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Labor Day Hosts Are Finally Learning to Stop Doing Everything Alone

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Will Keep Sending Free Books After Her Passing

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‘Japanese Walking’ Is Going Viral, and Doctors Say It Actually Works

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Nobody Knows What BYOB Actually Means Anymore, and Parties Are Getting Awkward

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You Can Now Buy Tom Hanks’ Coffee at 7-Eleven, and It Comes in a Pumpkin Flavor

Fall’s arrival at 7-Eleven doesn’t come with a calendar date. It comes with a coffee menu, and starting today, that’s rolling out at 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores nationwide.

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The unspoken rules of BYOB are falling apart at American parties, gatherings and cookouts

BYOB has survived decades on a handshake agreement that worked only because everyone in the room was drinking the same thing. That concept is shrinking …

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Love espresso martinis? Espresso tonics are the new drink you haven’t tried

Americans are reaching for a coffee drink made with espresso, tonic water and nothing else. The espresso tonic bets everything on bitterness and carbonation, skipping …

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Almost Every Household Is Running the Same Late August Countdown Right Now

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Kids back in school or not, households are running the same secret countdown to fall 

Walking Pads Kept Workers Moving for Years, Then Came the Mandate

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Summer Is Giving Families One Very Last Weekend to Get It Together