Colmans: Some precautions can prevent crimes during the holidays Dec 21, 2008
Space heaters, candles, holiday light displays, food left on the stove and cigarettes not put out properly are just some of the causes of fires. Make sure your family has a home evacuation plan in case of fire or severe weather. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Can a World-Class Photographer Teach Me To Take Decent Pictures? Nov 20, 2008
Life classes on the Isle of Wight. Part - By Peter Terzian - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Mad Men, Mad Women Nov 4, 2008
but then I turn around and see the woman they are with and her tail is on the phone chatting away about some dude coming to visit her and how her mom is asking him for cigarettes. Not paying attention to the girls or what they are saying. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
9 arrested in Galt Market investigation (1211) Oct 31, 2008
warvet wrote on Oct 30, 2008 10:53 AM:" If we need more officers in Galt, why did it take 4 cops and a canine to arrest and fully book my 17 1/2 yr. old son for having a pack of cigarettes in is pocket? I have pictures and it looks like a big crime scene. No he didn't resist arrest,he called me and I went immediately. Yes he was wrong to have the tobacco and it's very addicting and so easy to get for teens here in Galt he's hooked.Vote No on Measure R we don't need more cops we need money to... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Windber police warn of burglary string Sep 10, 2008
The first home was entered for cash, a carton of cigarettes, two white gold wedding bands and a digital camera. In the second incident, the homeowners found 2,400 in collectible coins and a pair of gold earrings missing, he said. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A city filled with places to go lets her follow her heart Aug 24, 2008
Smells: salty, moist sea; grilled lamb; car exhaust; sweat; hamburgers; flowering trees; cigarettes; sweet cologne. Here, where the shimmering Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus connect at the Golden Horn, massive ferries fill to capacity with pushy commuters. (Boston Globe)
Decatur house celebrates retro style Aug 13, 2008
A framed poster advertising cigarettes flanks one side of the flat-panel TV that sits in a metal cabinet Gladney built. The paneling was repainted in shades of blue drawn from the sofa. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Political memorabilia market heating up Jul 21, 2008
Allee displayed, among other items, a promotional pack of cigarettes with the face of Adlai Stevenson II on display from his 1956 presidential campaign against Eisenhower. Allee said the packs, which he priced Sunday at $45, were given away in 1956 to promote the campaign. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Yankees May Sell Stadium Memories; Seats $1,000, Jeter's Locker $100,000 Jul 18, 2008
50 and five empty packs of Winston cigarettes to buy an original Yankee Stadium seat in a promotion by the now-defunct Korvettes department store. Korvettes bought up all the wood and cast-iron seats that were ripped out as part of a renovation after the 1973 season. (Bloomberg)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 17, 2008
SMOKINGBAN (Knight, San Francisco Chronicle) -- SAN FRANCISCO: Smokers would find it harder to buy cigarettes and light up in public under two proposals under consideration by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 500. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Drug case leaves DEA holding rare baseball cards Jul 13, 2008
WASHINGTON - Searching for a 1909 Ty Cobb baseball card, part of the rare T206 series printed by the Sweet Caporal Cigarettes company ... They include a 1909 card of St. Louis Cardinal Bill O'Hara (T-206 Polar Bear Cigarettes) worth $6,000, a 1912 card of Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb. (Boston Globe)
Burglaries spike in W-B Jun 29, 2008
Because of the price of gas, the price of cigarettes, the price of food, the price of everything, I expect to see more burglaries, thefts and car break-ins, Dessoye said. I think we re going to see more thefts right across the board. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office blotter May 30, 2008
11 worth of cigarettes ... The man gave Cpl. Bybee consent to search his vehicle and he found several packs of cigarettes and several large boxes in the vehicle ... When the burglary occurred the suspect had used a large box to carry out the stolen cigarettes. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Like ribbon of smoke, hookah trend lingers May 21, 2008
