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A Florida man was arrested for domestic battery after striking his live-in boyfriend with a cup of ramen noodles, police report.

Data shows the number of adults with the disease has risen by 1.5 million in the past ten years, with GPs now reporting 3.6 million patients aged 17 and older on their records. There has been an increase of 137,000 in the past year alone – largely due to an explosion in cases of Type 2 diabetes. Experts warn that the debilitating condition is now reaching crisis proportions. Every day in the UK, 65 people die prematurely from diabetes while hundreds more battle lifechanging complications

Pamela Anderson cuts a sophisticated figure as she brings MORE snacks to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange... after he joked that her vegan treats were 'torture' By Ekin Karasin For Mailonline Published: 16:34 GMT, 13 November 2016 | Updated: 16:47 GMT, 13 November 2016 She struck up a friendship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2014, when she sought his advice on her animal rights charity. And it seems Pamela Anderson's bond with the Australian journalist is stronger than ever as she visited him laden with snacks at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Sunday, despite previously saying that her vegan...

Some of the victims of Mike Obozo's school lunch program have to have voted in last Tuesday's election. There are many reasons for the result, including concern the peace and safety of the world, but I'm wondering if school lunches may have played any sort of a part in it... I think the original idea was to starve all the bigger kids and athletes but it seemed to filter down to everybody. Search google on #thanksMichelleObama...

A Princeton University polling expert who said he would eat a bug if Donald Trump got more than 240 electoral votes has followed through on his promise. Sam Wang, of the Princeton Election Consortium, made good on his Twitter word on CNN Saturday. He ate from a can of gourmet-style crickets and added in some honey. …

Thanksgiving is coming up, and I've seen many versions of this Pineapple Spread recipe, which would be a very attractive appetizer for your feast: http://cooklime.com/Recipes/Directions/238152-pineapple-cream-cheese-spread#.WCZQjDylxOJ_______________________________________________ When Liz mentioned gluten sensitivity a while back, I got to thinking about Quinoa, which I had eaten plain before, but had never tried in a recipe. I enjoy Tabbouleh very much, and found a recipe for a Quinoa version which actually turned out very well. It's not exactly like traditional Tabbouleh, especially as the Quinoa doesn't really soak up the dressing the way that bulgur does; but it was surprisingly good - the husband...

If you voted for Donald Trump, you may not feel welcomed at Grubhub. The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company wide email Wednesday suggesting employees who agree with President-elect Donald Trump’s behaviors and his campaign rhetoric should resign.

My word, what is this dark and vaguely sinister-looking pie you see before you? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s the world’s first Schadenfreude Pie, the pie to enjoy while you are reveling in the horrible misfortunes of others. Why is there a Schadenfreude Pie? Because after I wrote the headline for this entry, I wondered to myself, “what would Schadenfreude Pie taste like?” My guess: Dark. Rich. And oh so bittersweet.

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A restaurant that will feed the homeless with the profits from paying customers is to open in Madrid before the end of November. It will be open to paying diners during the day offering breakfasts and 'menu del dias' as well as 'a la carte', but in the evening will be reserved exclusively for the homeless who will be invited to a meal free of charge. The restaurant will be called "Robin Hood" although "the idea is not to rob from the rich to feed the poor but to share," Father Ángel Garcia, the priest behind the idea, told Europa...

A decision to space out the distinctive triangular chocolate chunks in two Toblerone bars sold in the UK has upset fans who say that they do mind the gap. The product's makers, US-based Mondelez International, said it had changed the design to reduce the weight of what were 400g and 170g bars. Some consumers have described the move as "the wrong decision" and said the bigger spaces looked "stupid". Mondelez said the move was down to a rise in the cost of ingredients. In a statement on the Toblerone Facebook page, the company said it had to make a decision...

Video of surprising fish catch in a net.

Alcohol will be banned from streets and public places and if Qatari officials get their way even stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, the head of the country’s tournament organizing committee said on Tuesday. The comments by Hassan Al-Thawadi will further alarm football traditionalists already unhappy that the tournament will be moved to the winter because of fierce summer temperatures in Qatar. A ban on alcohol inside stadiums — there has long been speculation about what the conservative Muslim country would do on the tricky issue of alcohol for the World Cup — could bring organizers into conflict with FIFA...

Trident gun fishing is only for the bold; we follow one young hunter on the path to catch the smartest prey in the seaMy friend Danai keeps all her fishing supplies in one corner of her beach house. There are things like flippers, snorkels, and masks; a buoy that you wear around your waist to alert incoming boats that you’re in the water; and...a trident gun? “What do you do with that?” I asked her. It was probably a stupid question, but was the gun even real? Was this some kind of staple for every Greek beach house, like the...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – Americans will vote for our next president on Tuesday and several restaurants and businesses are offering Election Day deals and freebies to those who cast their ballot. Here are a few: Krispy Kreme: Show your “I voted” sticker at participating Krispy Kreme locations and get a free doughnut. [snip]

On the eve of the 2016 US Presidential election, Jews provided some indirect comic relief to a very tense nation. Interviewing on CNN Sunday night, Republican nominee Donald Trump's surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes was following up on a pro-Trump advert attacking Clinton supporters Jay Z and Beyonce, by saying one of the rap star's videos contained a scene of a crowd throwing “Mazel Tov cocktails”

“Be the person who embodies the promise of America,” he writesStarbucks CEO Howard Schultz is keeping “optimistic” in spite of the divisive election. The coffee giant’s head honcho is known for getting philosophical in his addresses to employees — especially during times of political and economic uncertainty — and didn’t hold back in his latest letter. In the message titled “The Promise of America,” Schultz describes the campaign politics as “unseemly,” lacking in “truth and void of leadership.” He writes: Dear partners, It's a rainy Sunday morning in Seattle, we've turned the clocks back an hour, and I'm enjoying a...

A Stockton woman faces an impending trial and potential jail time after she joined a social media community food group and sold some of the meals she cooked, which San Joaquin County officials said is against the law. Mariza Reulas was cited by San Joaquin County for selling an illegal substance, but it wasn't a powder, a pill or a plant. It was her bowl of homemade ceviche, according to KTXL. "It was just like unreal that they were saying you could face up to a year in jail,” Reulas said. A few years ago, Reulas joined a Facebook group...

“This isn’t so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes,” said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy. “It’s a catastrophe, the worst harvest for 30 or 40 years,” said the normally cheery 64-year-old owner of Domaine Robert-Denogent. The organic winemaker lost between two-thirds and three-quarters of his harvest in one hailstorm in April. He is not alone. For thousands of French winemakers, 2016 will go down as an annus horribilis, with vines destroyed by frost, heavy rain, hailstones “as big as ping pong balls”,...

Meet this 90-year-old man from Missouri, who calls McDonald's his "fountain of youth." Read: Man Named Ronald McDonald Shot at Sonic Drive-In Shootout Over Fast Food Love Triangle John Jelinek celebrated his 90th birthday at the golden arches Monday after having owned the same McDonald's in Kansas City for more than 60 years. "I enjoy being here every day," Jelinek said. Since he came to own the franchise location in 1982, he said in an interview with KCTV that he had planned to make it the friendliest McDonalds around.