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Trader Joe’s salt-free 21 Seasoning Salute tastes great on roast chicken, as do many of the Chicago-themed spice rubs from The Spice House. When I’m pining for holiday food, I sprinkle the thighs with poultry seasoning and coarse salt. If you are a planner, arrange the chicken on the foil-lined sheet, rub it with seasoning and refrigerate it covered up to 2 days. Then remove it from the refrigerator to warm up a bit while the oven preheats.

Thirty-six Chinese on a hijacked train in Manchuria were killed, after being robbed; an HSBC employee in Harbin had been almost scalped by bandits who attacked him on the golf course, mid-putt.

Aside from being able to honor manufacturers for a job well done, PPN’s Editors’ Choice Awards is an opportunity for PPN to help retailers narrow the field when it comes to choosing new stock. We hope that providing our picks for the hottest and latest products out there inspires our retailer readers and offers up some ideas for new goods for the new year. 

"The following summer on holiday she wouldn’t get in the sea, didn’t want to be in the sun, she didn’t even have the strength to swim, and eventually she could barely walk, she just sat in her sister’s buggy," describes Hannah, who has three other daughters: Ava, 12, Winnie, 10, and Flossie, four.

Though saying goodbye is bittersweet, the Weavers will cherish the memories they’ve made at 39 E. Main St., and they’re happy to know the shop will stay open as they hand the business off to new owner Ashley Kline.

Known to many as the author of the bestselling novel The Party, Day also runs a hugely popular podcast, How to Fail. Part-memoir, part-manifesto, Day gleans on years as a celebrity journalist and writes on dating, sport, relationships and friendships, reminding us that learning how to fail is merely learning how to succeed better.

Plains All American Pipeline: Company says tariffs will lead to an additional $40 million in the construction of a pipeline in the largest North American oil field.

So, how do you choose? Surely, you can check out some countertop oven reviews to get an idea of the items that are highest rated among customers, but you also need to consider the following factors before you make the final decision:

The USS Michael Monsoor—named for a Navy SEAL killed in the Iraq war and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor—busted one of its two turbine engines during sea trials, and shipbuilder Bath Iron Works had to build a rail system to swap it out last summer ahead of its commissioning, scheduled for this month. The Navy took delivery of the Monsoor in April, despite knowing of the need for the new engine. That raised eyebrows at the Government Accountability Office. “The Navy often pays to fix construction defects that are the contractor’s responsibility,” Shelby Oakley, the GAO’s Navy-ship expert, told the San Diego Union Tribune in July, after word of the balky power plant was made public. “In the case of DDG 1001, it is unlikely that the warranty remains effective.”The third and final ship of the class—the USS Lyndon B. Johnson—remains under construction, so it hasn’t sailed into any snafus so far.

This address is coming full circle: While it was most recently home to a Chicken & Rice Guys location, it was once a shoe store owned by Joon Son, aka Kimchipapi. Now he’s opening an eponymous restaurant there, where he’ll serve Korean and Japanese food with risque dish names, from “glory bowls” to “tossed salad.”Projected opening: May 2018

Despite the book only being released two days ago, one unhappy customer said he was going to take it straight to the charity shop.

This is on top of Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum earlier in the year. And there are more coming, with the White House planning to more than double the duty rates for $200 billion worth of Chinese goods on Jan. 1.