Tobacco Companies May Have Found Advertising Loophole

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A new study published in the Tobacco Control journal suggests that the major tobacco companies are getting around the rules barring advertising to kids on television by tapping YouTube.

Though the five major cigarette makers deny it, some suggest there are videos on YouTube with product placement-style promotions of certain brands, according to The Los [...]

Even Gang Members Love Starbucks

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Friday morning was pretty eventful since I learned that even gang members like Starbucks. In the East Village and Alphabet City, even in a post-Rudy Giuliani New York, one expects their fair share of shady folks, grifters and junkies. But in Gramercy Park, one expects a bit of suburbia in the city.
So imagine this, I’m [...]

Weekend Link Love: Fashionistas & A Picket Line, Om vs. Xanax, Pospartum Laws, A New Biofuel Source & the Target Backlash

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A Wall Street Journal article delves into the debate surrounding New York Fashion Week and its move to Lincoln Center, where unions are fighting fashionistas. The fashion week folks want to choose workers for setup but the union for stagehands says their members usually get jobs for work on the premises. Fashion Week starts September [...]

Link Love: Girdles for Men, A StriVectin Investigation, Punk Perfume & Google’s Next Buy

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What does heroin smell like? The remaining live members of the Sex Pistols have bottled their scent. Check out Hint’s review.

The New York Times investigates the claims behind skin cream StriVectin and its Better Than Botox slogan. They also discuss the firm’s new products: a scrub and an eye product.  The company is now [...]

Mandela Nonprofit Trustee Resigns Over Diamond Ties

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A trustee of Nelson Mandela’s nonprofit has relinquished his post amid a continued investigation surrounding model and anger management alum Naomi Campbell and some supposed blood diamonds. Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has chosen to the plead the fifth in a case that involves him, Campbell, Mandela and former Liberian leader Charles G. [...]

Link Love: Tea Party tees, Preggers Diet, GE Babies, & A Facebook Scam

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Genetically engineered babies. A new hormonal treatment is said to be able to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder that can interfere with the development of genitalia. The Los Angeles Times article writes:  “in severe cases, girls are born with male-like sexual organs although they usually have ovaries and a uterus.”
The treatment is extremely [...]

Police Bust Marijuana Farm In Wisconsin

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Police just busted a group of Mexicans that created a huge marijuana farm within Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press. Federal, state and local police followed the growers for much of June and July and decided to bust the operation ahead of an expected boost in traffic to the forest due [...]

Wyclef For Pres?

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Sources told CNN that former Fugees member, hip hop star and Yele Haiti Founder Wyclef Jean will announce plans to run for president of Haiti. According to the unnamed source, he will make the announcement on Larry King Live this Thursday.
Bill Clinton is now in charge of all funds that were donated for the recontruction [...]

Quality of Life Ranking Shines Light on Europe

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The 2010 Quality of Living survey from consulting giant Mercer revealed that many European cities again topped the list of the best places to live. Taking the top slot was Vienna, Austria, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Geneva, another Swiss city, in third. After that, Vancouver, Canada, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied for fourth. The [...]

Samsung Announces Environmental Review

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The world’s second largest chip maker, Samsung, (Intel is #1) has hired Washington D.C.-based Environ Holdings to conduct a 12-month review of its semiconductor factories after reports surfaced that a number of workers have contracted leukemia, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Earlier this year, a group sued a South Korean government agency seeking classification [...]

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