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Google Maps sued by family of North Carolina man who drove off collapsed bridge following directions A new lawsuit alleges Philip Paxson died using Google Maps at night after he drove off a North Carolina bridge that collapsed nine years prior. Read in USA TODAY: https://apple.news/AZPeH8z2dR7-8XsmH2LD_qw

AND HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT... (anxiety & panic attacks, not lucky underwear)

Bayside’s newest Dunkin’ location also features borough’s first Jimmy John’s A new Dunkin’ Donuts opened its doors in Bayside on Sept. 14 – and will soon feature the borough’s first Jimmy John’s as well. Previously there was a Bean Square coffee shop on the corner spot on Northern Boulevard and 211th Street. Unlike the international coffee giant, the shop was independent and roasted their own beans daily on site. They closed over a year ago. The new spot will also have a drive-thru in the near future, but for now the window is being used as a pedestrian friendly pickup spot for mobile orders. When the drive-thru does open, a sign will go up outside the front of the store to let drivers know. There is also an outdoor seating area with umbrellas for shade. For at least the next week, customers who purchase a sandwich can get a free medium hot coffee as part of the new store’s promotion.

Bayside’s newest Dunkin’ location also features borough’s first Jimmy John’s A new Dunkin’ Donuts opened its doors in Bayside on Sept. 14 – and will soon feature the borough’s first Jimmy John’s as well. Previously there was a Bean Square coffee shop on the corner spot on Northern Boulevard and 211th Street. Unlike the international coffee giant, the shop was independent and roasted their own beans daily on site. They closed over a year ago. The new spot will also have a drive-thru in the near future, but for now the window is being used as a pedestrian friendly pickup spot for mobile orders. When the drive-thru does open, a sign will go up outside the front of the store to let drivers know. There is also an outdoor seating area with umbrellas for shade. For at least the next week, customers who purchase a sandwich can get a free medium hot coffee as part of the new store’s promotion.

Dad sues hospital for $642M after witnessing his wife's C-section: 'It gave me psychotic illness' Are you sure it wasn't the heterosexual sex that got her pregnant in the first place?

10 recipes to make after apple picking

I have the best plan... my sister & brother-in-law bought me a ROKU and added me to all their (many) subscriptions. I don't pay a cent. They also added me to their cell phone plan, so that's gratis as well.

Sam Asghari posts shirtless thirst trap video https://www.instagram.com/p/CxRHViVvuqp/

For Jeezy, it was a decision -- to file for divorce from Jeannie Mai. @JoeMendoza, how are you coping with the devastating news?

Perelman Performing Arts Center opens near ground zero Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams joined former Mayor Mike Bloomberg — one of the project’s key financial backers — for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The 138-foot-tall complex, otherwise known as PAC NYC, is encased in nearly 5,000 marble panel tiles that are backlit by chandeliers, allowing for light to radiate in throughout the day and become a glowing beacon at night. With moveable walls, seats, floor sections and balconies, the 1,000-seat venue can be easily transformed into three principal venues — complete with a total of 62 different stage-and-audience configurations. Sitting above 13 different MTA subway lines, Bloomberg — who injected $130 million cash into the project — called it an “engineering marvel.” The opening season’s programming gets underway Tuesday with a five-night concert series focused on the theme of “refuge.” PAC NYC’s long-awaited opening comes two decades after the theater complex was first envisioned in a bid to draw people back to the site long-plagued by devastation and mourning. “The memorial is here for people to come and grieve and pay their respects. The museum is for people to learn, be aware and never forget,” Khady Kamara, PAC NYC’s executive director, said in the lead-up to the unveiling. “And the Performing Arts Center is here for people to celebrate life and really celebrate the resilience of New Yorkers and of the country.” The glamorous structure is windowless by design in order to keep the buzz of theatergoers at a respectful distance from those paying tribute at the nearby 9/11 Memorial, architect Joshua Ramus said. “I didn’t want to treat the memorial like a spectacle,” he said. The center was built primarily with private donations, including Bloomberg and $75 million investor Ronald Perelman, whom the building is named for. “There’s never been anything like it in the area, and it’s going to continue fueling the city’s comeback from the pandemic — just as the arts helped fuel our comeback after 9/11,” Bloomberg said in a statement ahead of the opening. PAC NYC is the World Trade Center’s newest and final public element.

