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  • Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch 'Sesame Street,' dies

    NEW YORK (AP) — Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children's education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, has died. He was 93.
  • CES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas last week. Some of it aimed to solve big real world problems. Some of it aimed to make your life more fun. And some of it was just a little out there.
  • Not just for kids: Toymakers aim more products at grown-ups

    NEW YORK (AP) — Since the pandemic, Elizabeth Hulanick has turned to toys from her childhood to relieve stress.
  • Americans splurge on beauty, despite pullbacks elsewhere

    NEW YORK (AP) — Like many Americans, Karla Maldonado has been cutting back her spending to spare her wallet from rising costs: She is eating out less and attending fewer social events to curb the impact of high gas prices.
  • Key milestones in Revlon's storied history

    NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday, weighed down by heavy debt load, disruptions to its supply chain and surging costs. The one-time cosmetics juggernaut owns iconic brands like Almay and Elizabeth Arden. It was started in 1932 by brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and Charles Lachman who unveiled a revolutionary nail enamel. It began selling lipstick in 1939.
  • Free samples are back, but with safety in mind

    NEW YORK (AP) — When Pat Curry spotted bite-sized wood-fire rotisserie chicken with portabella mushroom at her local Costco in early June, she felt “giddy." After a 14-month hiatus, free samples were back.
  • In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedroom floor.
  • Outdoor heaters, skis and skates likely be fall's hot-ticket items during pandemic

    TORONTO - Canadians preparing for their first pandemic fall and winter might want to pick up outdoor heaters, skis, skates and puzzles while they can.
  • On our own: Forgotten household skills, revived for new use

    Mending clothes. Cutting hair. Fixing a squeaky door or a dripping faucet. Baking bread.
  • As COVID-19 shutters salons, Canadians take hair into their own hands

    Stylists are bracing for a tangle of misbegotten hairdos as the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered salons, prompting Canadians to reveal their true colours or risk primping their own tresses.

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