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HOME & GARDEN 
May 2, 2017 Home & Garden events: Herbfest in Cary, pottery show in Seagrove, more
Herbfest in Cary Cary’s eighth annual Herbfest takes place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 6, on the grounds of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center. Garden enthusiasts will find booths selling herbs, native plants, perennials and gardening items. Tour the Anne B. Kratzer Educational Herb Garden, which includes the historic 1850s Page smokehouse, and learn […]
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CLOTHING 
May 2, 2017 WRAL Mom Talk: Clothing deals for kids
WRAL SmartShopper Faye Prosser and I have teamed up for a fun little video series we’re calling WRAL Mom Talk, which is debuting today. As always, we had a blast getting together and talking shop. We’re excited to share it with you! In one of the first videos, we share tips on clothes shopping […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
April 28, 2017 China wants a bold presence in Washington — so it’s building a $100 million garden
The Ge Garden in Yangzhou, which will be replicated in the National China Garden at the National Arboretum. (Courtesy of the National China Garden) This summer, a construction team is expected to begin transforming a 12-acre field at the U.S. National Arboretum into one of the most ambitious Chinese gardens ever built in the West. […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 28, 2017 Amazon’s 13 best daily deals: BeatsX at an all-time low price, 65″ 4K TV, USB-C car charger, more
If there’s a better way to kick off the new week than with a great deal on a motion-sensing toilet light, we don’t know what it is. Other highlights from today’s best daily Amazon deals include Apple’s W1-equipped BeatsX wireless earbuds at an all-time low price, $95 off Garmin’s best-selling run tracker, a $100 discount […]
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COUPONS 
April 26, 2017 Lowes Mothers Day coupons spreading on social media are a scam
An online coupon for Lowe’s that is making the rounds on social media is actually a scam. A post, which has appeared on Facebook, states that the home improvement chain is giving away $50 coupons to celebrate Mother’s Day, according to CNN. All you have to do is take a survey. Clicking the link to […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 26, 2017 TVs are now tablet computers without a touchscreen
A few weeks back I turned on my television to find out it had stopped receiving two of the free-to-air channels I watched most often. All of the other channels still resolved with perfect, digital clarity, so I couldn’t work out why these two channels – out of four in packaged in a multichannel broadcast […]
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CLOTHING 
April 26, 2017 Chinese Workers at Factory for Ivanka Trumps Clothing Maker Earn About $62 a Week Report
A new report by a watchdog group found the Chinese knitting factory used by a company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump’s brand has poor conditions and pay, with workers putting in up to 60 hours a week for wages of about $62 weekly. The factory violated two dozen standards set by the U.N. International […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 26, 2017 Trump administration might extend electronics ban to UK flights: Report
Passengers flying from the UK to the US may also be banned from bringing their laptops into aircraft cabins, it has been reported. According to the Guardian, the Trump administration is considering extending its security restrictions — which prohibits electronic devices larger than a smartphone from being taken as carry-on luggage — to US-bound flights […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 26, 2017 Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
Some computers in the City of Newark have been infected with ransomware, rendering them unusable, and the hacker is demanding payment of 24 Bitcoin, or about $30,000 in ransom, according to a document obtained by TAPInto Newark and a city official with knowledge of the hack. The document reveals that that city computers were infected with RSA-2048 encryption, which […]
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CLOTHING 
April 26, 2017 Clothing firm Nordstrom castigated for $425 mud-coated jeans
A US clothing company has been mocked on social media for selling a pair of $425 (£330; €390) jeans complete with “crackled, caked-on muddy coating”. The jeans are described on Nordstrom’s website as typifying “rugged, Americana workwear” and “hard-working action”. But critics on Facebook are scathing of what the company describes as its new design […]
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COUPONS 
April 25, 2017 Beware of $50 Mother’s Day Lowe’s coupon scam on Facebook
Watch out! Another Facebook scam is making the rounds. This time it has to do with Lowe’s Home Improvement. A Facebook post that is being circulated claims that Lowe’s is offering $50 off coupons for Mother’s Day. Then after clicking on the post, users are directed to take a survey on a website that looks […]
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NEWS 
April 25, 2017 US submarine arrives in South Korea as tensions rise
A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. North Korea is celebrating its army’s 85th founding anniversary on Tuesday. It has previously marked similar occasions with […]
