US companies dictate minimum prices on goods to retailers, shoppers left with fewer discounts
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US companies dictate minimum prices on goods to retailers, shoppers left with fewer discounts

ByNews Polite

Shoppers will find fewer discounts on everything from toys to tortillas as companies increasingly set minimum prices on their goods to maintain profits and limit price cutting by retailers like Walmart and Amazon. For many years, manufacturers set the lowest price at which retailers could advertise certain big-ticket items like TVs. They…

Jewish cemetery in Chicago suburbs vandalized with swastikas, Kanye support
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Jewish cemetery in Chicago suburbs vandalized with swastikas, Kanye support

ByNews Polite

Dozens of headstones at a Jewish cemetery in suburban Chicago have been vandalized with anti-Semitic hate, including Swastikas — and praise of disgraced local rapper Kanye West. Police in Waukegan said that 39 stones were defaced with bright red spray paint early Monday at Am Echod Jewish Cemetery. That included…

Jay Leno treated inside hyperbaric chamber after suffering third-degree burns
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Jay Leno treated inside hyperbaric chamber after suffering third-degree burns

ByNews Polite

Jay Leno has been treated in a hyperbaric chamber and received skin grafts from donors after he suffered third-degree burns in a freak accident while working on a vintage car. The 72-year-old actor allowed Inside Edition to film him lying inside the medical device in a blue hospital gown, with…

Jerry Seinfeld Hopes for “Productive” Conversation After Dave Chappelle’s Divisive ‘SNL’ Monologue
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Jerry Seinfeld Hopes for “Productive” Conversation After Dave Chappelle’s Divisive ‘SNL’ Monologue

ByNews Polite

Jerry Seinfeld dipped his toe into the Dave Chappelle controversy, but avoided fulling diving into the comedian’s divisive Saturday Night Live monologue. After Chappelle delivered an SNL opener condemned by the Anti-Defamation League for normalizing antisemitism, Seinfeld offered a vague rebuke to The Hollywood Reporter, telling the outlet Chappelle’s monologue “calls for…

Jimmy Fallon addresses #RIPJIMMYFALLON on the ‘Tonight Show’
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Jimmy Fallon addresses #RIPJIMMYFALLON on the ‘Tonight Show’

ByNews Polite

He’s Alive, He’s Alive! Jimmy Fallon returned to the “Tonight Show” on Wednesday after it was rumored across Twitter he died the night before. #RIPJIMMYFALLON was the second-highest trending hashtag on Twitter Tuesday night, but Fallon, 48, made the tag look foolish 24 hours later as he was dancing and…

‘Survivor: Nicaragua’ Contestant Dan Lembo Dead at 75 From Rare Brain Disease
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‘Survivor: Nicaragua’ Contestant Dan Lembo Dead at 75 From Rare Brain Disease

ByNews Polite

Survivor: Nicaragua contestant Dan Lembo has passed away at age 75. Per TMZ, the adventurer died Sept. 3 in his New York home from progressive supranuclear palsy. Lembo’s daughter, Emily Lembo, shared that he was diagnosed with the disease six years ago and it affected his memory, speech, and motor…