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PepsiCo Inc. PEP, -1.46% said Thursday that it will launch Pepsi Mango on March 22, the first permanent flavored cola to launch in five years. Pepsi Mango will be available in both regular and zero sugar varieties. Todd Kaplan, Pepsi's vice president of marketing, notes in a statement that mango is one of the most popular fruits in the world. Avocado producer Mission Produce Inc. AVO, 0.15% also noted the popularity of mango when it announced its plans to expand into mango production. Pepsi stock is up 9.8% over the past year while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.53% has...

Pennsylvania Primary Election Results By THE NEW YORK TIMES

HARRISBURG, Pa. >> Pennsylvania voters have a lot to think about when they hit the polls for Tuesday’s primary, including a hotly contested Republican primary for governor. Also on the card are a five-way race for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, a Republican primary to pick who will take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in the fall, House races in the wake of the major redistricting case and a host of open seats in the Legislature. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and elections officials emphasize that the redistricting decision did not change the polling...

I want to gift my grandchildren a credit card that, when the occasion arises, I can simply add money to it and avoid the tedious snail mail at birthdays, etc. Do any of you do that? It would be nice if I could add money via online transaction. thanks

<p>The idea of Chinese people worshipping wax mangoes because some Pakistani minister didn’t have time to have a proper gift made for his visit to China is indeed quite startling. Of course some people will instantly run into the old stereotype of those perfid Orientals slaves, who have been forever worshipping their tyrants as Gods on Earth. But that’s bullshit. The Chinese have always been a fairly unruly bunch, and the Emperor was never worshipped as a God, unlike the Roman Emperors of our humanistic West.</p>

New Delhi - Biden, his wife Jill, daughter and son-in-law headed straight from airport to the Gandhi memorial house at 'Tees January marg' and spent about one-and-a-half hours at the place. Monkeys gave a tough time to security and police personnel during US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Gandhi Smriti to pay tribute to the father of the nation. Biden, his wife Jill, daughter and son-in-law headed straight from airport to the Gandhi memorial house at 'Tees January marg' and spent about one-and-a-half hours at the place. Even before he arrived at the memorial, Delhi Police personnel, who were...

Washington, DC - These findings are the result of a single study and more research is needed on the effects of mango consumption on human health. Consumption of mangoes may potentially have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, according to a new research. The study led by Edralin Lucas, Ph.D., associate professor of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University, examined the effects of daily mango consumption on clinical parameters and body composition in obese subjects (body mass index, BMI = 30kg/m2). Twenty adults (11 males and 9 females) participated in the study,...

What do the words sex, lavender, flatulence, quickie, butt, mango and pud have in common? They are among more than 1,000 words deemed so obscene by the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority that they have instructed mobile phone operators to block them from all text messages. It is a decision that has left many in Pakistan unsure whether to be staggered, amused or outraged. Social media sites such as Twitter have been flooded with posts about the decision. An unconfirmed list has been circulating online. Many of the words are sexually explicit but the inclusion of some words and phrases appear to...

Yesterday, I had an experience that shows why Microsoft should kill the Windows Phone brand and name its new phones something fun like Mango. I went to Radio Shack to buy a cheap audio cable. The clerk was excited because it had just become an official Verizon outlet as well -- the front of the store had a special Verizon awning, and there was Verizon advertising all over the place. As I paid, the clerk and I began talking about phones. He said he used to work at the Apple Store, and was well-informed about the upcoming iPhone 5 and...

COLLEGE STATION - Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It's been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab. That's according to a new study by Texas AgriLife Research food scientists, who examined the five varieties most common in the U.S.: Kent, Francine, Ataulfo, Tommy/Atkins and Haden. Though the mango is an ancient fruit heavily consumed in many parts of the world, little has been known about its health aspects. The National Mango Board commissioned a variety of studies with several U.S. researchers to help determine its nutritional value. "If...

A Mango shop in KuwaitSpanish high street brand Mango announced that it will open a store in war-torn Iraq. According to WWD, the company asked Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad to create a special collection that respects the region’s covered-up style, which may include head scarves and veils.

After 17 yrs, US set to let Indian mangoes enter supermarkets Breakthrough India (largest producer) upgrades pest tech to meet US (largest importer) hygiene terms SONU JAIN Posted online: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 0209 hours IST NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 27: The separation of nuclear reactors may take its time but after 17 years of sheer perseverance from India, Washington has decided to open its markets to Indian mangoes. This is one of the several announcements likely to sweeten the Bush visit with the US government agreeing to issue a draft notification to this effect back home. If all goes...

“Backward evolution” spawns ape-like people Feb. 21, 2006 Special to World Science An editor of a noted scientific journal says he has discovered a genetic defect that seems to set back the clock on human evolution by more than a million years.     Walking patterns of victims of Uner Tan syndrome. (Courtesy Uner Tan) Its victims walk on all fours and mouth a primitive language, the scientist reported. He added that the syndrome may literally undo eons of human evolution, and thus reflect with some accuracy what our ape-like ancestors were like. The researcher, Uner Tan of Cukurova University...