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Google spoon could steady tremors
 

Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. But these spoons (don’t call them spoogles) are a bit more than your basic utensil: Using hundreds of algorithms, they allow people with essential tremors and Parkinson’s disease to eat without spilling.

 
Maryland school district cuts religious holidays from ‘15 calendar

Maryland’s biggest school district has stripped references to religious holidays from next year’s calendar, removing Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah from the lineup of days off.

 
Man claims airline lost his dog during flight

Frank Ramano is upset about an airline misplacing some very precious cargo on a recent flight: his dog, Ty.

 
It’s back: McRib makes its return to McDonald’s

Grab some extra napkins — that saucy McDonald’s McRib sandwich is back. In nearly all of its Southern Nevada stores, the sandwich has officially made its return, according to a McDonald’s Corp. spokeswoman.