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Stainless Steel Sippy Cups Sold Nationwide Being Recalled Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard Stainless Steel Sippy Cups Sold Nationwide Being Recalled Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard
Stainless Steel Sippy Cups Sold Nationwide Being Recalled Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard Authorities have announced a federal recall of popular baby bottle and sippy cup products that may have a faulty part that could prove a potential lead poisoning hazard for toddlers. Green Sprouts announced a recall of its stainless steel bottles and cups that were sold nationwide at popular box stores and online retailers because the base of the product can break off, posing a lead-poisoning risk to children, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). “The recalled stainless-steel bottles and cups bottom base can break off, exposing a solder dot that contains lead, pos…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Nationwide Recall Issued For Cheese Products Due To Potential Listeria Contamination Nationwide Recall Issued For Cheese Products Due To Potential Listeria Contamination
Nationwide Recall Issued For Cheese Products Due To Potential Listeria Contamination A manufacturer has issued a nationwide recall for two of its brands of cheese because of potential contamination with Listeria, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday, Sept. 30. Old Europe Cheese, Inc. of Benton Harbor, Michigan is recalling its Brie and Camembert cheeses due to the concerns of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.  Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stif…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder
US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder A U.S. Marshal was justified in killing a fugitive ex-con who fired a shot at him and fellow officers in a Paterson apartment, a New Jersey grand jury has found. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. Canty wasn’t in the front room…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Amazon Buys MGM Studios In $8.45 Billion Deal Amazon Buys MGM Studios In $8.45 Billion Deal
Amazon Buys MGM Studios In $8.45 Billion Deal Amazon announced it will be purchasing MGM Studios in an $8.45 billion deal. The acquisition is Amazon's most expensive, following Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017. Amazon made the announcement on Wednesday, and emphasized it will help preserve MGM’s heritage and catalog of films, and provide customers with greater access to these existing works. Through this acquisition, Amazon would empower MGM to continue to do what they do best: Great storytelling, the company said. "Legally Blonde," "12 Angry Men," "Basic Instinct," "Rocky," "Thelma & Louise," "Fargo," "The Handmaid's T…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Whole Foods Adding 4 New Jersey Locations Whole Foods Adding 4 New Jersey Locations
Whole Foods Adding 4 New Jersey Locations Whole Foods is rapidly expanding across the U.S. with four stores planned in New Jersey. The locations are slated to open in Jersey City, Woodcliff Lake, Wayne and Skillman, its website says. Whole Foods last week issued a release announcing continued growth. "More than ever, people needed safe and reliable access to high quality groceries, and we’re proud that we were able to quickly adapt and adjust our operations to meet the moment," the grocer said.  "As a result, we played a vital role in serving our communities, expanded to serve new ones, and continued to grow Whole Foods Mark…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Website Ranks 'Fittest Towns' In New Jersey Website Ranks 'Fittest Towns' In New Jersey
Website Ranks 'Fittest Towns' In New Jersey Drive down Route 9W in Bergen County and you'll see more bicyclists than cars. Spend some time on any Jersey Shore beach and you'll see surfers and muscles galore. As for healthy food? There seems to be a Whole Foods, Kings and boutique health food stores on any main road. It should come as no surprise, then, that New Jerseyans like to stay fit. BarBend.com is running down the towns with the fittest lifestyles by considering obesity rates, smoking, physical inactivity, exercise opportunities, access to healthy food and more. Packed with plenty of exercise opportunities, few smok…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fugitive Ex-Con Shot Dead By US Marshals In Paterson Was Wanted For Ex-GF's Killing Fugitive Ex-Con Shot Dead By US Marshals In Paterson Was Wanted For Ex-GF's Killing
Fugitive Ex-Con Shot Dead By US Marshals In Paterson Was Wanted For Ex-GF's Killing UPDATE: A fugitive ex-con killed during a shootout in Paterson early Wednesday was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment at 6:30 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Canty had exchanged gunfire with his pursuers before he was killed, responders said. A SWAT team then made entry into t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff
Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff UPDATE: A fugitive ex-con killed during a shootout in Paterson early Wednesday was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment at 6:30 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Canty had exchanged gunfire with his pursuers before he was killed, responders said. A SWAT team then made entry into th…

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by Jerry DeMarco