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How The Trump Organization Mixes Business And Politics In India

Journalist Anjali Kamat spent a year investigating Trump's business deals in India. Her report is in the New Republic and on the WNYC podcast, Trump Inc., which is co-hosted by Andrea Bernstein.

Jeremy Jackson wanted to rethink his grandma Mildred's famous Strawberry Cake recipe, which uses boxed cake mix and Jell-O. His updated cupcake version is shown on the right.

Saving Grandma's Strawberry Cake From The Clutches Of Jell-O

Postwar marketing of convenience foods pushed our grandmothers to take many shortcuts in the kitchen that modern foodies might find unpalatable. Many involved Jell-O. Cookbook author Jeremy Jackson updated his grandma Mildred's famous strawberry cake recipe to remove this old-school secret ingredient.

Parade onlookers cheer marchers in last year's National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York.

N.Y. Attorney General Reins In National Puerto Rican Day Parade

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade will be marching down New York City's Fifth Avenue under new leadership this year.

Spanish hams hang from the ceiling at Museo del Jamón, a ham bar in downtown Madrid.

Spaniards Snap Up Holiday Hams, Even After Cancer Warning

Ham is the most popular family gift at Christmastime in Spain. And some Spaniards are feeling defiant after the World Health Organization's warning that processed meats are linked to cancer.

Wing Gourds: Phil Rupp of Rupp Seeds says that, many years ago, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania sent Phil's father, Roger Rupp, photos of an interesting gourd she'd developed. Roger hadn't seen anything like it, so he agreed to market the variety. The woman sent in some seeds, and from there, Rupp's popular line of wing gourds was born.

Good Gourd! What's With All The Weird-Looking Squash?

Cinderella pumpkins just don't cut it for fall decor anymore. Squash and gourds come in all sorts of colors and sizes — and as far as consumers are concerned, the stranger, the better.

Corporate and foundation sponsors pay for judges to attend seminars.

Corporations, Free-Market Nonprofits Foot Bill For Judicial Seminars

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Where Have All The Bob Seger Albums Gone?

In the era of streaming music, everything ever recorded is supposed to be at our fingertips. So how did one of the biggest names in the Classic Rock canon go missing?

Mike Smith, of Long Beach, Calif., now pays $200 for his family's health insurance policy, compared with the $3,000 a month he would have had to pay on the individual market last year.

Obamacare Enrollees Emboldened To Leave Jobs, Start Businesses

Some people who felt stuck in certain jobs, just because they needed the employment-based health insurance, say they are finding the Affordable Care Act liberating.

A daily pill called Addyi is the first medicine to be approved for the purpose of boosting women's sexual desire.

FDA Approves First Drug To Boost Women's Sexual Desire

The daily pill, called Addyi, modestly increased women's interest in sex in clinical tests. The approval was praised by some women's advocates as a milestone and condemned by others as irresponsible.

'Music Was Always This Anchor': A Story Of Soul And Struggle

Rashod Ollison's memoir Soul Serenade is a coming-of-age story and playlist combined. He says he "could always tell" his mother's mood "by which Aretha Franklin song was on."

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