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DELICIOUS PICKLE

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Dear Readers: Raise your hands -- who enjoys drinking pickle juice? OK, OK, so not everyone’s on board. But hear me out. Pickle juice is tart and tangy and may have some health benefits. Let’s take a look at the “big three” of pickle juice:

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BATHROOM TIME

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Dear Readers: Ever get annoyed when you go into the bathroom for some, shall we say, privacy and your dog follows you in? Don’t get peeved. The dog is acting on his natural instincts.

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COVID-19 virus case count, death count

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

The latest cumulative figures for people who tested positive for COVID-19 virus and a cumulative count of those who have died, was shown Friday, April 30, at 8:20 a.m., from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine website (coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html) to be:

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Poll: Texans remain concerned about pandemic, but returning to normal

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Texas voters are feeling safer about being out in public, and better about getting COVID-19 vaccines, but a majority of the state’s voters still consider the coronavirus a “significant crisis,” according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.