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7.14.07 5:02 PM EDT By consumeristcarey

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A Minnesota child won a bear with a Viagra ad from a claw machine at a Red Robin restaurant. The bears were part of a Nascar effort to promote its sponsors.

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7.14.07By consumeristcarey

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