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TheRepublic.com 

Appeals court revives lawsuit over wipes labeled ‘flushable’

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit that accuses Kimberly-Clark of falsely advertising that four of its cleansing wipes were flushable. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday the lawsuit provided adequate support for the allegation that Kimberly-Clark’s wipes were not safe to dispose in

International Business Times 

WATCH: Video Shows Female Israeli Soldier Fight Off Dozens Of Men

Off-duty Israeli soilder used her karate moves to ward off male Jewish protesters as they called her a whore Monday.  Nomi Golan gave herself the task to assist in navigating a car through a crowd of protestors, however when the protestors began yelling derogatory names like "shiksa," meaning "non-Jewish woman," Golan went into defense mode.

Variety 

Box Office: ‘Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’ to Blow Away ‘Geostorm’ in Slow Weekend

Tyler Perry’s horror-comedy sequel “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” is providing the only bright spot on a downbeat weekend with about $23 million at 2,388 North American locations, early estimates showed Friday. Four other new films are showing little traction among moviegoers. The most prominent is costly weather disaster drama “Geostorm,” which is heading for […]

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Dems struggle to avoid discord for unified counter to Trump

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine months into the Donald Trump era, Democrats are still searching for a standard-bearer and a crisp message to corral widespread opposition to an unpopular president and a Republican-led Congress. The minority party has put that struggle on vivid display this week in Nevada, site of Democrats' first national party gathering since a contentious chairman's election in February. The party's congressional leaders and potential presidential candidates mostly stayed away. In their absence... Читать дальше...

McClatchy DC Bureau 

Appeals court revives lawsuit over wipes labeled 'flushable'

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit that accuses Kimberly-Clark of falsely advertising that four of its cleansing wipes were flushable. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit … Click to Continue »

New York Post 

Flushing anti-depressants down the toilet could be killing crabs

Prozac doesn’t help this species of crab come out of its shell– it kills them, according to a new study. Oregon shore crabs that get their claws on the anti-depressant’s active ingredient are more likely to be eaten by predators or die in battles amongst themselves, a team of Portland State University researchers found. Crabs...

AOL.com 

4 Halloween myths that simply aren't true

Filed under: Lifestyle, Living, Holiday

There’s a lot of spooky and even ridiculous things that people believe about Halloween. While the jury is still out on whether Pennywise actually walks around in our storm drains, there are a few things that USA Today says simply aren’t true. 

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