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City Dunks Cookie-Scented Ad Campaign
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:17 PM EST
The Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled.

City officials ordered CBS Outdoor, the company that holds the advertising contract for its bus shelters, to remove the adhesive strips Tuesday, just one day after they were put up as part of a "Got Milk?" campaign.

The Municipal Transportation Agency canceled the plan after some residents raised objections. "We got complaints," said MTA spokeswoman Maggie Lynch. "It is controversial."

Some critics expressed concern over potential allergic reactions. Others complained the ads could be offensive to the poor and homeless who can't afford to buy sweet treats.

Scented oils were sandwiched between cardboard cards emblazoned with "Got Milk?" and affixed to shelter walls, in hopes that the smell of just-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies would spark cravings for milk. The promotion was launched at five San Francisco bus shelters at a cost of about $30 per shelter.
 
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Man's Lost Wedding Ring Found in Hay
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:21 PM EST
The Associated Press


DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When Mark Axler realized he had lost his wedding ring on a visit to a farm with his family in October, he said he feared chances of recovering the gold band inscribed with his name and wedding date were like "finding a needle in a haystack."

Pictures his sister-in-law, Marie Axler, of Doylestown, had taken showed the ring on his finger during a hayride at the Merrymead Farm in Worcester. But she called the farm and workers had not found a ring. Then it turned up last week as workers emptied the hayride wagons for the season, farm co-owner Scott Rothenberger said.

Marie Axler got a call from the farm, and she and Axler's wife, Nancy, surprised Axler with the ring at his daughter's fourth birthday party last weekend. "I couldn't believe it was found at all. The odds were clearly against me," Axler said.

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Information from: The Intelligencer, www.phillyburbs.com
 
Codeine

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Man Fined for Tossing Pig at Hotel
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 9:36 PM EST
The Associated Press


WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) — When pigs fly, indeed. Kevin Pugh, 20, of Cedar Bluff, has been fined $279 for tossing a pig over the counter at the Holiday Inn Express in West Point on Nov. 12. Pugh pleaded guilty Tuesday in city court to a charge of disturbing the peace.

West Point Police Lt. Danny McCaskill has said Pugh didn't know the employees of the hotel. There was no evidence intoxication was a factor.

No one was hurt, including the pig, officers said.

"This was the silliest thing I've ever seen," McCaskill said. "Almost every officer we had was involved because the incidents kept happening at different hours."

McCaskill said Pugh was accused of walking into the hotel and throwing the 60-pound pig over the counter.

"He said it was a prank," McCaskill said. "It must be some redneck thing, because I haven't ever heard of anything like it."

McCaskill said there have been four late-night incidents involving animal-tossing at West Point businesses. Twice a pig was tossed and two of the incidents involved possums.

All four of the disturbances took place between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., McCaskill said.

Pugh is accused in a second animal-throwing incident at a Hardee's restaurant. He has pleaded innocent to disturbing the peace in that case and will appear in city court on Dec. 19.
 
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Woman, 75, Douses Alleged Thief With Gas
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 9:36 PM EST
The Associated Press


TYLER, Texas (AP) — Carjacked at knifepoint while pumping gas, a 75-year-old woman didn't give in without a fight. Mary Gean Smyth opened the door of her sport utility vehicle and doused the assailant in gas.

"I'm sure he was burning like mad," Smyth said of the Tuesday carjacking. "I mean, I drowned him right in the face."

Police caught up to Smyth's GMC Denali Envoy at a restaurant and arrested 52-year-old John Clay Stricker Jr., a transient with an address in the North Texas town of Lake Kiowa, Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said.

Smyth said police told her the suspect had apparently taken a shower because he had a bag with fuel-soaked clothes and a bar of soap, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its Wednesday editions.

Smyth's wallet and credit cards were found in the car, but her cash was gone. A representative of the Brookshire grocery store, where Smyth was getting gas, has offered to pay for car cleaning and repairs, Smyth said.

Stricker was being held without bail Tuesday in the Smith County Jail on charges of parole violation, aggravated robbery and theft.
 
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Codeine said:
Some critics expressed concern over potential allergic reactions. Others complained the ads could be offensive to the poor and homeless who can't afford to buy sweet treats.
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lmao!!!!!
 
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^Yea that Bus Stop thing was on my complaint thread, who gives a fuck if 1% of the total population have alergy's if they're riding the bus in the city there going to be smelling foul shit 50 times worst then cookies....lol WHAT ABOUT THE PAST OUT CRACK HEAD WHO PISSED ON HIMSELF SITTING NEXT TO YOU!!!!
 
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