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The force of the blast was so significant that it literally blew the metal roof clean off of the Pacifica, as well as all the windows and doors, launching some components more than 100 feet away from the van, into the yards of nearby homes

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After more than a decade of consideration, the US Food and Drug Administration has taken the first steps toward banning menthol flavored cigarettes and flavored cigars from the market

over the past 20 years, says Tarik Benmarhnia, a climate and health scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego