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New York City used to be a perilous place. In the 1970s and ‘80s, there were between 1,444 and 2,246 murders in the city every year, and between 2,875 and 5,706 rapes. Rates of robbery, burglary,...
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“I’m starving,” people blithely say when it’s been five or six hours since their last burger or plate of pasta. For much of the world, that phrase has a much more literal meaning. According...
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By now everybody has probably heard the familiar story about how John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, invented the ubiquitous food item that bears his earldom’s name. In case not: Reluctant...
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Every year on September 10, residents of Gibraltar gather in Casements Square to celebrate their national holiday. Part of the festivities used to be the simultaneous release of some 30,000 red and...
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“Wouldn’t it be great if a night of drinking didn’t pose a risk to our health and we could wake up the next morning feeling fresh and ready to go?” That’s the question posed on its website...
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It’s the third-smallest country in the Middle East, covering a mere 11,610 square miles — 1/185th the size of its neighbor Saudi Arabia. It ranks 54th in the world in annual overall GDP, or gross...
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People expect to save money when they shop at Walmart. From 1988 through 2007, in fact, the Arkansas-based maxi-chain Walmart’s slogan was “Always Low Prices.” Today, it’s “Save Money. Live...
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Almost 85% of public high school students in the United States now graduate with a regular diploma within four years of starting ninth grade — a record high — according to a study by the National...
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Palm trees, beaches, balmy weather, a famously laid-back lifestyle…Hawaii is truly an American paradise. There’s a downside to living in this tropical eden, though: It’s very expensive....
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The northeastern corner of the poorest state in America borders, and is partially surrounded by, the northwestern corner of the richest state. (The boundary between the two was a matter of dispute...
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Americans love to snack. The market research firm NPD reported that we consumed nearly 386 billion ready-to-eat individual snack foods in 2018. Another marketing survey forecast that the salty snacks...
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A study published Wednesday in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease has found that regular consumption of even small portions of a common, versatile, inexpensive vegetable may result in a 50%...
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California’s San José-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara agglomeration — Silicon Valley — is the richest metropolitan area in America, with San Francisco not far behind. In all, California is home to seven...
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Restaurant chains of all kinds — from coffee and doughnut shops to upscale steakhouses — value customer loyalty. Regular customers provide a steady revenue stream and are said to generally...
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines “superfood” as “a food considered especially nutritious or otherwise beneficial to health and well-being” — though, amusingly, the first printed use of...
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