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Purse flies into vehicle after altercation in downtown Palo AltoA woman who was struck with a milkshake and angrily threw her purse at a vehicle full of teenagers lost $2,000 after the handbag flew into the open vehicle window, Palo Alto police said Monday. The incident started Sunday, June 24, just before midnight, Sgt. Brian Philip said. The woman was walking east on University Avenue near Rudy's Pub when a white Range Rover full of male teenagers driving recklessly southbound on High Street approached. One of the occupants allegedly threw a vanilla milkshake and struck the woman as she approached...

Houston is coming into its own as a center for style and fashion If 25 years ago, you picked up a national magazine and looked at ads for luxury retailers, chances are they'd be touting stores in cities like London, Paris, New York, San Francisco and Dallas. Dallas — but not Houston. Today, Houston is more likely to be included among the list of chichi towns. Theories on how Dallas got the luxury jump on Houston are numerous: Dallas is the headquarters of retail powerhouse Neiman Marcus. Dallas is the site of a major wholesale apparel mart. Dallas has more...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — While investigators work to pinpoint the cause of a western Pennsylvania hepatitis A outbreak that has killed three people and sickened more than 490, some food safety experts say green onions are particularly hard to keep clean. Luke LaBorde, assistant professor of food science at Penn State University, said Friday that the way green onions are grown and eaten, even the structure of the onion itself, can make them particularly likely to transmit diseases like hepatitis A.A study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that green onions were more likely to be contaminated with...