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Sweet surrender 
News-Tribune.net - May 05 11:58 AM
Major soft drink distributors announcement this week to phase out most sodas from school vending machines has school officials and health professionals feeling sweet.Save to My Web

See ya later, soda 
Vail Daily - May 10 5:05 PM
EAGLE-VAIL Its lunchtime at Battle Mountain High School, and the cafeteria is hopping with activity kids buying food, trading desserts, catching up on the gossip they missed during morning classes.Save to My Web

Whirlpool to shut 3 plants, move some work to Ohio 
The Toledo Blade - May 11 3:44 AM
Whirlpool Corp., the world’s largest appliance maker, will eliminate 4,500 jobs and close three factories in the first cuts since its $1.68 billion takeover of Maytag Corp.Save to My Web

Poseidon 
Creative Loafing Atlanta - May 10 7:39 AM
Remake of 1972 adventure… By Allison C. Keene.Save to My Web

Smoking ban reaction mixed 
Pantagraph - May 09 10:11 PM
BLOOMINGTON — The City Councils 5-4 vote to ban smoking in public places was close but for many in Bloomington, the final decision was not a big surprise.Save to My Web

Fizz kill Schools take sodas out of some vending machines 
Mooresville/Decatur Times - May 07 6:26 PM
An agreement that will end the sales of sugar-carbonated beverages in public schools has Morgan County educators evaluating how it will affect their policies and revenues.Save to My Web

NFC To Supersede RFID In Contactless Payments AMonline 
ePaynews - May 09 4:11 AM
May 09 2006 : As vending machine and kiosk technologies converge, insiders expect cell phone payments using the NFC (near-field communications) protocol to increase in volume.Save to My Web

Police Report 
Centre Daily Times - May 05 8:21 AM
State police at Rockview are looking for whoever stole soda and $40 in cash from a machine at the Blanchard Little League Field in Liberty Township.Save to My Web

VIANET - VIA 
ShareCast - May 09 1:09 AM
Fri 27 Jan 2006 Vianet shares picked up as the vending machine software group predicted significant increases in orders and sales volumes in 2006, though it added it needs to conserve cash to meet the opportunities.Save to My Web

Soda’s lost its fizz 
The Auburn Citizen - 31 minutes ago
AUBURN - When local school district heads learned this month of the soda industry’s agreement to halt virtually all soda sales to public schools, their concerns leapt to revenue: Would soda sales at athletic events be curtailed?Save to My Web

Even unlimited T passes have limits 
Boston Globe - May 07 1:17 AM
MBTA employees accused Gregory of Cambridge of shirking his fare last week and threatened him with arrest, all because he did not wait 20 minutes.Save to My Web

Obituary: Johnny Paris 
Guardian Unlimited - May 08 6:26 PM
Obituary: American pop musician who led from the saxophoneSave to My Web

Sales boom at Vianet yet to materialise 
The Herald - May 09 6:00 PM
Vianet Group, the supplier of remote monitoring and information systems to the European vending industry, yesterday said it had made progress in 2005 but it remained disappointed that real volume sales had not yet materialised.Save to My Web

Frocks rock the catwalk 
News Interactive - Apr 26 11:55 PM
DAY two of Mercedes Australian Fashion Week kicked off with a burst of colour when Australian Design label White Suede took to the catwalk.Save to My Web

Fest has ethnic flavor 
San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 30 1:08 AM
BALLINGER - As soon as Sherry Coy arrived at the Ethnic Festival on Saturday, she did the same thing she always does - she headed straight to the German food stand.Save to My Web

Upscale food in diner setting 
The Charlotte Observer - May 05 3:02 AM
I loved the atmosphere. Everything is new (Stumptown opened in January), but owner Ed Thomas has captured the feel of the diners of old.Save to My Web

DINING: Summertimeand the Eatin Is Easy 
Nashville Scene - May 03 8:14 AM
Erratic temperatures of the last month have lent credence to the notion that spring in Nashville is becoming shorter and shorter, with conspiracy theorists claiming the season has been preempted all together.Save to My Web

BCNG Portals Page 
Red Deer Advocate - May 01 4:10 PM
Dawson Ellert, 3, gets to work on a cone of green apple ice while his cousin Caitlyn Warner, 6, digs into a cup of cotton candy ice cream at the Little Ice Cream and Soda Shop Saturday afternoon.Save to My Web

Minute by minute at the Battle of Flowers 
San Antonio Express News - Apr 29 12:55 AM
Parade day moments are marked by tradition, fun.Save to My Web

Candyman 
The Daily Targum - Apr 25 10:09 PM
Rutgers College sophomore A.J. Moon, right, gives out cotton candy to New Brunswick children at the Big Buddy Carnival held outside the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus yesterday. Big Buddy is a University organization that volunteers to provide role models to disadvantaged children in the city.Save to My Web

