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Food Price Surge Puts Strain On India's Poor

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:24am

A jump of more than 14 percent in prices has put many staples out of reach. The cost of onions, a pungent mainstay of Indian cooking, rose by 40 percent in the past year.

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Rumor debunked: The Ginger Man is NOT closing

That Other Paper  Sun, 05/18/2008 - 11:16am

photo / hydrolix Beer selection at Ginger Man Houston  Every time I have gone into the Ginger Man recently, it has been with a twinge of sadness because, as many of us had heard, The Ginger Man was closing.

But my heart is happy again today because according to the Ginger Man website, the rumors are untrue. So many people believed the rumors (myself included) that the Ginger Man finally posted on its website: Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.

The Ginger Man is not closing.