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Starbucks’ new menu item: Kombucha
Starbucks is brewing up some kombucha. The coffee chain announced it's going to sell its own line of the trendy fermented tea. Starbucks (SBUX) is offering six flavors of kombucha under its Evolution juice
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Start your Monday smart: What’s happening this week
(CNN)No moon? No problem. Tonight's dark sky will make the spectacle of the annual Perseid meteor shower even more scintillating.Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. (You can also get
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Opinion: This is the gift V.S. Naipaul gave me
(CNN)On October 10, 1953, V.S. Naipaul sent a telegram home to his family in Trinidad. At that time, Naipaul was an indigent student at University College, Oxford; he had arrived in England on a
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Wife says he died at his London home, surrounded by those he loved
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V.S. Naipaul, Nobel-winning novelist, dies at 85
(CNN)Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad but lived most of his life in England, died in his London home Saturday, Britain's Press Association reported, citing Naipaul's wife.He was 85.In awarding
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‘Oodles of Noodles’ for tourists in Vietnam
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Their band is called The 5th Dementia’
Los Angeles (CNN)Carol Rosenstein's husband, Irwin, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2006. Three years later, he was diagnosed with dementia. With the progressive nature of the diseases, Irwin had ups and downs. Medication
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Why it’s so tense in the South China Sea
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Books of the Week
(CNN)08/12/2018 "The Summer Before the War" by Helen Simonson08/05/2018 "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think" by Hans Rosling07/22/2018 "The China Mission" by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
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A currency meltdown in Turkey threatens Europe
Worries over a fragile Turkish economy and the risk of contagion in Europe unnerved investors on Friday and sent the lira to a record low against the US dollar. The Turkish currency plummeted as