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My friend & her hubby retired to North Carolina & he got obsessed with it there a few years ago. It's been gaining popularity all over.

CityPickle to open first permanent indoor pickleball club in Long Island City on Friday

I emailed the author of THE AVENGERS Forever coffee table book, who's probably the world's #1 authority on the show, to mention this joke that he, too, had probably missed. He confirmed that he had, in fact, never known that was a joke, either.

who needs a special day to dress or talk like a pirate?

An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration stated today that virtually all over-the-counter decongestants simply don’t work. The FDA panel found that phenylephrine — the active ingredient in Sudafed, Benadryl, Robitussin and other popular decongestants — is nearly useless at reducing nasal congestion. The advisory panel’s ruling might soon lead to these oral products being pulled off store shelves nationwide. (Nasal sprays containing phenylephrine are unaffected by the ruling.) “This drug and this oral dose should have been removed from the market a long time ago,” Jennifer Schwartzott, a patient advocate from New York, told NBC News. “The patient community requires and deserves medications that treat their symptoms safely and effectively and I don’t believe that this medication does,” Schwartzott added. Phenylephrine first came to prominence in 2006 after another decongestant, pseudoephedrine, was taken off drugstore shelves because it’s an ingredient in the illegal stimulant methamphetamine. After the passage of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, pseudoephedrine was available only behind the counter, so drugmakers replaced it with phenylephrine-based products. The FDA panel analyzed the early documents and studies that were used to support phenylephrine’s OTC use. The agency found that study results were inconsistent, did not meet modern standards for study design or had flawed data integrity. In contrast, several recent studies into phenylephrine found that the drug didn’t reduce nasal congestion much more than a placebo, even at doses as high as 40 milligrams. “In conclusion, we do believe that the original studies were methodologically unsound and do not match today’s standard,” said Dr. Peter Starke, an FDA official who led the review of phenylephrine. “By contrast, we believe the new data are credible and do not provide evidence that oral phenylephrine is effective as a nasal decongestant.” The FDA first started investigating oral phenylephrine in 2007, according to MedPage Today, in response to a citizen petition, and an advisory committee meeting was held that same year. In the meantime, there was some industry pushback against regulation of the drug, which remains the case today. The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, an industry representative group, had argued for keeping the drug available, citing the “totality of the scientific evidence” with pre-existing studies to support efficacy. They criticized the more recent clinical studies as having “important limitations” that were “conducted using a study population that is not appropriate to evaluate the efficacy of phenylephrine for OTC use.” The group also shared a survey that found 1 in 2 households in the US used an oral decongestant over the past year. It also found that people prefer oral decongestant tablets over nasal sprays 3 to 1. The market for decongestants is huge: A consumer study of 100,000 US households showed that about half purchased medications with phenylephrine over the course of the year, and most of those did so several times a year. Though the findings of the FDA advisory panel are nonbinding, the FDA usually sides with the panel, which may lead to oral phenylephrine products being removed from store shelves in the near future. Sudafed, Benadryl and most decongestants don't work: FDA advisory... NYPOST.COM "This drug should have been removed from the market a long time ago," said a patient advocate from New York.

The FDA begs to differ. (Oh, please! Please let us differ!) Decongestant in Cold Medicines Found Ineffective FDA advisory panel’s declaration paves way for removal of dozens of medicines in the U.S. Read in The Wall Street Journal: https://apple.news/A0v6rsr0eQSi20SYLIdoRIg

I think the cute guy in this ad looks like @BuffaloKyle:

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