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There’s no doubt that China suffers from some horrible food adulteration problems because of lax control. My colleague Jodi Xu notes that in the last few months there have been a slew of stomach turning cases. In November, for example, the Shanghai authorities issued a warning about buying farmed Turbot after the local health bureau found carcinogenic antibiotics in the fish; At almost at the same time, the cancer-causing dye Sudan Red was found in red-yolk duck eggs in Fujian.

Hometown legend Frank Sinatra is still the pride of Hoboken, N.J., though the crooner had little use for the town (which he reportedly once called a "sewer") and headed west, to Southern California. After dying at age 82 in 1998, he was buried in a cemetery near Palm Springs, Calif., with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of Camel cigarettes — two regular companions — tucked into his suit.

But not Gabrielle's. While "Stayin' Alive' and "September" played in the background, the 46-year-old completed her workout effortlessly. Starting out with kettlebell swings, Gabrielle captioned the video, "Let's goooo. It's an @agt day, let's gooooo." She then moved onto cable crossovers, and captioned this portion of the workout, "let's get stronger folks." Peep the determination in her eyes. Nothing is coming between her and these gains. ADVERTISEMENT

Coverage of the British Royal Family often veers into breathless accounts of royal weddings or adulations toward tiny princes and princesses, but that’s hardly the case when it comes to Gary Janetti‘s Instagram, an account who millions follow for a refreshingly wry take on life at Kensington Palace as imagined from the perspective of a cynical Prince George, who turns six years old today. Janetti, a writer and producer known for his work on Family Guy and Will and Grace, takes headlines and photos of the expressive young royal and his family and pairs them with pithy quips, to hilarious results.

“They’re winning at Sunoco!” has been the come-on TV jingle for Sun Oil Co.’s “Sunny Dollars” game, and each week a high-speed teletype hammers out the names of winners, followed by amounts ranging from $1 to $1,000. Humble Oil invites drivers to stop by at its filling stations to play “Tigerama.” Mobil’s “Winning Line” offers $1,000 to anybody who completes a card with pictures of three gas pumps; Sinclair offers up to $2,500 to customers who match up coupons to spell out a slogan in its “Dino Dollars” contest.

TIME January 9, 1984 12:00 AM EST Realizing that many people treat their dogs and cats like children, Cynthia Grey, 34, a Hollywood entrepreneur, came up with what she considers a perfect present for the pampered pet. She packaged ordinary dog and cat biscuits in sampler boxes covered with silver foil to resemble assortments of exquisite chocolates. The names for the products: Dogiva and Cativa. Grey sent samples last spring to such departent-store chains as Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue, which quickly decided that the bonbon biscuits would make excellent Christmas gifts at about $10 a box.

Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel S. Levy, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe and Josh Tyrangiel March 13, 2000 12:00 AM EST SAVE THE EARTH TONES We’re often told brown is the new black, but Al Gore seems to have been following that fashion advice a little too literally on the campaign trail this past month. Perhaps alpha males are supposed to have monotonously autumnal wardrobes? ncG1vNJzZmismaKyb6%2FOpmaaqpOdtrexjm9ubWhmZ4Jws86rnGafkaevcA%3D%3D

Four years after its debut, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” is finally being released as a radio single, much to the delight of Swifties everywhere. According to Billboard, the song will be promoted on pop radio starting this week—which Swift herself confirmed at her June 17 concert in Pittsburgh. “Cruel Summer” was passed over as a single when Swift released Lover, her seventh studio album, in 2019. But the punchy pop anthem about a secret romance has been a sleeper hit in the making ever since.

The best friend of Marcus Tullius Cicero was named Atticus. His real name was Titus Pomponius, but he took the name Atticus because of his love for Greece, especially the city of Athens in the region of Attica, where he spent many years of his adult life. He and Cicero became fast friends as young men and remained so throughout their long lives. Cicero was devoted to Roman politics and spent most of his years in that turbulent city during the first century BC, a time of tremendous upheaval and civil war.