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Robert De Niro snaps at wife for 'spending all my money'

Trouble is brewing over Grace Hightower’s coffee company.

We’re told that her husband, Robert De Niro — who is a major investor in the firm — is steamed because the 5-year-old Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda brand is turning into a money pit.

The New York Post reports that Hightower has frustrated business associates — as well as the legendary actor — by dithering over simple decisions, and “changing her mind about how to run the business depending on who she spoke to last.”.

A source tells the paper that, in a moment of frustration, De Niro boiled over while bickering with Hightower in public at a Manhattan bar, telling her, “I wouldn’t have to keep making s - - tty movies if you didn’t spend all my money!”.

Meanwhile, defenders of Hightower point to a slew of establishments that carry her coffee, including the Ace Hotel, the Breslin, Salvation Burger, Salvation Taco, White Gold, the Williamsburg Hotel and De Niro’s raft of hotels and restaurants, including the Greenwich Hotel and the Nobu chain.

Click here to read more in the New York Post. »

Solar eclipse offers millions a chance at citizen science (Update)

Authored by hybriders.com

Another project, called the Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) Experiment by the National Solar Observatory and the University of Arizona, will engage in a kind of relay race.

“Only with special-purpose solar filters, such as eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can safely look directly at the Sun,” the agency said.

Government aircraft will be dispatched to follow the eclipse and take infrared measurements to determine the solar corona’s magnetism and thermal structure. »

New Jersey Raises Minimum Smoking Age to 21

Authored by nbcnewyork.com

Gov. Chris Christie raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices to 21 in New Jersey on Friday.

New Jersey joins New York, which also raised the age to 21 in 2014.

“By raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21, we are giving young people more time to develop a maturity and better understanding of how dangerous smoking can be and that it is better to not start smoking in the first place,” Christie said. »

Sugar-sweetened drinks and your metabolism

Authored by blogs.biomedcentral.com

The next time you tuck into a protein rich dinner, it may be a good idea to hold off on the sugary drinks.

A new study published in BMC Nutrition found that a combination of sugar sweetened drinks and a protein rich meal decreases metabolic efficiency, which can lead to more fat being stored.

This is why a large amount of research is focused on the health effects of these types of drinks. »

Record 9 million comments flood FCC on net neutrality

Authored by usatoday.com

The U.S. government has received more than 9 million public comments on rolling back net neutrality regulations, a record response to this hot-button issue that both sides argue plays an essential role in who gets Internet access.

More than 9 million comments — the largest influx ever — have been filed with the Federal Communications Commission about the agency's proposal to reverse the net neutrality rules it passed in 2015.

Pro-net neutrality regulation supporters claimed to find 450,000 fake anti-net neutrality comments among the filings. »