PICK 3 
The Plain Dealer - May 05 1:59 AM
PLAIN DEALER FILE PHOTOGRAPHWALK THIS WAY: Join the annual Walk as One-Rock as One event Saturday in downtown Cleveland.Save to My Web

Threats to W&M dont stop the party 
The Virginia Gazette - Apr 29 12:05 AM
WILLIAMSBURG A series of e-mails threatening violence at the College of William & Mary during the final day of classes never materialized on Friday, as students celebrated peacefully amid a heavy police presence.Save to My Web

Fun and Rides Kick Off 06 Edition of Apple Blossom 
Winchester Star - May 02 10:27 PM
For many area residents, the Apple Blossom Festival opened in earnest on Tuesday with plenty of thrills and treats for all.Save to My Web

iPod Vending Machine in the Las Vegas Hilton
Mobilemag.com - Mar 29, 2006 shipping. Well, if you happen to be in the Las Vegas Hilton, you can just wander on downstairs and hit up the iPod vending machine. Okay

Business Burglarized In Pocatello
KIFI, ID - Apr 29, 2006 Guy Lanes and Tijuana Restaurant, police say the bowling alley’s vending machines were hardest hit. Burglars broke into the side of a coke machine and candy

FIVE PIPE BOMBS EXPLODE IN AND AROUND WINDSOR
CBS 5, CA - Apr 28, 2006 Kensington Lane in Windsor. A Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper vending machine was blown up, the Sheriff’s Department reported.

Vending-machines pump cash into schools, but at what cost?
Macon Telegraph, GA - Apr 30, 2006 As schools gain students and lose funding, vending-machine proceeds have become many schools’ largest and easiest form of fund raising.

USA Technologies Expands Contract With US Government’s General
TMCnet - Apr 27, 2006 “Each vending machine costs an average $300 a year to operate, and by equipping them with the EnergyMiser, the Government could save hundreds of millions of

Samuel Young Randolph: When trinkets for children conceal a lethal
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Apr 28, 2006 outlets as accessories for outfits. And as for vending-machine items, forget it — not for my daughter. Parents need to speak up

Herricks Board Proposes an Energy Performance Contract
New Hyde Park Illustrated News, NY - Apr 28, 2006 Herricks High School: Three building envelope improvements (weather stripping), boiler controllers, vending machine controls. Denton

Legislators approve soda ban in schools
Stamford Advocate, CT - Apr 28, 2006 “There’s not an elementary school in the state of Connecticut that has a vending machine in it that allows them to deposit their money to buy a snack or a soda

Federal guidelines requiring healthier school lunch options
Chester Daily Local Online, PA - 8 hours ago pasta bar, a homemade soup bar and, with the purchase of a new machine, paninis Part of the effort has also been transferred to the district s vending machines

Big Mac, fries, and a movie
Boston Globe, United States - Apr 26, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS — The big red vending machine at the McDonald’s whirrs and hums and spits out rental DVDs of ‘’Chicken Little” and ‘’King Kong” — and maybe, if

When Ford goes, blue-collar institution likely to go with it: UAW
Virginian Pilot, VA - Apr 29, 2006 Outside the break room, a faded paper sign reading America works when you buy American graces an RC Cola vending machine.

JOB OPENINGS 
Times-Beacon - 42 minutes ago
Woman’s Club of Point Pleasant will host a murder mystery pasta dinner at its clubhouse, 513 St. Louis Ave. Tickets cost $12 and can be reserved by calling (732) 458-5064.Save to My Web

Winemakers pitch macho merlot for manly men 
Pioneer Press - Apr 27 1:22 AM
HEALDSBURG, Calif. They’re making macho merlot in California wine country. Hot on the stiletto heels of last year’s wines-for-women trend, new releases from Ray’s Station Vineyards in Sonoma County are being pitched to the Y-chromosome set as “Hearty Red Wines for Men.”Save to My Web

Dave Hill: My Hot Dog Man Has Tourette Syndrome 
HuffingtonPost - Apr 26 6:35 AM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- my hot dog man has Tourette Syndrome, at least as far as I can tell anyway. I bring this up not because I think it’s funny to make light of someone’s health problems and/or disabilities (except maybe for when a dog wears one of those big lampshade things around its neck to keep from licking its privates and/or scratching its general head area. That is Save to My Web

Critics’ choice 
Detroit News - Apr 28 1:03 AM
Get over a case of the Mondays and every bad workday with “Stardust: The Bette Davis Story,” a captivating documentary that attempts to deconstruct the puzzling genius and psychology of the legendary Oscar-winning actress and movie star.Save to My Web

