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Super Hero (or Villain) Sheet Masks
2018-10-16 14:30:00| Happi Breaking News
Venerable US bath product company rolls out new Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn facial masks.
Trader Joes: Looks adorable, passes gas like a climate villain
2016-06-27 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Trader Joes is the go-to supplier of bagged almonds and $2 wine to an entire generation of city dwellers. But did you know that Trader Joes is also a stone-cold villain of the greenhouse gas variety? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Trader Joes slacked off so much on refrigerator maintenance that it released a very large quantity of the greenhouse gas R-22 (better known as Freon) into the atmosphere. R-22 is a doozy of a greenhouse gas, with 1,800 times the...
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Paypal founder is 'comic book villain'
2016-05-27 11:06:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Gossip site Gawker accuses Paypal founder Peter Thiel of being 'vindictive' and a 'comic book villain' who uses his billions to fund libel suits against the site.
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Things to know about the mosquito villain in Zika outbreaks
2016-01-27 20:23:54| Biotech - Topix.net
This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. Scientists believe the species originated in Africa, but came to the Americas on slave ships.
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Hated pharma CEO Martin Shkreli is the villain we need
2015-12-09 18:16:58| Biotech - Topix.net
Shkreli is infamous for jacking up the price of a 62-year-old drug by 5,000%, and then defending the move as the innevitable product of capitalism. When the Senate begins hearings Wednesday into the practice of price gouging , the voice of Martin Shkreli is sure to be heard, regardless of whether or not he testifies.