When You're Changing Your Clocks, Change Your Smoke Alarm Batteries
JOLIET, IL — The time has come to “fall back,” and in addition to turning your clocks back, the City of Joliet is reminding residents to also change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Batteries in a smoke alarm should be changed at least twice a year. The peak time for home fire fatalities is between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. when most families are asleep. Smoke alarm maintenance is a simple, effective way to reduce home fire deaths. A working smoke alarm can give your ..>> view originalWhy the FDA wants to know how much Nutella you scoop out of the jar
(Bloomberg News) Angela Chen, writing on the Verge, wants you to join her Nutella campaign. She’s talking about that spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, palm oil, cocoa and other ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration considers Nutella a dessert topping, as Chen points out, but its manufacturer wants the FDA to put it in the same category as honey, jam, jelly, fruit butter and molasses or to create a separate classification for a nut-based cocoa spread. Why would you care? “The m..>> view originalOfficials report fourth child death linked to IKEA MALM dresser
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With cases rising in Florida, Singapore, Vietnam and Trinidad and Tobago, the Zika virus pandemic is raising public concern in regions across the globe, including the U.S., where about 80 percent of Americans are aware of it but only 40 percent understand how it is actually transmitted. This raises a host of questions not only about the clinical and epidemiological scope of the outbreak, but also about the ability of citizens, public health authorities and politicians at all levels to adequate..>> view originalStudies say mutation made West Africa's Ebola strain deadlier
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Redheads, celebrate: Today is your day by: Bob DAngelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Updated: Nov 5, 2016 - 9:10 AM Prince Harry of Great Britain is one of the world's more recognizable redheads. Ian Ward/Flickr Are you a redhead? Then it’s time to celebrate. Nov. 5 is National Love Your Red Hair Day. The “holiday” was submitted by sisters Adrienne Vendetti and Stephanie Vendetti, co-founders of How to be a Redhead in August 2015. The Registrar at National Day Calendar..>> view original
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