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Don’t cry over spilled milk — sprinkle lime

YORK SPRINGS, Pa.

Officials in central Pennsylvania aren’t crying over a few thousand gallons of spilled milk. They’re sprinkling some lime on it.

Hanover’s The Evening Sun newspaper reports crews sprinkled lime to prevent the milk from curdling, which could cause a horrendous smell and attract flies.

A truck that overturned Thursday near York Springs spilled about 3,000 gallons of milk into a creek. State environmental officials cleaned up about 90 percent of it with vacuum trucks.

Concerns then turned to milk that had seeped into the soil.

A spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says putting lime in the soil chews up the milk’s fat, neutralizing the odor.

NYC Divorce Expo is ‘antidote’ to industry

NEW YORK

New York City’s first-ever Divorce Expo is being touted as “one-stop shopping” for lonely hearts suffering through a breakup.

“Start Over Smart” took place at the Metropolitan Pavilion over the weekend. Its founders say the expo is an antidote to the nation’s massive wedding- planning industry.

Various exhibits helped people sort through recommended divorce attorneys, therapists and financial planners. There were free makeovers and dating advice, personal shoppers, hairstylists and matchmakers. An evening “mixer” allowed people to socialize and perhaps meet someone new.

Divorce expos have taken place in other cities, but this is billed as the first for New York.

Francine Baras, who co-founded the event, says they hope to show people that there really is life after divorce.

House candidate can say he was astronaut

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

A congressional candidate in California’s Central Valley can note on ballots that he used to be an astronaut.

A Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday that Democrat Jose Hernandez can use the ballot designation “astronaut.” Hernandez is challenging freshman Rep. Jeff Denham, a Republican from Turlock, for California’s 10th District seat.

A Sacramento law firm had argued in a lawsuit that Hernandez’s use of the moniker would violate state elections law because Hernandez has left NASA. Hernandez had flown aboard the shuttle Discovery in 2009.

The Sacramento Bee reports that Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly ruled that ballot designations apparently can reflect a profession or vocation held during the previous calendar year. Hernandez spent two weeks at NASA in 2011 before leaving the agency.

Associated Press