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Health:

• Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers
• Cancer warning labels on alcohol? It's not that simple.
• Gavin Newsom takes aim at ultraprocessed foods in executive order
• Study Finds First Evidence That Heart Muscles Can Regenerate
• Boy Is Handed Football by NFL Star Pat Surtain, Security Guard Made Sure He Got it Despite Rules

Happiness:

• Boy Given 1% Chance of Survival Walks 5k for Hospital That Saved Him–After Air Rifle Shot to the Head as Baby
• New Years Coloring 2

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• FDA Warns CBD Tampon Company Over Allegedly ‘Misbranded’ And ‘Adulterated’ Products
• Kentuckians will have to choose between gun ownership and medical marijuana. What we know

Back of the Napkin:

• You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs
• Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M

The Junk Drawer:

• DC Scrambles To Remove 'City Ads' Calling Trump Supporters 'Trash'
• Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub

Last Call:

• Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return
• Linda Lavin, 'Alice' Star and Tony Winner, Dies at 87: 'A Beautiful Soul'

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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