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TODAY, Pop Culture & Lifestyle October 23: Today’s Consumer: One Week Out from Halloween | Your Health: What You Need to Know About Flu Season | The Secret Sauce Behind the Busiest Take-Out Restaurant in the World!

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Show Notes

With one week left until Halloween, NBC’s business correspondent Brian Cheung has some tips and tricks on how to save on last-minute buys from costumes to candy. Also, as part of our Friday Morning Lights series, we’re saying hello to Cherry Creek High School in Colorado! Plus, a look at the world’s busiest take-out joint in Houston, Texas. And, in another edition of TODAY Food Loves Football, Rocco DiSpirito demonstrates sticky BBQ meatballs and crispy salmon sliders with lemon-caper sauce recipes.

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An American teacher held in a Russian prison for nearly five years is now free and back on U.S. soil. Also, vulnerabilities found in websites worldwide… raising cyber security fears. Plus, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell is answering questions surrounding Eagles’ Quarterback, Jalen Hurts’ blood clot diagnosis. And, fall is in full swing which means pumpkin patches are the place to be – how the beloved autumn activity is in overdrive this season.

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