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Blocking The McDonald's Drive-Thru? That's A Tasering
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 3:30 PM
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A North Carolina woman is probably still feeling the sting — at least the sting of public humiliation — from being Tased by police for refusing to budge from the McDonald's drive-thru. More »
Cheerwine-Filled Krispy Kremes Are Back, Tennessee Can Bite In Too
By Ben Popken on June 30, 2011 3:00 PM
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The lovechild of a bottle of Cheerwine soda and a Krispy Kreme doughnut is back for seconds. It's the Cheerwine-filled Krispy Kreme! The doughnut maker has brought back these two classic Carolina flavors that were such a hit last year for a one-monthly only run starting in July. And this year they've expanded the deploy zone to also include Tennessee. More »
Get Your Tornado Insurance Settlement Check Fast
By Ben Popken on April 19, 2011 1:00 PM
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With more tornadoes on the way tonight after last weekend's deadly twisters that killed 45 and left hundreds of homes damaged and destroyed, it's important to have your ducks in a row to get your tornado insurance claim check issued quickly should disaster strike. After you shake off the daze and dust from the destruction, what do you do to get your cash fast and get on the road to repair and recovery? More »
BofA Comes To Trash Out House After It's Sold
By Ben Popken on March 18, 2011 10:00 AM
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Bank of America is apologizing after a frustrated realtor took her venting to YouTube in a dramatic recounting, reports the Charlotte Observer. The realtor was representing a seller who was selling house through short sale. The realtor found a buyer, the seller was happy, and supposedly, the bank was happy. A week later when the new homeowners were moving in, a "trash out" crew rolled up in a truck with tinted windows, sporting black tshirts with an image of a gun on the front and the word "agent" on their backs. They were there to throw everything in the house out and change the locks. More »
83-Year-Old Walmart Greeter Arrested For Attempted Armed Robbery Of Own Store
By Chris Morran on March 7, 2011 12:15 PM
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Walmart greeters are usually nice, elderly people just making some extra dough in their golden years. But even in such a pleasant group of folks, there is always going to be one rotten apple. More »
Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant Forced To Show Prosthetic Breast During TSA Pat-Down
By Chris Morran on November 19, 2010 3:20 PM
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After 32 years on the job as a flight attendant, not to mention being a breast cancer survivor, a North Carolina woman says airport screeners went too far when they told her to remove her prosthetic breast during a recent pat-down. More »
Restaurant Bans Screaming Kids, Business Booms
By Ben Popken on September 8, 2010 3:00 PM
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The female owner of a North Carolina restaurant has put up a new sign on its front door saying, "Screaming children will not be tolerated." More »
Why Does My Starbucks No Longer Advertise 'Tall' Coffees?
By Chris Morran on September 1, 2010 2:15 PM
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For those who haven't been schooled in the Starbucks lexicon, a "Tall" coffee is actually a small, with "Grande" and "Venti" signifying medium and large respectively. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, we can deal with the Starbucks in Durham, NC, which apparently still sells Tall beverages — though you wouldn't know that from its drive-thru menu. More »
Domino's Delivers Racism To Your Front Door In Under 30 Minutes
By Chris Morran on August 23, 2010 10:15 AM
224 Comments
From unveiling a new recipe to promising more honest ads, Domino's has done a great deal to restructure its image in recent months. And then some jackass delivery guy in North Carolina has to go and ruin the fun for everyone by dropping the "N word" on a customer's receipt. More »
Time-Warner Cable Tells Soldier He's Getting A Refund, Then Threatens To Ding His Credit Score
By Chris Morran on July 20, 2010 2:00 PM
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Consumerist reader Bill is in the U.S. Army and has been calling Fort Bragg, NC, his home when he wasn't in Iraq. Recently, he was given orders to relocate out west, which meant it was time to pack up the family and — among other things — transfer his cable service. Unfortunately, since Time-Warner Cable doesn't service his new location, he had to cancel. But what started out as a simple solution that would net him a $64 refund quickly degraded into cancellation fees and threats of inflicting pain on his credit score. More »
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Woman Kicked Off Plane For Unruly Behavior, Goes Back To Airport To Be Even More Disruptive
By Chris Morran on July 12, 2010 3:15 PM
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A female passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight threw her name into consideration for Most Aggressively Annoying Person On Earth over the weekend. Not only did she cause her flight to make an unscheduled landing, she later returned to the airport to wreak even more havoc. More »
Mmm... Cheerwine Filled Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
By Ben Popken on June 28, 2010 5:00 PM
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Yes, it is the Cheerwine Kreme Filled Krispy Kreme doughnut. Two beloved Carolina brands together in a collision of flavor. Diabetes never tasted so good! More »
Do Not Market Your $8 Cupcakes By Insulting Fat People
By Laura Northrup on June 3, 2010 12:00 PM
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There are a lot of things to keep in mind when launching a small business. One of them: try not to build your marketing around an insult a substantial portion of the American population. A small bakery in North Carolina forgot this important truth, and launched with the tagline “So Good It Makes Fat People Cry." The slogan didn't make anyone cry—it just pissed people off. More »
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Amazon Sues North Carolina, Says It Won't Divulge Customer Names
By Chris Walters on April 20, 2010 12:51 PM
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North Carolina's tax collectors want to find out which of the state's residents have bought untaxed goods from Amazon over the past seven years, so they visited Amazon's HQ in Seattle and demanded the retailer turn over its records. When Amazon said no, the state threatened to sue. What it got instead was a preemptive lawsuit from Amazon that "says the demand violates the privacy and First Amendment rights of Amazon's customers." More »
VIDEO: Scammers Using Text Messages To Get Your Credit Card Info
By Chris Morran on March 18, 2010 3:26 PM
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Someone in the Southeast is trying to prey on unsavvy texters by pretending to be their bank and asking them to "verify their account info." More »
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Stink On U.S. Airways Plane Caused By Exhaust Fumes
By Chris Morran on March 18, 2010 9:25 AM
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Remember that funny-smelling U.S. Airways plane that sent passengers and crew to the hospital for the third time in less than three months? Well, the FAA thinks they know what was behind the most recent incident — exhaust fumes. More »
Same U.S. Airways Plane Makes Passengers Sick For Third Time In 3 Months
By Chris Morran on March 17, 2010 8:42 AM
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For the third time in just three months, the same U.S. Airways plane has reportedly made passengers and crew members ill and complaining of an odd odor. This time, the seemingly cursed jet had 9 people, including 2 pilots, heading to the hospital. More »
VIDEO: Time Warner Cable Sorry For Showing Playboy Footage On Kids' Channels
By Chris Morran on March 17, 2010 8:03 AM
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The folks at Time Warner Cable had lots of apologizing to do yesterday after viewers in some parts of North Carolina were treated to footage of naked ladies on what are listed as two different children's channels. More »
No More Amazon Referrals For North Carolina Residents
By Laura Northrup on June 17, 2009 2:50 PM
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—>This morning, Amazon e-mailed all North Carolina residents who are part of its Associates program to notify them that their accounts will be terminated in the next few weeks. More »
Slim Jim Factory Explodes, Kills Three, Requires HazMat Team
By Lucy Bayly on June 11, 2009 12:16 PM
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—>A ConAgra plant near Raleigh, N.C., that makes and packages Slim Jim beef jerky was rocked by a huge explosion on Tuesday, killing three employees and sending dozens of workers and three firefighters to hospital with severe burns or "exposure to toxic fumes." More »
