walmart
A Walmart insider tells us that the price of cellphone chargers nearly doubled on orders from Walmart HQ in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Before the hurricane, chargers cost from $10-$15, but afterwards, they rose to a uniform $19.
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drunks on a plane
Sarah Mills, 26, a flight attendant for Delta operator Atlantic Southeast Airlines, was thrown off her flight for showing up to work drunk.
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blood
A customer of a Louisville KFC/Taco Bell is claiming that smears of human blood were all over her order. " Briana Ralston says she and her 1-year-old daughter were already home, had already eaten part of their dinner by the time they discovered what looks like human blood on the bag and wrappers — even where the wrappers came into contact with the food."
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drugs
Drug-selling grannies! Finally, a story we can sink our gums into. It seems that one industry is finally giving
moonshining a run for its money in
Kentucky: reselling prescription drugs to addicts (or, you know, people who like to take painkillers). Since April of '04, over
40 senior citizens have been charged with selling drugs, putting a strain on a incarceration system ill-equipped to handle the elderly.
The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor of Community Church in Manchester and an anti-drug activist, said senior citizens may not understand the seriousness of selling prescription drugs.
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bed bath and beyond
In case you were wondering, yes, it is illegal to trade sex for a $100 gas card. [The Smoking Gun]
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