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Potatoes are healthy, but french fries? Not so much.Aug 22, 2025 11:10 am - They’re the most popular vegetable in the United States, where people eat an average of nearly 50 pounds of them a year, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. But the humble potato doesn’t always get nutritional respect.
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Riz Ahmed rises to the occasion in ‘Relay’Aug 22, 2025 9:29 am - Until it goes kerblooey in the last 15 minutes, “Relay” is the very model of a modern genre thriller: Taut, tight, squeezing the maximum of suspense and character detail from the minimum of gestures.
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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.Aug 22, 2025 7:15 am - Researchers say the modern-day potato evolved from hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants and another potato-like plant, known as etuberosum, in South America up to 9 million years ago.
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Anti-sunscreen movement could cause long term health risksAug 21, 2025 9:52 pm - For years dermatologists and health experts have extolled the value of sunscreen to prevent skin cancer and protect people from the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. But a growing anti-sunscreen movement has taken hold on social media is alarming public health experts who say avoiding sunscreen increases long-term health risks.
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Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bagAug 21, 2025 3:48 pm - A volunteer adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams has been suspended from his reelection campaign after she handed a journalist an envelope of cash stuffed inside a bag of...
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Missed ‘Shin Godzilla’ in 2016? A 4K restoration is screening in suburban theaters now.Aug 21, 2025 1:15 pm - What’s a summer without a Godzilla movie? Luckily, this isn’t the year to find out because the giant, city-stomping reptile is back in “Shin Godzilla” — a welcome rerelease in suburban theaters of a film that you may have missed on its first run almost a decade ago.
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Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud findingAug 21, 2025 10:39 am - NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, calling the roughly $500 million verdict against...
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Ask a Vet: Can a special diet help my cat avoid urinary problems?Aug 20, 2025 1:51 pm - I plan to adopt a couple of kittens/young cats. I want them on a diet that is least likely to cause urinary crystal formation. What can I do to prevent issues?
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Trader Joe’s wines are sneaky good. Here are 9 budget bottles to try.Aug 20, 2025 4:26 am - There’s more to value than what you spend. An $8.50 wine is a steal only if you enjoy drinking it. Is it possible to find quality bottles at Trader Joe’s that don’t break the bank? Absolutely. But you have to know how and where to look.
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How to make cold-brew coffee at home, no special tools requiredAug 20, 2025 4:02 am - You can make excellent cold-brew coffee — smooth, invigorating and thirst-quenching — at home with no specialty equipment. Plus, cold brew lends itself naturally to being made ahead, so you can have the concentrate on hand for up to 2 weeks.