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Two Baltimore shootings leave five dead, police say

At least five people were killed in two shootings in Baltimore on Friday night, the Baltimore police said. Three men were killed about 8 p.m. in the 5200 block of Fairlawn Avenue. Two were found outdoors, and one was found in a building. All three died at the scene, police said. A fourth person went to a hospital with wounds that were not considered life-threatening, according to the police. The incident occurred indoors and spilled outside, the police said.

Why are Sun chip bags so loud?

There’s a scientific reason for the Sun Chips bag’s loudness: the new polymers used in the biodegradable bag has a high glass transition temperature (the temperature when polymers move from a hard state to a rubbery state). That translates into a highly crispy-sounding bag.Click to see full answer. Just so, why are chip bags so loud?According to a leading scientist, manufacturers deliberately make the packaging loud because the chips taste fresher if you can hear the rustle.

Why does Dolly Parton wear gloves on her hands? Why won't Dolly Parton show her arms?

Dolly Rebecca Parton is a country music singer-songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur from the United States. However, since her meteoric ascent to prominence in the late 1970s, she has amassed a  net worth of $500 million which is not bad at all. Why does Dolly Parton wear gloves on her hands? A fan revealed that Parton wore gloves due to a scar. The fan continued, “I can relay third-party information that she was approached about the gloves by fans while filming sequences for her new film Joyful Noise, and she informed them that she underwent corrective hand surgery (medical, not cosmetic) last year, which created a scar that she’s masking”.

2011 Chevrolet Cruze - The Washington Post

Bottom line: Failure to consider the Cruze Eco or its siblings (LS, 1LT, 2LT and LTZ) in shopping for a small, fuel-efficient economy car is failure to act in your best interests as a consumer. Forget whatever you recall about the bad old days of Chevrolet's small cars. Or, if it makes you feel better, hold on to those memories. But at least, drive and attempt to fairly evaluate the Cruze before crossing it off your list.

Buying frozen fish isnt what it used to be. Heres what you need to know.

Standing in your grocery store seafood department, you see a counter with fillets of salmon, cod and tuna bedded on ice. Their tenderness beckons. Somewhere nearby, packages of those same fish and more, each fillet vacuum-sealed, wait behind a freezer glass door. They look . . . well, you can’t quite tell, but the labels indicate where the stuff comes from and its sustainability. Which ones will go in your basket?