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Chipotle says it's addressing a top customer complaint by making online ordering much faster and more efficient. 

Specifically, the chain says it will get rid of the long waiting period between ordering food and picking it up.

"When people place orders at Chipotle, there's a very significant lag between when they place the order and when our restaurants allow them to come pick it up," Chipotle co-CEO Steve Ells said Tuesday.

The company has traditionally let restaurants set that lag time. Читать дальше...

The incident happened during a performance for a school field trip at the Pensacola Interstate Fair. The trainer was hospitalized for lacerations.

A Yelp user started a virtual cat fight Tuesday, when she objected to a Second Ave. deli's cat.

Radio host Alex Jones is a big Trump fan — and Trump, for his part, has returned the favor. In December, he went on Jones’s show, telling the host, “your reputation is amazing” and promising him that “I will not let you down.”

Four liquor stores that sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans of beer last year on the doorstep of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation might soon be forced to justify their continued existence to state liquor regulators.

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The warning signs of what would become a deadly opioid epidemic emerged in early 2001. That's when officials of the state employee health plan in West Virginia noticed a surge in deaths attributed to oxycodone, the active ingredient in the painkiller OxyContin.

They quickly decided to do something about it: OxyContin prescriptions would require prior authorization. It was a way to ensure that only people who genuinely needed the painkiller could get it and that people abusing opioids could not. Читать дальше...

10 buzzy, unpredictable travel destinations, all on the brink of change, to visit next year—thereby startling your friends

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Microsoft announced its first ever desktop computer at an event in Manhattan on Wednesday morning. Called the Surface Studio, the device is designed to go after the creative professional class with which Apple’s iMac has long held sway.

“It’s meant to transform the way you work and create,” said Microsoft’s VP of Devices Panos Panay.

The Studio boasts a 28-inch screen, a slick swiveling base, and a bank of microphones designed to provide access to Microsoft’s virtual assistant, Cortana. Читать дальше...

Advocates for the homeless and the Ohio Democratic Party filed a longshot appeal with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to block election rules that could disqualify thousands … Click to Continue »

Rome is under attack — by fast food joints, cheap souvenir shops and pubs, an open letter says. The "barbarism" has led hopeless Romans to beg the U.N. agency for help preserving cultural landmarks.

Het onderzoek naar Brad Pitt vanwege vermeende kindermishandeling is verlengd. De onderzoekers willen weten of er ooit vergelijkbare incidenten rond de 52-jarige acteur hebben gespeeld, meldt US Weekly. De ex van Angelina Jolie zou zijn 15-jarige zoon Maddox geslagen hebben in een vliegtuig.

If you’re rich, that is. More proof the wealthy really do get all the perks

Grammy Award-winning musician Sheryl Crow is promoting a petition asking the Republican and Democratic national committees to shorten the primary election cycle, saying the long, bitter campaign has worn on voters

DeRay McKesson, a leader of the Black Lives Matter civil-rights group called for voting for Hillary Clinton at the presidential elections in the United States.

Put away the economic models, it’s time for central-bank karaoke..

ALMELO - De ontvangst van koning Willem-Alexander en koningin Máxima vergt heel wat voorbereiding. Medewerkers van de gemeente, politie en Almelo Promotie waren woensdag bij de Hagedoornschool bezig met het treffen van maatregelen om het bezoek letterlijk in goede banen te leiden.

The commander of the US-led coalition fighting Daesh said the jihadists "make extensive use of drones" for surveillance and attacks.

Independent filmmaker Jay Craven will screen two films Friday at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St.

The star has been vandalized on past occasions, including with graffiti of a reverse swastika and a mute symbol.

Barbuzzo is a custard dessert, layered salted caramel sauce with dark chocolate cookie crumbs and whipped cream, reports Eater.

For the first time in over quarter century, the United States won’t oppose a United Nation resolution condemning the American trade embargo against the communist island. “The United states has … Click to Continue »

PARIS (AP) — UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Wednesday approved a new resolution on the status of conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem, infuriating Israel which says the document's wording denies Judaism's deep ties to the holy site Temple…

Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp talks about the importance of turning down commercial clients that are not good matches for his company. He speaks with WSJ's Rolfe Winkler at the WSJDLive conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.

A 30-year-old model and ex-girlfriend of Real Madrid football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, Irina Shayk is channeling her inner Kim Kardashian as she shows off her backside in a sexy mirror selfie. The selfie bears a very strong resemblance to one taken by Kim K a while ago. On October 22, Irina wore a very sexy […]