An Englishwoman abroad 
Daily Telegraph - Apr 28 3:19 AM
Lindsay Hawdon experiences a sinking feeling in the public baths.Save to My Web

It’s in the mail
Big Bear Grizzly - Sugarloaf residents are finally able to take advantage of the new Sugarloaf Post Office at the corner of Maple and Barton lanes. Although the parking lot is small and the new post office seemed chaotic at times, most Sugarloaf residents were happy to

Haute dogs After a bad fire, eatery is reopening with its unusual menu intact 
NorthJersey.com - Apr 26 5:55 AM
When Amazing Hot Dog opened the first time, the menu featured 12 specialty hot dogs loaded with unorthodox toppings such as cream cheese, Teriyaki sauce and crushed pineapple.Save to My Web

Disney Channel’s ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,’ a New Playhouse Disney Series for Preschoolers, Previewed at Disney Parks  
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 13 minutes ago
Kids and families around the world got the first look at Mickey’s vibrant new interactive TV series, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” during a PremEar in the Park celebration on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, at Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Resort Paris, and aboard the Disney Cruise Line.Save to My Web

Sparks in the Park activities kick off Saturday 
Benton Courier - Apr 26 5:59 AM
The third annual Parade of Hope will kick off the Sparks in the Park celebration scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 22-23, at Tyndall Park in Benton.Save to My Web

By ED BALINT REPOSITORY STAFF WRITER 
The Canton Repository - Apr 26 2:06 AM
CANTON - Hot-dog vendors, ice-cream salesmen and other street vendors may not have to worry, after all. City Council is backing off a proposal to ban mobile food carts from downtown Canton. The ban even had been suggested for the entire city.Save to My Web

Reader answers cry for onion pancakes 
San Francisco Chronicle - Apr 26 7:29 AM
Sometimes, answers to a question posed by a reader come in so long after the initial publication, it may seem that the Exchange is a devotee of the Slow Food movement. At other times, an abundance of material and a paucity of space delay an answer. So… Save to My Web

Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard) 
Riverfront Times - 44 minutes ago
Originally discovered at a Manhattan hot-dog joint by Thursday singer Geoff Rickly in 2004, the Blackout Pact were literally saved from oblivion when Rickly agreed to produce the band’s 2005 debut, Hello Sailor. Although the rampant tales of nakedness, homelessness and debauchery surrounding the …Save to My Web

I Love Lucy - The Complete Sixth Season 
DVD Talk - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
Even after five seasons, I Love Lucy was one of the top TV shows in the country. The show had consistently been tops in the ratings, and it had won every award there was to win. One of the reasons for this was that they changed to show in order to keep it fresh.Save to My Web

HOT DISH: Is Superstardom in Sight for Blake Shelton? 
cmt.com - Apr 24 3:06 AM
( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel’s Hot Dish: Cookin’ With Country Stars , she also shares her recipes at CMT .com.)Save to My Web

Loyalty Day ‘Hot-Dog’ Brigade forms 
Newport News-Times - Apr 19 10:04 AM
Entries are being sought for the First Annual Newport “Hot-Dog” Brigade in the Loyalty Day and Sea Fair Festival Parade on May 6. Wiener dogs only; costumes optional. To sign up call 336-3944.Save to My Web

Music downloads from a vending machine?
Mobile Digest, UK - Mar 23, 2006 jukeboxes, has got together with Entertainment UK to allow consumers the chance to buy music downloads using cash or a credit card using a vending machine.

Croton soda flap now a police matter
The Journal News.com, NY - 5 hours ago He said that an earlier vending machine at Village Hall had a door that swung open for purchases to be made, and he speculated that that might have led to the

Bernie Peterson: Bikers should see for themselves what state
Appleton Post Crescent,  USA - Apr 25, 2006 There’s a rest stop with toilet facilities and a soda vending machine at Larsen, halfway down the southern segment. This segment

Late-night car wash leads to arrests
Sacramento Bee,  USA - Apr 20, 2006 Three people are under arrest after allegedly breaking into a South Sacramento car wash to get to a vending machine, authorities said.

Schools worry that provincial edict on financial reporting will be
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription), Canada - Apr 23, 2006 “We do have a vending machine in the school” that sells juice, he said. “The vending machine needs to be healthy, not full of pop and unhealthy choices.”.

