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Health:

• She took Ozempic, now she can't eat without vomiting. Lawsuit claims the drug made her ill
• Diet-related diseases are a leading cause of death in the US, yet many doctors receive little nutrition education
• Scientist ate bacon, butter and eggs for 30 days, here's what happened
• Patients Are Turning to Vibrators to Relieve Their Migraines

Happiness:

• Man Arrives Hours Early to Clear the Shelters Event to Ensure He Could Adopt Dog He Previously Bonded with
• N. Carolina High Schooler Pulls Couple and Dog from Pickup Truck Sinking in Floodwaters

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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• Cheech and Chong sue California over new marijuana regulation
• After cannabis linked to higher stroke risk, Michigan doctor calls for more research

Back of the Napkin:

• Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating
• Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

The Junk Drawer:

• Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Trespassing
• Those Published '17,000 Hydroxychloroquine Deaths' Never Happened

Last Call:

• Ohio Sheriff Removed From Election Security After Comments On Harris Yard Signs
• That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices

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• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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