BETTER LIFE: Sexual health news Dec 12, 2008
Sexual health - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Review finds abortion doesn't cause mental health problems. (USA Today -- Tech)
Obama fans snatch up newspapers as keepsakes Nov 6, 2008
There were books and key rings and stickers; gold coins, cereal boxes and toy figures; even an autographed baseball card featuring caricatures of Obama and his opponent, John McCain. It had drawn more than a dozen bids Wednesday, starting at $65 and reaching $172. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
IS PREACHER A KILLER? TINY TOWN TAKES SIDES Jul 30, 2008
"He'd fill it with wheat, grind it and cook your cereal. He was a primitive guy.". Craig's property teemed with old tractors, furniture and other antiques that he felt evoked the Central Valley's heritage. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Remnants of a prosperous past echo in Pingyao Jun 15, 2008
"Jiangmi," lightly sweetened cookies of puffed rice, resembled giant versions of Puffins cereal. Crunchy "shitou bing," or pebble cakes, were crinkly, salted wafers cooked by covering thin sheets of dough with black stones heated in a wok. (Boston Globe)
Join the Raiders of the Lost Memorabilia May 23, 2008
Artifact No. 4: Box of "Limited Edition" Indiana Jones cereal, last week. The archaeologist's daughter wanted it, "not to eat but to collect." Like dad, she's hungry for the new Indy flick. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Fun and games in not so fast lanes May 6, 2008
These cards came into being as a cigarette promotion, like old-time toys or charms in breakfast cereal or Cracker Jack boxes in the United States. Manufacturers produced exquisite cards half the size of the cigarette pack as freebies for buying the cigarettes. (Xinhuanet, China)
Win 'Speed Racer' Collectibles May 4, 2008
The toys are on the shelves now and "Speed Racer opens in theaters and on IMAX screens May 9. The Contest One grand-prize winner will be selected at random to receive the following Mattel "Speed Racer" products: Sky Jump Track Set, a Race-Around Sound Helmet, a Battle Morph Mach 6 vehicle, a Funkey game starter set and set of Funkeys, and a set of 1:64 cars.One first-prize winner will be selected at random to receive a "Speed Racer" Mach 6 and Battle Rig play set, a Movie Moments Track Set, a... (KERO 23, CA)
Junk food generation Apr 10, 2008
His usual breakfast at home consisted of bread, cereal, milk or a chocolate drink ... Another example, added Indrani, was sugar content in breakfast cereals ... CI found that in Malaysia, there was 43g of sugar per 100g of a certain cereal but in Norway, it was only 25g per 100g. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Horticulture hunks ready to take the field Nov 28, 2007
Don't expect to see the Victory Garden host's mug on a cereal box any time soon. But here's wishing sports geeks would stop kicking sand in the eyes of hort hunks. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Community : Leaves have changed and fallen Oct 11, 2007
Mixed Cereal and Craisin Bars ... Combine cereal, craisins, seeds and set aside. (Forest Republican, WI)
Style's Up In Santa Cruz Sep 30, 2007
We emerged in the morning to a breakfast buffet of fruit, cereal, fresh muffins, an egg entree and juice, tea and coffee. We could have had it all delivered to our room for $5, and that was the only additional charge we encountered (unless we wanted to take the teddy bear home). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Foliage packages from $139 Sep 12, 2007
$139 per room per night for three nightsStout's Island Lodge (pictured) has a Fall Getaway package with a three-night stay and a daily breakfast of freshly baked goods, fruit, cold cereal, oatmeal, coffee, tea, and juices. Rooms and cabins are decorated with antiques. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Labor of love: Brothers, owners of Axmen, create testament to jobs past Aug 14, 2007
e don't appreciate the work and sweat and toil that used to go into making a bowl of cereal, Grant said. he kids come in and point at things and you'll see grandpa start explaining about ice tongs and hay saws. (Missoulian, MT)
Chemo Pill Tested for Lymphoma Jul 20, 2007
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens. Friday July 20, 2007. (R News)
'Simpsons,' 7-Eleven Juggernaut Rolls On Jul 12, 2007
