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02.09.14
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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found
dead in his Greenwich Village apartment
on Sunday. He was 46. Hoffman had long
struggled with addiction, and his death
was due to an apparent heroin overdose.
He acted in more than 50 films during his
career, and won the Oscar for Best Actor
for his role in the 2005 film Capote. Hoffman had also appeared on Broadway and
directed and acted in Off Broadway shows. Police made four drug-related arrests this
week in connection with the investigation into his death.
CVS Caremark Corp announced Wednesday that its stores
would stop selling tobacco products by October. While other
retailers like Target and Wegmans stopped selling cigarettes
several years ago, CVS is the first drugstore chain to make
such a move. In a statement, the company’s chief medical
officer said the decision will help strengthen the brand’s
identity as a health care provider. The company expects it
will lose $2 billion a year due to the decision, the Wall Street
Journal reported, but it hopes the strategy will give it a
competitive edge over rival pharmacies like Walgreens.
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A GOOD OLDFASHIONED DEBATE
Bill Nye “The Science Guy” defended
evolution Tuesday in a debate with the
head of a Kentucky museum that promotes
creationism. Before an audience of about
800 people, Creation Museum founder Ken
Ham explained his belief that the earth is only
6,000 years old, and that tests saying otherwise are fallible. For his side, Nye brought up
evidence from carbon dating and the impossibility that all animal species could have possibly
fit on Noah’s Ark, as creationists believe. More than 500,000 people were watching the
debate online towards its end, NPR reported, and #creationdebate trended on Twitter.