantages that come with being prepared and having a backup plan. Those who take the time to consider alternatives are often less anxious about the future and more ready to make changes if something unfortunate does happen.
However, two researchers, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Pennsylvania, respectively, say that there are drawbacks to making a backup plan. Their study shows that those who make them are more likely to put less effort into a given task and fail at achieving a goal.
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From hloom.com:
Dinners out. Unwatched cable packages. Armloads of expired food. Even the most frugal Americans have a tendency to squander hard-earned cash on unnecessary expenses. We asked 2,000 people across the country to share their two cents about the various ways they waste money.
Which are their worst money wasters? Which habits are they willing to change? And how do gender, generation, income bracket, and geographic location factor into the equation? Keep reading to see how your splurging (and saving) habits stack up.
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From treadmillreviews.net:
The runner's high is an almost-transcendent state. Your muscles burn, your blood pumps, your arms and legs move in perfect sync. Sweat trickles down your face, but you hardly notice. You realize you're thirsty, and you barely break stride as you grab your reusable water bottle and take a swig of – germs.
That's right.
Thousands of moisture-loving bacteria may be crawling on your favorite refillable drinking container.
And the act of quenching your thirst while you exercise could potentially make you sick.
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From NYDailyNews.com:
Before he took his own life, Daniel Fitzpatrick, taunted and bullied, wrote a final, heartbreaking letter lamenting that nearly no one tried to help him.
The 13-year-old Staten Island boy, mercilessly badgered over his weight, grades and his innocent heart, pleaded to his school for help.
But teacher after teacher at Holy Angels Catholic Academy — the principal, too — turned a deaf ear, refusing to intervene, he said in the letter that was never sent.
Finally, overwhelmed by the torment, Daniel hanged himself, his family said.
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From PRNewswire.com:
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- While back-to-school often brings a sigh of relief and a return to routine, a new survey sheds light on the costs of morning me-time for moms. The survey, conducted by Van's International Foods, maker of whole grain waffles, cereals and snacks, found that to save time in the morning, moms worry less about what to wear and the style of their hair and more about what to feed their families.
According to the survey of 1,000 U.S. moms, 58 percent said they rush through their morning hair or makeup routines, including nearly 40 percent who admit to wearing pajamas to drive their kids to school and 17 percent who apply makeup in the car. Other time-saving tricks include leaving their own beds unmade (62 percent), skipping time in front of the mirror (30 percent) and using dry shampoo (14 percent).
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From Eater.com
Panda Express is about to upend the status quo
Like many neurotic people, I cannot stand when an object has only one use. Except for lamps and pants and, ok, maybe a dozen other everyday things, I want the items I own to be capable of more than one task: I both work and eat at tables; my dog is equal parts entertainment and protection; books are decor, dust collectors, and reference material. So naturally I love sporks. The clever marriage of the spoon and fork has existed since at least 1874, but somehow no one has managed to popularize another multi-use utensil into the stratospheric pop culture phenomenon of the spork.
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From DailyMail.co.uk:
The time at which most workers 'hit the wall' has now been pinpointed - to 2.22pm exactly.
A survey of 2,000 workers has been able to specify exactly when the post-lunch slump kicks in, triggering a lull in concentration and a lack of productivity.
The study found that a lot of workers find themselves in this position up to three times a week.
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From Deadspin.com
Another two golds last night for Michael Phelps, the most decorated American Olympian ever: That makes 21 gold medals in his career, 25 medals overall, and with his win in the 200m butterfly—a particularly personal win, given his loss in that event four years ago—Phelps now has 12 individual wins to bring him into a tie with the late, great Leonidas of Rhodes.
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From refinery29.com:
We've made it to August, which means it's time for summer vacations, back to school shopping, and...pumpkin spice?
Indeed. General Mills has decided to get ahead of the game and release its pumpkin spice Cheerios this month. The cereal was originally set to arrive in September, which is also when the famous Starbucks pumpkin spice latte typically comes out. This seemed appropriate given that pumpkins tend to grow in the fall.
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From AP.org:
HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) -- It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities.
Except there's little proof that flossing works.
Still, the federal government, dental organizations and manufacturers of floss have pushed the practice for decades. Dentists provide samples to their patients; the American Dental Association insists on its website that, "Flossing is an essential part of taking care of your teeth and gums."
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From FemaleFirst.co.uk:
Hillarys found that household incidents and chores are responsible for the demise of some relationships- so I give my thoughts as to why the top five bugbears can wear a person down. Dedicated to all the laundry pickers, dish and clothes washers out there- you're not alone.
Neglected washing up - You partner is not at university anymore- this is no longer acceptable- nor is it a competition to see how high they can pile utensils and crockery before it falls over but they still try.
Not loading the dishwasher is equally as offensive. A machine is doing the work for them *ALL* and all they have to do is open the door and place things inside it- it takes care of the rest- why is the first step so hard for some people?
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