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Panel Finds Fault with Celebrity Addicts

The International Narcotics Control Board , a U.N. watchdog agency, “declares war on ‘Celebrity ‘Endorsement’ of Drug-Related Lifestyles.’ ” In characteristically earnest and clunky prose, the report declares war on “Celebrity ‘Endorsement’ of Drug-Related Lifestyles.” For all those who would ordinarily never make it to page 3 of the report, the warning was reiterated at [...]

Judge to Men: Don’t Scratch that Package

Italian Courts have came out officially as smoking something heavy. It is now illegal in the land of Pasta and Michaelangelo for men to “crotch-scratch, adjust or grab their genitals in public.” According to the article: The move came after judges in the Court of Cassation decided that shameless crotch-scratching and the Italian folklore of [...]

Sheetz Pushes a Frickin’ Hot Button

Residents in Altoona, PA are ready to tar and feather convenience story chain, Sheetz, for the “fowl” language on a recent billboard campaign. A convenience store chain’s billboard advertising its fried chicken sandwich is ruffling the feathers of some residents. Sheetz unveiled the “Crispy Frickin’ Chicken” billboards at the beginning of February. The campaign consists [...]

No Recession? Time to Pick up a Paper

President Bush is saying that the U.S. isn’t heading toward a recession. WASHINGTON – President Bush said Thursday that the country is not headed into a recession and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. “We’ve acted robustly,” he said. “We’ll see the effects of this pro-growth package,” [...]

Diet Soda vs. Fried Food

Recently I started drinking diet soda, as opposed (of course) to regular. I thought I was decreasing my risk of diabetes. Now I find out I’m pretty stupid. Seems that diet soda is directly related to Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is: the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, [...]

MS vs. G

Looks like Microsoft and Yahoo! will become one after all. SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O). ADVERTISEMENT Microsoft also said it expects Yahoo’s board to agree to [...]

Hot Vegas

A family member sent me a link about some hotels in Las Vegas catching fire. She mentioned that she’s going to be vacationing there in the spring and was a little freaked about the whole thing. I heard about this last week when Channel 19 in Cleveland broke into my program to tell me about [...]