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Vegan Fruit Bars Launched into Outer Space

By Richard Bowie | December 31, 2015

Vegan food company is now the maker of the most popular fruit bar (not) on earth.

After being successfully sent on a cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month, That’s it. are officially the first vegan, two-ingredient, gluten- and GMO-free fruit bars to be launched into space. The snack was personally requested by astronauts readying for a five-month mission aboard the ISS and had to undergo extensive testing at NASA’s food lab to ensure its suitability for zero-g travel. “It’s exhilarating to think our product will actually be in orbit, providing a daily serving of fruit to an astronaut,” said That’s it. founder Lior Lewensztain. “This is a tremendous application of our vision to improve the quality of life worldwide by making fruit and its benefits accessible everywhere—now even in space.”

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Cinnamon Snail to Open Storefront by Penn Station

By Anna Starostinetskaya | December 22, 2015

Beloved vegan food truck nails down a brick-and-mortar at new the Pennsy Market in New York City

New York City’s beloved food truck The Cinnamon Snail has emerged from its hiatus to open a brick-and-mortar storefront at the new Pennsy Market—a collection of food concepts by celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Pat LaFrieda, and Marc Forgione—near Penn Station. The location will cater to the commuter crowd and feature a dining lounge with communal tables, sofas, high top tables, and an outdoor space. The new shop will serve the truck's most popular burgers and sandwiches, along with weekly specials. Cinnamon Snail fans will be pleased to know that the famous doughnuts—such as the award-winning vanilla-bourbon crème brulée—will be on the menu every day as well. Chef/owner Adam Sobel told VegNews that he is "looking forward to being back with a huge daily presence," adding that another creative project is also in the works. The truck will also be back on the street in the spring to serve vegan food at special events and farmers' markets in New York and New Jersey. In addition to Cinnamon Snail, this year vegan trucks from around the country have found footing in the cities that love them, including comfort-food favorite Homegrown Smoker in Portland, OR and ice cream and espresso gurus Seattle Cookie Counter in Seattle, WA.

Brooklyn cat kicker returns to NYC after doing jail time for credit card theft in Virginia

BY CHRISTINA CARREGA-WOODBY 

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 9:37 PM

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A 21-year-old man identified by police as Andre Robinson kicks cat at 1831 Fulton Street, video posted to Facebook.

The cat kicker is back.

A Brooklyn man seen on a YouTube video senselessly kicking a harmless stray cat for laughs has returned to New York after serving a six-month jail stint in Virginia for credit card theft, the Daily News has learned.

Andre Robinson, 22, pleaded guilty to using a stolen Wells Fargo Visa credit card to buy a couple of hundred dollars worth of cigarettes from convenience stores in Shenandoah, Va.

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He was expected in Brooklyn Criminal Court in May on the animal cruelty charges — but was collared by Staunton County, Va., authorities. Robinson served six months of a four year prison sentence, was released to serve four years of probation and ordered to pay $1,107.10 in restitution, according to court records.

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His Brooklyn trial is expected to start Dec. 12. If convicted, Robinson faces up to a year in jail.

The cat was adopted and named King.

JOE MARINO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

The cat kicked on video was later adopted and named King.