Archive for April, 2006

Friday, April 28th, 2006

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

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

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

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

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

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

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.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

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

Monday, April 17th, 2006

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

Friday, April 14th, 2006

THE DEVIL MADE 20TH CENTURY FOX DO IT by Richard Horgan 4/7/2006 at 12
Film Stew - When a couple of planes flew over Arizona s Lake Havasu recently, carrying banners that announced You Have Been Warned 6/6/06 , some mild panic ensued. We know, it sounds like a Guys Gone Wild college prank of some kind, but in actual fact

home : outdoors April 14, 2006
Fairborn Daily Herald - PORT CLINTON — A Port Clinton commercial fishing company and its owners, Richard Stinson and Orville (Lee) Stinson, were ordered to pay $160,000 today for their part in a racketeering ring that illegally netted thousands of pounds of yellow perch

Giant Popcorn Box
WBBM - You need to check out Giantpopcornbox.com! It’s the coolest thing! The Giant Popcorn Box has three flavors of popcorn and feeds 100 people! If you want to make a giant impression, you need to go to giantpopcornbox.com. You need to check out

THE WILD
New York Post - Badagascar. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated G. At the Orpheum, the Loews Village, the Beekman, others. AT the start of Disney’s latest CGI animation extravaganza, Benny the Squirrel (Jim Belushi) says, “Stealing is such a strong word. I prefer

New theater raises its curtains
Morning News - FLORENCE The renovated and refurbished Julia 4 Value Cinemas is scheduled to reopen today with bargain prices available for those wanting to check out a movie during the Easter holiday weekend. Burnsville, N.C.-based real estate broker and cinema

Ironic zombies need more brains
Yale Daily News - “Slither” might make for a fine popcorn film, if only it weren’t capable of destroying every appetite within a three-mile radius. Purely in terms of its gross-out factor, James Gunn’s directorial debut packs a powerful punch: Just about every

Gags get laughs in fourth go-round
Tacoma News Tribune - Zzzzzz. Such is the experience of watching Scary Movie 4. Moments of sheer hilarity are interspersed with mild yocks, groans and snores. This latest entry in the Scary Movie franchise, going strong since 2000, is hit-and-miss to the max

Bars: Otto’s Lounge
Denver Post - Horace Greeley knew exactly what was going on. “Go west, young man,” the 19th-century journalist counseled. And so I do. I go west to snowboard in Summit County. I go west to mountain bike outside Grand Junction. I go west to the Scoot Moab scooter

Confusing, preening ‘Brick’ stacks up poorly
SignOn San Diego - Instead, it’s the first-feature vision of Rian Johnson, making a high school noir soaked in aspects of old movies, mostly aspects that long ago parodied themselves silly. It won an originality award at the Sundance fest, where the vision

Massive egg hunt set
Daily News Journal - Three years ago on Easter weekend, Rebecca Christie said her life “turned around completely.” At the time, the single mother of three was struggling with life in general: no job, no money, no help. But that Saturday before Easter Sunday, she happened

Scary Movie 4 and The Wild
South End - Two new movies open in theaters today. They are Scary Movie 4 (PG-13) and Disney s The Wild (G). Thank You For Smoking (R) expands into wide release this Friday. The producers of Scary Movie 4 decided to keep the antics at

Written by: Craig Martin & Jim Abrahams & Pat Proft
Ottawa Citizen - Is there room for a scary movie in a scary world? That is, in a culture where Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and the rest of them, along with Jon Stewart and Bill Maher and the rest of them, not to mention Saturday Night Live and Mad

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Nutritious meals served in Fairfield cafeterias; vending machines off during school hours 
FairField Ledger - Apr 12 12:18 PM
Stephanie Myers makes her selection from a vending machine in the Fairfield High School Commons while Tabitha Nuss waits for her turn. Parents of students in the Fairfield Community School District can be assured their children are being served healthy, nutritious meals in the cafeteria.Save to My Web

Top 10 Unusual Sales Tax Laws 
SmartPros Accounting - Apr 09 9:26 PM
April 10, 2006 (SmartPros) Taxware just released its list of unusual U.S. sales tax laws for 2006.Save to My Web

ATV deaths worry area health officials 
Wapakoneta Daily News - Apr 12 1:25 PM
Warmer spring temperatures may mean influenza is on its way out of Auglaize County, but other hazards are increasing in the area, an Auglaize County health official says.Save to My Web

Ex-mayor takes the stand 
Times Herald - Apr 14 12:29 AM
NORRISTOWN - Ted LeBlanc took the stand in his own defense in federal court yesterday, offering to the jury the self- portrait of a working man who rose from a fast-food restaurant manager to a small businessman and to mayor of a town of 40,000.Save to My Web

