Give me Venti brew: Seattle Starbucks serves beer (AP)
AP – Something new is on the menu at a renovated Starbucks in Seattle: beer and wine.
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German restaurant in hot water over giant schnitzels (Reuters)
Reuters – A German restaurant operator has run into trouble with local tax authorities because he makes larger-than-average schnitzels — or veal cutlets — for his customers in a working class section of Saxony.
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Feds fine Oregon company $30K over 3-letter word (AP)
AP – A three-letter word may cost one of the nation’s oldest air ambulance operators a $30,000 fine.
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Settlement in suit alleging condom found in soup (AP)
AP – A California man who says he ordered French onion soup and bit into a condom instead of melted cheese has settled his lawsuit against the Claim Jumper restaurant chain.
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Polish man, shot in head, notices five years later (Reuters)
Reuters – A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said Tuesday doctors found a .22 calibre bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.
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P.U.! Wash. utility adds rotten egg smell to bills (AP)
AP – Paying bills usually stinks, but gas bills from a utility in Washington state will include something truly odorous this month: the stench of rotten eggs.
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U.S. to commemorate WWII with "kiss-in" (Reuters)
Reuters – Americans will gather for a group “kiss-in” in Times Square and buglers across the country will play the military funeral tune “Taps” on Saturday in the first national day of remembrance for the World War Two generation.
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Pork board squeals over imaginary unicorn meat (AP)
AP – It’s official: The National Pork Board says it knows unicorns don’t exist.
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Unfinished 13-bedroom Fla. mansion on sale … for $75M (AP)
AP – Listed as a “monument to unparalleled success,” the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It’s up to the future buyer to finish it.
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For Ky. man, phone call about taxes was life-saver (AP)
AP – A Kentucky man credits a state revenue employee with saving his life when he had a heart attack during a phone call about his income tax bill.
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