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The US radio airwaves are filled with endorsements from radio DJs, and the list of things they hawk is mind-blowing. Coming from a country that doesn’t have these pai
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Last week temperatures here in California soared into the 90s and we needed to cool down. After getting some fat free frozen yogurt we were still feeling hot, so my husband took o
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