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Stock photo shock

A Missouri family was stunned to learn that their family portrait, posted on social networking sites, appeared in advertising for a grocery store in the Czech Republic.

The Buzz is OK with Czechs using our photos for ad images -- provided they deliver a growler of Dvorní ležák, a lager made by the legendary Pivovarský dvur Chýn brewpub near Prague, to our home by 5 p.m. (otherwise known as "beer-thirty") every Friday.



The key's in the middle:
Financially embattled General Motors reportedly has a buyer for its Saab unit.

In a prepared statement, the nation's Saab owners advised the prospective buyer to set aside an extra five grand to cover the inevitable transmission rebuild.



Lightning bugs:
Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation plan to destroy wasp nests contaminated with radiation.

The news disappointed the Northwest's native Midwesterners, who miss the fireflies of their childhood and were hoping the radioactive wasps would fill the void.

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