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'Shark Tank' Looking For Next Big Investment: Here's How You Can Pitch In Philly 'Shark Tank' Looking For Next Big Investment: Here's How You Can Pitch In Philly
'Shark Tank' Looking For Next Big Investment: Here's How You Can Pitch In Philly Innovators, it’s time to sink or swim with the Sharks in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. The hit ABC television show "Shark Tank" will hold an open casting call in Philly on Friday, Apr. 11. The Emmy-winning program will host it at The Event Center at Rivers Philadelphia, in partnership with Philly's ABC affiliate WPVI-TV. This will be the first "Shark Tank" casting call in the city since 2017. "We’re eager to return to Philly after so many years to see how the entrepreneur community has grown," said Mindy Zemrak, the supervising casting producer since the show debuted in 2…

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by Chris Spiker
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No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It
No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It Halloween 2021 is bringing the usual warnings from authorities to be on the lookout for nefarious strangers giving kids pot edibles that look like candy -- but how much of it is (a) based in reality and how much is (b) fear mongering? The answers: (a) none of it and (b) all of it. The true danger lies in people believing urban legends, says Snopes.com, a site dedicated to debunking them.  “You are more likely to summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times than you are to find marijuana edibles in your children’s Halloween candy,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri told Marijuana …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles?
Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween 2021 is bringing the usual nationwide warnings from authorities to be on the lookout for nefarious strangers giving kids pot edibles that look like candy -- but how much of it is (a) based in reality and how much is (b) fear mongering? The answers: (a) none of it and (b) all of it. The true danger lies in people believing urban legends, says Snopes.com, a site dedicated to debunking them.  “You are more likely to summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times than you are to find marijuana edibles in your children’s Halloween candy,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri told…

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by Jerry DeMarco