Among the reasons for the hookah craze is the belief that it is safer than cigarettes ... The World Health Organization released an advisory note in 2005 saying hookah smoke contains the same risks as cigarettes ... The study did conclude that hookah water pipes and tobacco pouches should carry warnings and be subjected to the same government regulation as cigarettes. (AZCentral -- News)
No kidding: 'American Girl' movie to cost $20 May 17, 2008
I would bet that most of these people that are fussing about paying $20 for their child to see a movie, sure spend money on beer & cigarettes for themselves. By CAK. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fun and games in not so fast lanes May 6, 2008
Manufacturers produced exquisite cards half the size of the cigarette pack as freebies for buying the cigarettes. They later were produced in sets, as collectibles. (Xinhuanet, China)
View from the cop: Crack is wack Apr 23, 2008
Some like to roll their own cigarettes. And some musicians use it to clean under the keys of a flute or other instrument where it s so narrow only the thin paper will work and not leave lint behind. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bush apologizes to Mubarak for Suez shooting Mar 28, 2008
The vendor, 28-year-old Muhammad Fouad Afifi, was a licensed trader selling cigarettes and antiques to ships passing through the Suez Canal. He was shot on Monday evening as he approached a cargo ship, the Global Patriot. (International Herald Tribune)
Dawn in Bhutan Mar 23, 2008
Forget about buying cigarettes: since Dec. 17, 2005, it's been illegal to sell tobacco or smoke in public. There's been no outcry: Bhutan is very orderly, a place where people actually obey traffic signals and where there's a dress code (native gear only): for men, it's a knee-length robe; for women, short jacket and long wraparound skirt. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Owner says snuffbox is art by Revere. Experts say he should pinch himself. Feb 20, 2008
Drawing on his own tireless research - and frequently quoting Revere's writings from memory - Dionne makes a detailed case for his view that the snuffbox was crafted by Revere around 1800 and that the early American patriot and silversmith used it to carry his own supply of snuff, the tobacco powder that was once considered a more stylish habit than cigarettes. Dionne said he has contacted dozens of museums about the artifact - including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Smithsonian... (Boston Globe)
Cops plea to missing lovebirds: Call home Feb 19, 2008
Scott and her boyfriend of five months, Daniel Querzoli, 22, a student at Bridgewater State College, have been missing since Thursday night when they took off in Scott s roommate s car to buy cigarettes, police said. Marsland said police do not suspect foul play is involved in the disappearance. (Boston Herald)
* Most kids are victims of second-hand smoke: poll Feb 5, 2008
In related news, the John Tung Foundation, the nation's biggest anti-smoking non-profit organization, has called upon bureaus of health nationwide to fine convenience stores for not excluding cigarettes from giveaway promotions. After collecting a certain number of purchase coupons at convenience stores -- including cigarettes -- customers can redeem them for collectible giveaway figurines ... "Until then, we can only appeal to the morality of businesses to exclude cigarettes from their... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Amman, Jordan: All the foods of the mideast at its stable center Jan 16, 2008
Behind me was a group of teenage boys with gelled hair and bright, cuff-linked shirts, smoking cigarettes and leaning against a shiny Mercedes. As an enterprise, Reem is legendary. (International Herald Tribune)
A crisis year, a Christmas comeback Dec 25, 2007
Some days she seemed to subsist largely on ice, which she ate out of paper cups, and cigarettes, which she smoked on the stoop of whatever building she was at. Most Saturdays, as the others prayed, she watched from the doorway, overseeing the thrift shop and the kitchen while monitoring the prayer, sometimes popping in to offer testimony, often a tribute to her mother, but rarely fully entering the room. (Boston Globe)
Bearer of bad habits Dec 13, 2007
I think the worst habit I picked up from a guy I was dating was left-handed cigarettes Luckily I was able to stop when I stopped talking to him. Bella tell your friend she can still go out to eat with her guy friend whenever she feels like it, she just needs to eat in moderation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Ozzy: 'I want people to take me seriously' Nov 16, 2007
