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What Do You Get When Legal Drug Dealers Peddle “Heroin-in-a-Pill” To It’s “Clientele”?

Jaclyn Kinkade , a 23-year-old doctor's-office receptionist and occasional model, was a casualty of America's No. 1 drug menace when she overdosed and died, alone, in a tumbledown clapboard house in Dunnellon, Fla.  What Do You Get When Legal Drug Dealers Peddle "Heroin-in-a-Pill" to it's "Clientele"? The drugs that killed her didn't…

Here’s A List Of The 80 New Store Closures Sears Has Announced

Sears, which is struggling to stay alive, announced more stores will shutter. Here’s A List Of The 80 New Store Closures Sears Has Announced Time could be running out for Sears Holding Corp., but in the meantime the bankrupt retailer continues to announce store closures. Sears will shutter 80 stores…

More First-Time Home Buyers Are Turning To The Bank of Mom And Dad (#GotBitcoin?)

Among borrowers using FHA loans, which come with low down payments, more than 26% tap relatives for financial help. That’s up from 22% in 2011. More First-Time Home Buyers Are Turning To The Bank of Mom And Dad Rising home prices are sending first-time home buyers to their parents for…

Marriott Finally Admits Hackers Swiped Millions of Passport Numbers (#GotBitcoin?)

Hackers Compromised The Passport Numbers Of Millions Of People Hotel chain says fewer total customers were affected than initially feared but analysts warn data could be intelligence trove. Marriott Finally Admits Hackers Swiped Millions of Passport Numbers Marriott International Inc. said fewer customers were affected in a massive data breach…

Slowing Mall Rent Growth Portends A Challenging 2019 (#GotBitcoin?)

Empty Shopping Malls Average rents in U.S. shopping malls gained less than 1% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Slowing Mall Rent Growth Portends A Challenging 2019 Rental growth rates at U.S. malls and open-air shopping centers eased in the final quarter of 2018 and could slow further…

Meet The Watchdog Called CryptoMom (#GotBitcoin?)

SEC’s Hester Peirce—Republicans’ muse on financial regulation—has won fans for her support of the digital-currency market. Meet The Watchdog Called CryptoMom (#GotBitcoin?) Cryptocurrency startups and traders fighting stricter regulation think they have their champion. They call her CryptoMom. Hester Peirce, shown in the SEC’s Washington office Hester Peirce, a Republican…

Toy Sellers Fall Short Without Toys ‘R’ Us (#GotBitcoin?)

Despite vigorous efforts to court customers who would otherwise have shopped at the shuttered retailer, the toy industry appears to have largely missed out on the holiday spending spree during that critical time of year. Toy Sellers Fall Short Without Toys ‘R’ Us Toys ‘R’ Us Was Able To Stock…

Smart Wall Street Money Builds Homes Only To Rent Them Out (#GotBitcoin)

Companies that once gobbled up foreclosed suburban homes are now acquiring new ones for the rental market.  Smart Wall Street Money Builds Homes Only To Rent Them Out (#GotBitcoin) Millennials aren’t the only ones having a hard time finding houses to buy. So is Wall Street.   A home under…

New For 2019: Laws On Guns, Harassment, Cannabis-Spiked Drinks (#GotBitcoin?)

In California, Full-Service Restaurants Can Be Fined $25 A Day For Serving Beverages With Unsolicited Plastic Straws. The new year is bringing in a flurry of new laws and ordinances across the country—from crackdowns on plastic straws and foam containers to new measures spurred by last year’s school shooting massacre…

Fentanyl’s New Foe: A Quick Test Strip That Can Prevent Overdoses (#GotBitcoin?)

An Addict Checks To See If Heroin Is Contaminated With Fentanyl. Groups That Work With Drug Users Say The Strips Provide An Additional Means Of Saving Lives. Fentanyl’s New Foe: A Quick Test Strip That Can Prevent Overdoses (#GotBitcoin?) Heroin and cocaine users rely on the strip to see if…

China Lands Probe On The ‘Dark Side’ Of The Moon (#GotBitcoin)

Technicians Celebrate The Landing Of The Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe At The Beijing Aerospace Control Center. China Lands Probe On The ‘Dark Side’ Of The Moon (#GotBitcoin) Landing heats up competition with U.S. to become the first country in half a century to land astronauts on moon. China Lands Probe On…

Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency (#GotBitcoin?)

In op-ed piece, incoming Utah senator and former 2012 presidential candidate says president ‘has not risen to the mantle of office’. Mitt Romney Blasts ‘Deep Descent’ of Trump Presidency President-Elect Trump And Mitt Romney Dining In New York In November 2016, When Mr. Trump And His Transition Team Were In…