Simpsons-related products Buzz Cola, KrustyO's Cereal, Squishee drinks, the Official Pink Movie Donut, collectible cups and magnetic straws, and the Radioactive Man Limited Edition (#711) Comic Book are "flying off shelves," and 7-Elevens are experiencing a spike in comparable-store sales and net sales. That's what Bobbi Merkel, executive director, strategic initiatives, Fresh Works, the agency that collaborated with 7-Eleven and Twentieth Century Fox to bring The Simpsons promotion to life in... (AdWeek)
Cowabunga! 7-Elevens Get Kwik-E Makeover Jul 3, 2007
The Kwik-E makeover, which officially began Monday, not only includes the temporary replacement of 7-Eleven marquees but extends to store shelves, which will now be stocked with everything from Krusty O's cereal and Buzz Cola to WooHoo. Blue Vanilla Squishee Slurpees and pink frosted Sprinklicious doughnuts. (E! Online)
Bucknell Men's Water Polo European Tour Update #4 Jul 3, 2007
JULY 1, 2007Breakfast this morning was a bit more "Americanized" than what we were used to, and actually included some orange juice, cereal, milk and hard boiled eggs (along with the lunch meat we had been eating previously). We arrived at the outdoor pool by 9:40 ready to stretch and prepare for our scrimmage with the Eger Club team at 10:00. (Bucknellbison.com)
Woo-hoo! Simpsons come to 7-Eleven Jul 3, 2007
Every 7-Eleven received several boxes of Springfield imports including KrustyO's cereal and Radioactive Man comic books. But one very special Springfield-based product won't be available. (AZCentral -- News)
Simpsons Promo: 7-Eleven Is Now Kwik-E-Mart Jul 2, 2007
Some of the other items being sold to promote the movie are The Official Pink Movie Donut, KrustyO's Cereal, The Simpsons Movie Collectible Slurpee Cups and Magnetic Straws and Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #71. They won't be selling Duff beer, though, since the movie is rated PG-13. (WNBC.com, NY)
$2.35 million baseball card may have been altered Jun 25, 2007
According to the guidelines posted on its Web site, PSA will not grade trading cards that have been hand-cut from sheets; the grading service will grade hand-cut cards if they couldn't have been obtained any other way from the back of a cereal box, for example but not if they were traditionally cut at the factory and distributed in packs of cigarettes or with gum. Restoration work, meanwhile, is widely accepted for fine art but not for vintage baseball cards for most collectors, the ideal card... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Collector consults on new film Jun 14, 2007
Fisher didn't win some breakfast cereal contest, and she's not related to the second assistant director. Fisher, who's spent the last three decades collecting Nancy Drew books and memorabilia, was hired as the film's Nancy Drew expert, helping writer/director Andrew Fleming with the smallest details, from character names to Nancy's signature convertible. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Driving Down Spending May 21, 2007
" She rarely buys clothes for herself and always shops for bargains at supermarkets. "I get the store brands, cereal, store-brand bread, frozen vegetables," she said. "The frozen vegetables are cheaper than the fresh vegetables. " She needed to paint her house in Riverview but couldn't afford a painting contractor, so she bought the paint and did it herself. She worked a little at a time - between her job, EMT shifts and training - and did the work mostly on weekends. It took more than two... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Tell us what you liked, didn't like May 7, 2007
Who peeed in your cereal. I had no interest in shelling out 55 bucks to see YMCA either, but clearly a lot of people seemed to have a great time, regardless of what the carping music snobs have to say about how it s lost its jazz roots (and what does that mean exactly. (The Palm Beach Post)
Understanding hospice May 4, 2007
For patient Lisa Koehn, it's a blueberry muffin and raisin bran cereal. "I've had the same thing every day since I've been here," the 24-year-old says with a deadpan smile. (AZCentral)
Die cast with a vengeance Apr 21, 2007
But also bubble bath, breakfast cereal, clothing, toothbrushes, a pinball game, and dozens more specimens of Hot Wheels memorabilia, many valued at several hundred dollars apiece. Spaulding guesses he owns more than 14,000 pieces altogether, although he's never completed a precise count. (Boston Globe)
Museum features radio show premiums Jan 27, 2007
Larry Fuller, host of KSCJ s "Nostalgia Theater," collected the ads, premiums and cereal boxes as a boy growing up in Sioux City and has loaned the items to the Museum for this exhibit. He will kick off the exhibit s opening day with a live broadcast of "Nostalgia Theater," from 9 to 11 a.m. today. (Sioux City Journal)
