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A lobster rears its claws after being caught off Spruce Head, Maine, Aug. 31, 2021. China is showing no signs of slowing its demand for American lobster this year despite disruption to the supply chain and international trade caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lobsters are especially sought after in winter because they are a popular delicacy on Chinese New Year, which is Feb. 1 this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Pandemic hasn't slowed China's love for US lobster
By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
Mon,01/17/22-7:30AM , 215 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — China is showing no signs of slowing its demand for American lobster this year despite disruption to the supply chain and international trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Liz Weston: How to get more joy while giving to good causes
By LIZ WESTON OF NERDWALLET
Mon,01/17/22-6:13AM , 175 Reads
We may think spending money on ourselves will make us happier than spending it on someone else. That belief can make it hard to carve money out of our budgets to give to good causes.
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First lady Jill Biden reacts to a question from a reporter at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, in Pearl, Miss., on June 22, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Jill Biden: I didn't expect 'healing role' as first lady
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press
Sun,01/16/22-11:10PM , 156 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Her husband campaigned to help unite the country, but Jill Biden says “healing” a nation wounded by a deadly pandemic, natural and othe
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For 'ice wine' vintners, frigid temps are reason to rejoice
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sun,01/16/22-1:17PM , 128 Reads
OVID, N.Y. (AP) — While the vast majority of New Yorkers are hunkering down to ride out frigid temperatures and snow blasts from the latest winter storm, others are seizing on the opportunity to ... pick grapes?
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