Police news - 4/8/06 
phillyburbs.com - Apr 08 7:12 AM
A Philadelphia man was killed and another was seriously injured Friday when their car overturned on the Route 309 expressway at the Route 113 exit, police said.Save to My Web

George R. Jensen Jr., CEO of USA Technologies, Inc. Talks to The Wall Street Transcript 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 10 6:00 AM
NEW YORK—-April 10, 2006–The Wall Street Transcript has published an in-depth interview with George R. Jensen Jr. CEO of USA Technology in which he talks at length about the Company.Save to My Web

Roll Call, April 14 
Rocky Mountain News - Apr 13 11:55 PM
A CALL FOR POP PARITYSave to My Web

Man indicted on drug charges 
Bowling Green Daily News - Apr 10 9:20 AM
A Tompkinsville man was indicted by a Barren County grand jury on several charges after being accused of trying to bring marijuana into the Barren County Corrections Center.Save to My Web

Worms on demand 
Alva Review Courier - Apr 09 1:40 PM
Drop in your quarters or insert your dollar bills. Choose from one of six selections. Press the button and out comes . . . worms!Save to My Web

The Campaign of Beers 
New Haven Advocate - Apr 13 10:20 AM
Political drinking at Rudy’s; the soda lobby keeps our kids fat; and more…Save to My Web

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Cayuga Green: No multiplex is a new deal
Ithaca Journal - Everyone who read The Journal’s front page Tuesday, where reporter Anne Ju broke the story that developers of the nearly $20 million Cayuga Green Phase II project are considering scrapping plans for first-run movies downtown in favor of art house

Popcorn, Pa and clown s ear punch
Glasgow Daily Times - We weren t under the big top, but WKU s Diddle Arena proved a perfect setting for a trip to see Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus. Our now almost 4-year-old grandson wanted to go, so of course Ma and Pa could not say no. No was

Bars: Otto’s Lounge
Denver Post - Horace Greeley knew exactly what was going on. “Go west, young man,” the 19th-century journalist counseled. And so I do. I go west to snowboard in Summit County. I go west to mountain bike outside Grand Junction. I go west to the Scoot Moab scooter

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Canton Considers Banning Hot-Dog Vendors
NewsNet5.com, OH - Apr 6, 2006 CANTON, Ohio — The City Council is considering banning hot-dog vendors and other sidewalk food sales in the downtown district, which stops short of the Pro

Canine owners prepare for doggone hot summer
Sapulpa Daily Herald, OK - 5 hours ago Dog Grooming on Dewey Avenue, said dog owners are ready to rescue their pets from winter growth and begin spring in style with close-cropped, clean fur.

Lehndorff: Superdogs unleash spirit of opening day
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 15 hours ago Spring did not begin until about 2:45 pm on April 3 when I bit into my first hot dog of the year. My son and I wolfed down foot-long

‘Hot Dog’ Bandits Rob Concession Stand In Orlando — Again
Local6.com, FL - Mar 27, 2006 Local 6 News. Officials said hot dogs, buns and some candy were stolen from Eagles Nest Park in MetroWest over the weekend. The food

Planning for the 25th Ridgway Independence Festival is well at
Ridgway Record, PA - 2 hours ago Some of the activities already planned for the festival are: a Chinese auction, a motorcycle dice run, a pie eating contest, a hot dog eating contest and

LEDGER EXCLUSIVE: The ICK factor at Fenway
The Patriot Ledger, MA - Apr 11, 2006 15 that an employee at a hot dog stand on the third base line was using bare hands to pick up cheese and handle rolls. The following day, an

The Beast from the East
Harvard Independent (subscription), MA - 16 hours ago A year later, he bettered his own record by half a hot dog, beating second-place finisher Eric Badlands Booker by over 24 hot dogs.

Hanging out at cool places in Town
Tonawanda News, NY - 7 hours ago MGs and Triumphs. Later, 351 Mustangs and upholstered vans. Lately, customized, personalized Hondas. The last hot dog was served at Pat s in September 1983.

Church calendar
Noblesville Ledger,  USA - 14 hours ago $1 for all-you-can-play games. Lunch baskets are $3 and include hot dog or hamburger, chips and a beverage. Also, dunk tank and bake sale. (317) 774-0960.

Hot Dog or Not Dog?
Bard College The Bard Observer, NY - Apr 6, 2006 BY MICHAEL J. RUBIN. Considering the amount of hype this album has received in the last month from the music press, it seems to be

Kids’ events
DetNews.com, MI - 12 hours ago (800) 477-3189 or (734) 379-5020. Easter Break Activities. Hot dog and stories, 11 am Mon. $4. Learn about owls with hands-on activities, 11 am Tues. $4.