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Walgreens, the nation's largest pharmacy chain unveiled a new flagship store in Chicago that re-imagines the drugstore experience. Among the "unexpected" new offerings: fresh sushi, salon services, more than 700 fine wines and a juice bar. But will we really buy wine with our aspirin?
Sushi lovers needn't fear the effects of radiation on their sashimi and tuna rolls -- at least not here in the U.S. For one thing, it will be a long while before anyone starts fishing off the coast of Japan near where the earthquake-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is emitting dangerous...
That luscious ahi tuna roll you chowed down on at your local sushi joint? It's the same as eating an endangered Siberian tiger. Well, not quite. But scientists are increasingly worried that ahi, the blood-red belle of the raw-fish ball, is being quickly fished to extinction courtesy of the...
An arbitrator has let Jeremy Piven off the hook for his infamous sushi defense. Last winter, he bailed on the Broadway production of "Speed-the-Plow" in the middle of the run, claiming that his heavy sushi habit had led to mercury poisoning. The ruling came partly because there was no reason to...
Just last month, our own Sarah Gilbert wrote about endangered bluefin tuna, continuing to sell briskly at trendy sushi bars in London and New York. The best the owners of Nobu London could do was write a recommendation that patrons not order the bluefin sushi (but you could if you wanted to, since...
Something fishy about Jeremy Piven's claim of a sushi O.D.
3:00PM 1/05/2009
Broadway's miseries have spilled over to the fishing industry. Jeremy Piven, the cocky little actor who made his name playing cocky little agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage, has bailed on his role in a revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, sending producers of the three-man play into a tizzy of...
An article in the New York Times last week sent sushi lovers into a tailspin. A lab test conducted by the Times found that tuna sushi sold in 20 New York restaurants and stores had dangerous mercury levels. Elevated mercury levels pose neurological problems and may increase the risk of...
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