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Health:

• Daily croissant can take a toll on your heart in under a month
• Doctors and Health Experts Are Changing Their Minds About Whole Milk and Cheese
• 7 Simple Tips to Manage Extreme Hunger After Stopping Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound
• Science may have found a new, alarming effect of 'forever chemicals' on the brain

Happiness:

• Toddler Gone Missing in 10-foot-tall Corn Field Is Finally Detected During Nighttime Search for the 3-year-old
• Quick-thinking 4-year-old Girl Uses Alexa to Call for Help as Mom Suffers Epileptic Seizure

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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Nashville rideshare drivers go on strike at start of holiday weekend, demand better pay
• Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US

Higher Consciousness:

• People Who Use Marijuana Are Less Likely To Have Severe COVID Infections, Study Shows
• CT cannabis statutes prohibit the Durham Fair from hosting a marijuana exhibit

Back of the Napkin:

• QUISHING, AN INSIDIOUS THREAT TO ELECTRIC CAR OWNERS
• Cops Are Starting To Tow Away Teslas To ‘Secure’ Recordings Captured By The Cars’ Cameras

The Junk Drawer:

• Klarna CEO reveals plan to reduce workforce by 50% and replace it with AI
• Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder

Last Call:

• The Tennessee Star Releases ‘Manifesto’ Left by Transgender Covenant School Killer Audrey Hale
• CROSSVILLE DOCTOR STRUCK BY LIGHTNING FRIDAY
• CROSSVILLE MAN DISCOVERED IN STORAGE UNIT PARKING LOT FLEES IN VEHICLE THEN ON FOOT CLAIMING TO BE THERE ONLY TO GET HIGH WHEN CAUGHT WITH BURGLARY TOOLS
• New owner, new name for Bombay Palace in Knoxville

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• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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