Skip holiday gift exchanges and donate Christmas presents to needy children | Examiner.com

 Random gift exchanges are silly. There is no sense, financial or common, in trading gifts with extended family or people you're not close to. Times are tight and many can't afford frivolous gift exchanges. They don't want to waste money on a meaningless token gift. So here's a plan: skip holiday gift exchanges and donate Christmas presents to needy children.Skip holiday gift exchanges and donate Christmas presents to needy children | Examiner.com

USDA ground beef recall for E. coli linked to Chipotle E. coli outbreak?

The United States Department of Agriculture ordered a ground beef recall for possible E. coli contamination, reported the U.S. News & World Report on Nov.3. An Omaha, Nebraska meat processor, All American Meats, tested positive for the Escherichia coli, or E. coli bacteria. A nationwide ground beef recall affected 167,000 pounds of ground beef that had been shipped all over the U.S. Could the E. coli ground beef recall be linked to the Chipotle E. coli outbreak? 22 people have sickened from E. coli in Oregon and Washington state and 15 of those people had eaten at Chipotle restaurants. Of the 22 ill, 8 have been hospitalized but no deaths have occurred. The E. coli outbreak has been tentatively linked to Chipotle, and the company has closed all restaurants in Washington and Oregon.  USDA ground beef recall for E. coli linked to Chipotle E. coli outbreak?