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99-Cent No More? AriZona Iced Tea Could Finally Cave To Trump Tariffs 99-Cent No More? AriZona Iced Tea Could Finally Cave To Trump Tariffs
99-Cent No More? AriZona Iced Tea Could Finally Cave To Trump Tariffs For the first time in more than 30 years, AriZona iced tea’s sacred 99-cent price tag may be on the chopping block. The company’s Brooklyn-born founder Don Vultaggio told The New York Times that President Donald Trump’s 50% steel and aluminum tariffs, enacted in June, are hitting the brand where it hurts: the can.  AriZona’s headquarters sit on Long Island in Woodbury, with a massive production plant, AriZonaLand, in Keasbey, NJ, churning out the iconic tallboys that have stayed the same price since 1997. AriZona burns through more than 100 million pounds of aluminum every year, 20% o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trump’s $45M Birthday Bash Could Cause Nightmare In Damages: Reports Trump’s $45M Birthday Bash Could Cause Nightmare In Damages: Reports
Trump’s $45M Birthday Bash Could Cause Nightmare In Damages: Reports President Donald Trump's planned military parade in the nation's capital was already expected to be expensive — now officials are reportedly warning the price tag could climb even higher. Already saddled with an estimated $45 million cost, Trump's joint birthday celebration-turned-Army parade honoring the branch's 250th anniversary is raising concerns.  Some are warning it could have unexpected repercussions, including causing millions in damage to DC streets that will cost taxpayer dollars. The cost to repair streets damaged by the planned parade on Saturday, June 14 may top $16 mill…

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by Zak Failla
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New Update: Spacecraft Crashes Into Earth After Over 5 Decades In Orbit New Update: Spacecraft Crashes Into Earth After Over 5 Decades In Orbit
New Update: Spacecraft Crashes Into Earth After Over 5 Decades In Orbit A spacecraft launched more than 50 years ago has crashed into Earth. The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 on a mission to explore Venus.  A launch failure left it trapped in Earth’s orbit — where it has remained for more than half a century. It finally went down over the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia Saturday morning, May 10, according to Russia's space agency Roscosmos.  Due to a malfunction of the booster block after launch in 1972, it remained in a high elliptical orbit of the Earth, gradually approaching the plan…

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by Joe Lombardi