Name your poison
Published 12:01 am Thursday, July 14, 2011
Where’s the Pepsi button? The latest advancement in soft-drink technology is a dispensing machine that allows customers to customize their Coca-Cola beverage with numerous options, creating up to 125 different variations, such as Coke Lime, Powerade Orange Grape or Diet Caffeine-Free Cherry Vanilla Coke.
We recommend you bring a book to read while you wait for the people in front of you to make up their minds and wade through all the buttons.
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Road trip: A state government shutdown that has closed nonessential government offices in Minnesota over a budget impasse has meant many bars, restaurants and stores are running out of beer and liquor and stores may soon run out of cigarettes.
The border regions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin have begun setting up and supplying refugee camps with Miller High Life and Winstons.
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Careful who you like: A Michigan woman is suing a Kennewick man over their failed Facebook romance. She filed a $8,000 suit claiming that after a six-month romance over games of Mafia Wars, during which she lavished gifts on him, he dumped her and disparaged her on Facebook.
His lawyer is offering a settlement: She keeps the FarmVille and both must abide by a no-poking no-contact order.
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