But anti-smoking groups say cigaletts, which will be available in convenience stores and smoke shops, may also hook kids. While tobacco products can be legally sold only to adults, such restrictions are “empty gestures,” according to William V. Corr of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Star’s president, Paul Perito, doesn’t understand why health advocates are in such a lather. “This product will have no appeal to kids,” says Perito. “You’re not cool with this thing....

The presumptive GOP nominee’s wife, Cindy McCain, gets caught passing off someone else’s recipes as her own on her Web site—and she blames an intern for the deed. Score: 54 Gratuitous commercial breaks, endless gutter-ball questions … Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos preside over the season’s worst debate. ABC gets an F. Score: 80

Whichever category you fall into, you can take appropriate steps to control your glucose levels before, during, and after surgery. How Surgery Affects Blood Sugar The stress of an operation, along with potential changes in lifestyle, diet, and exercise before and after surgery, can dramatically change your glucose levels. While everyone’s at risk for high blood sugar levels after surgery, people with diabetes face even greater risks. While the exact reason for this cannot always be determined, there are a few different factors that may be at play....

While taking the ball upcort, the high school senior did a cartwheel before draining a deep 3-pointer. MORE: Stephen Curry sings Disney songs with James Corden The commentary in the video is the best part. H/T: CBS New York

The Medford Police Department said in a press release that 24-year-old Kristopher Clay came to the police station on July 20 saying he was having “homicidal thoughts” that he planned to act on. Clay, a custodian at South Medford High School, was then taken by an officer to the Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Unit. Jackson County authorities started an investigation, and they found that Clay was in possession of firearms, ammunition, tactical gear and written material....

Sergio Soto was only 15 when he was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), also known as preLeukemia. MDS is a group of cancer cells that halts the maturation of new blood cells in the marrow. When these syndromes progress, they can often lead to blood cancers such as leukemia. MDS diagnosis tends to occur in individuals 60 years and older, but Soto found himself a rare statistic. Shortly before his diagnosis, Soto met Isabella Cristobal at a mutual friend’s party and the two fell instantly in love....

It seems Ginn may have found a challenger willing to take him on: Texas high school track sensation Matthew Boling, who has recently become a viral hit for the incredible speed he routinely puts on display. MORE: Usain Bolt matches record for fastest 100-yard dash Boling responded to a ProFootballTalk story talking about Ginn’s challenge with a one-word response on Friday: Boling, you’ll remember, recently ran the 100-meter dash in a wind-aided 9....

Argentina, Brazil and Mexico have the most developed infrastructures but still lag well behind North America and Europe. Mexico has one PC for every 50 people. Onoly half of all Brazilian homes have telephones. Ready for wire. Coaxial cable passes by more than 80 percent of American homes, 95 percent of Canadian. Deregulation is bringing energetic new competitors into telecommunications and cable TV. In both Germany and Britain, more than a fourth of all homes are PC-equipped....

Little else is child’s play about Lasseter’s latest film, which opened the day before Thanksgiving. “Toy Story” is a technical wonder and a box-office rocket. It’s the first feature ever generated entirely by computers, and its 3-D tale–of a boy’s favorite toys who come to life when he’s not around-may change the look of animation to come. According to industry sources, “Toy Story” cost about $30 million to make-barely the cost of Jim Carrey and his trailer....

Like Jennifer, I think it’s best to ask a less general question: for whom and in what context? I think it is worth encouraging as many people as possible to get a good college education. I do believe that. And I don’t disagree with Jennifer that people participate in higher education in different ways, and some get very little out of it and wind up, as she rightly points out, saddled with debt....

The truth is this: There were some 400,000 people who actually attended the event over three days in August 1969. But most of us experienced it through the documentary—and the soundtrack—that came out about six months after the event. The music was all-in-all pretty great, and a lot of acts from Joe Cocker to The Who to Sly and the Family Stone to Santana and, of course, Jimi Hendrix, had star turns....

History comes to life in Hansan: Rising Dragon, which forms the second part of a trilogy of films from director Kim Han-min retracing the battles led by the real-life Admiral Yi Sun-shin. Yi is the celebrated late Korean military general known for his victories during the Joseon Dynasty, the Korean peninsula’s last and longest dynastic kingdom spanning over 500 years from 1392 to 1910. The upcoming movie was designated as the “centerpiece film” of the current 2022 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which runs through July 31 and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year....

But as special as that moment was, the best moment of the night was when LeBron embraced Jackie Custer, a 16-year-old girl battling leukemia, and gave her a special Cavaliers jersey. Who says exhibition basketball can’t provide awesome moments? Way to go, LeBron, and way to go, Jackie. (Source: SB Nation)

Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were charged Thursday with campaign finance violations for their role in trying to gain political influence and avoid financial disclosures by funneling foreign money to U.S. politicians, including a pro-Trump Super PAC. “The defendants broke the law to gain political influence, while avoiding disclosure of who was actually making the donations and where the money was coming from,” Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told reporters Thursday....

GAMES Devilish Fun Diablo is back and he’s not a happy camper. The hulking, ill-tempered title-demon from the best PC game of 1997 returned last week in the long-awaited sequel, Diablo II ($50, Blizzard, 800-953-7669). It’s challenging, exciting and horribly addictive. This three-CD dungeon romp features the hack-and-slash action and spooky atmosphere of the original, which sold 2 million-plus. You control a heroic character charged with defeating a resurgent Diablo....

Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers said he was OK after the tasing, which took place as part of a charity event for law enforcement Saturday. The fan who shot the stun gun at the mayor is Ronda Pearson, who lambasted Weiers in a rant last week in front of the City Council. The council voted Wednesday to cancel its arena agreement with the Coyotes. MORE: Gary Bettman: Vote was irrational | Phoenix an option for potential relocation...

Mother Jones was first to detail the connections between Youngkin and the various candidates supported by the Virginia Wins PAC in an article published Thursday morning. According to campaign finance records publicly available through the Virginia Department of Elections website, Youngkin donated a total of $1 million to the PAC by September 30. The Washington Post also mentioned Youngkin’s $1 million in donations to the PAC in an article published earlier this week that explored the conservative politicians and PACs Youngkin has contributed to over the last two decades....

Gliomas make up the largest group of primary brain tumors. There are several kinds of gliomas: astrocytomas, which grow anywhere in the brain or spinal cord; brain stem gliomas, which arise in the lowest part of the brain; ependymomas, which develop deep inside the brain, in the lining of the ventricles, and oligodendrogliomas, which usually grow in the cerebrum (very rare, representing just 3% of all primary brain tumors). An advanced astrocytoma is called glioblastoma; these represent 23% of all primary brain tumors....

Europe is once again the epicenter of the pandemic with more than 12.5 million cases and 305,700 deaths. The U.S. has seen just under 10 million people test positive. More than 125,000 cases per day have been recorded three days in a row. The states of North and South Dakota have the highest rates of death per capita. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed a much more aggressive approach to the pandemic than Donald Trump, who has repeatedly downplayed its gravity....

Global health organizations like the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have spoken of goals to decrease the impact of HIV around the world. One goal is to achieve three zeros by 2030: zero new HIV cases, zero AIDS-related deaths, and zero discrimination. HIV disproportionately impacts low- and middle-income countries. Of the 4,500 people who contract HIV every day in the world, 59% live in sub-Saharan Africa....