Vending vandalism leads to two arrests
Hilton Head Island Packet, SC - Apr 18, 2006 Sheriff’s deputies found the man bent over at a vending machine at about 3:30 am When asked what he was doing, the man said he was attempting to urinate.

iPod Vending Machine in the Las Vegas Hilton
Mobilemag.com - Mar 29, 2006 shipping. Well, if you happen to be in the Las Vegas Hilton, you can just wander on downstairs and hit up the iPod vending machine. Okay

Vendor petitions state to keep coins flowing
Gary Post Tribune, IN - Apr 25, 2006 enclosed building, where the bathrooms are located, is a small covered area that s home to seven vending machines and a change machine, tempting travelers to

The Esoteric Beat: Duke Nukem Forever Young
Gamasutra, CA - 20 hours ago Lastly, I think missed this last week, but it’s a corker: a Japanese vending machine, designed for kids, that writes video clips to the Gameboy Advance movie

Game Boy Advanced Movie Vending Machine
Kotaku.com, NY - Apr 24, 2006 view clips on their portable. It uses a rewritable Smart Media card for the downloads via vending machine. Must admit, I have seen

Shotgun blasts scatter burglars
Dispatch Online, South Africa - 9 hours ago behind . He said the intruders broke open a telephone vending machine and also stole cigarettes from a kiosk inside the premises. He

Singh proves he can be human, too
Houston Chronicle, United States - Apr 22, 2006 Thanks from the guy who once peeked beneath a vending machine when he thought no one else was around. That guy owes you a cold one.

McDonald’s looks to DVD rentals
Tampa Bay’s 10, FL - 1 hour ago McDonald’s is experimenting with a new venture movie rentals. The DVD’s are dispensed from a vending machine about the size of a soda machine.

Coke spat may touch campus Campus activists plan to urge University
Yale Daily News - The University of Michigan ended a boycott of Coca-Cola products on Tuesday, after the company agreed to an investigation into its alleged international labor abuses — the latest development in a nationwide campaign that has recently bypassed Yale

A pinhead’s pursuit
Denver Post - Donavan Stepp, above with two pinball machines in his Lakewood kitchen, is ranked as the world s 69th best player. Starting today, he ll compete at the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown, where the World Poker Tour machine, below, will pose a special

Ice cream arrives in a flash, but MooBella’s start took time
USA Today - They are out to bring disruptive technology to frozen desserts. They stole the Demo technology show in February and have become a darling of the Linux crowd. They say they could instantly turn Starbucks into a giant force in ice cream. They are the

Late-night car wash leads to arrests
Sacramento Bee - Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news. Sign up here. Three people are under arrest after allegedly breaking into a South Sacramento car wash to get to a vending machine, authorities said. A blue Mercury Cougar parked in a

Ixnay on the eBay
Minnesota Daily - Sitting at a computer for that long every day will make you put on pounds like my Aunt Elizabeth after her divorce. ike my personal Web camera, eBay is a great tool for making money while sitting half naked in front of a computer. Yet I believe its

Club 210 East
Anchorage Press - Bar hours: Sun. - Thurs. 10 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. and Fri. - Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. Restaurant hours: Sun. - Thurs. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sat. - Sun. 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. After emerging from dinner and drinks in Club 210 East’s bar a few weeks ago, my

Soda’s out, juice is in under new school nutrition policy
Nevada Appeal - Kaileen Bachman, 15, isn’t a huge soda drinker, but she and her friends know what they’ll do when the food and beverages they want aren’t available on campus next year. They’ll leave during open lunch. A new restrictive drink and food policy expected

Pangea offers schools free software
MacNN - First off: The goal here is certainly *NOT* to drive more sales of these games. If you investigate further, you will discover that most of these games have at one time or another shipped for *free* on Consumer machines from Apple. The Marketing folks

Fire damages Bridgeton warehouse
KMOV - The large warehouse is home to Advanced Cleaning Services and Vending with a Flair. The car wash supply company and vending machine supplier caught fire. Crews were able to get that fire out quickly and without anyone getting injured. This text is

STALE POPCORN: The Mid-Level Movie Star’s Guide to Staying That
PopMatters, IL - Apr 12, 2006 by Amos Posner. You’re a diverse group, but you’re all here for the same reason: You’ve clawed your way to the middle of the movie

I want popcorn and I want it now
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription), CA - Apr 5, 2006 By Jeffrey Gitomer. I had six things to do this past Saturday. One of them was to stop by the hardware store and get some picture hooks.

Beyond popcorn and soda pop
Charlotte Observer, NC - Apr 13, 2006 A Cross-Section of Earthling Food: pizza, sushi, cheesecake, hot dogs, pecan pie, nachos, soft pretzels, chocolate layer cake — and yes, popcorn and candy.

Walgreens to open in Wood River
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 5 hours ago remains open until 11 pm In addition to Subway’s renowned sandwiches, soups and salads, Schweitzer’s Wal-Mart locale serves pizza, hot dogs, popcorn and cotton