I don't even smoke cigarettes, said the 59-year-old singer. I reckon nicotine is the hardest to give up; I've been in rehab with junkies who can get off of the smack, but they can't put the cigarettes down. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Sale of rare Wagner 1909 card jumps to $2.8M Sep 7, 2007
Wagner's card was among the first of hundreds of cards of major league players produced by the American Tobacco Co. and included in packages of cigarettes. Unlike other players, however, Wagner quickly demanded that his card be withdrawn. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Firemen's Home items up for bid Jul 23, 2007
They also give them up to two packs of cigarettes a day and serve beer. Most of the members walking around on Thursday were all smiles. (Albany Times Union)
neighborhood markets, dusty bookstores, and small cafes Jul 8, 2007
" Gelenter, who lives several months a year in Paris, provides his Web site members -- for a $40 fee -- with a "Paris Survival Kit" that includes unique hotel and restaurant recommendations (with discounts to members) and an Access Guide to Paris. He organizes book readings in San Francisco and Paris with authors such as Peter Mayle ("A Year in Provence,") Diane Johnson ("Le Divorce"), New Yorker writer Pete Hamill and others. He'll even arrange to meet with you at any number of Paris hangouts... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
$2.35 million baseball card may have been altered Jun 25, 2007
"Nobody who knows anything about vintage cards would look at this and say it came out of a pack of cigarettes. It has all the tell-tale signs of a card cut from a sheet." ... 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... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Mercury May be in Your Antiques Jun 19, 2007
That changed when the cab driver pulled into the 7-11 on Empire Boulevard Sunday morning to get a pack of cigarettes, and saw a store employee and another man fighting. Police in Rochester are looking for two men who robbed a bank Monday, but they didn't get far with the money. (R News)
* Black, white and red all over Jun 11, 2007
The film director Jim Jarmusch, who wrote a scene for the band in his 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes, compared the White Stripes' philosophy to the raw naturalism of film's Dogma 95 movement. "They reinvigorated rock 'n' roll by stripping it down to the point of not even having a bass," he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Fake bags, movies hitting streets May 29, 2007
The top ten counterfeits seized in 2005 are clothing, handbags, cigarettes, footwear, consumer electronics, toys/electronic games, computers/hardware, watches/parts, perfumes, and pharmaceuticals. The top ten countries which counterfeit items originate from are China, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India, Pakistan, Korea, Russia, Italy, Taiwan, and Vietnam. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)
Grateful Dead Items to Be Auctioned May 9, 2007
Included with the guitar was a custom leather case still containing items that Garcia, who struggled with drug addiction throughout his life and died of a heart attack in 1995, left inside: his guitar strings, a tuning fork, a string winder and an unopened pack of his nonfiltered Camel cigarettes. A black rubber mat used to switch on stage microphones with muddy footprints was expected to fetch at least $200. (Newsmax)
Rescuers hunt for survivors May 7, 2007
The soldiers were being held at the Pratt County Jail after they allegedly were caught stealing cigarettes and beer from a crumpled storefront Saturday evening. "They had no authority to be there," Sgt. Major Steve Rodina of the Kansas Army National Guard said of the soldiers. (Seattle Times)
4 Killed in Green Zone Rocket Attack May 3, 2007
There were charred bodies near pools of blood. "No group claimed responsibility, but suicide bombings are generally associated with Sunni religious extremists led by al-Qaida. Such extremists consider Shiites heretics and collaborators with the Americans.Also Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when a bomb devastated their vehicle in southern Baghdad, the U.S. command said. Another soldier died in a blast in western Baghdad, the command said.At least 3,354... (The Morning Star)
LISTMANIA: Things we wish were still here. Apr 5, 2007
Denver Doug wrote on March 31, 2007 8:14 PM:""The Bird" (College Bluebird) was a place mentioned earlier. As I recall, for awhile was the only building on the USU campus you could smoke in, until "The Briar" was put into the Student Union. "The Bird" had the distinctive aroma of coffee and cigarettes wafting out the door, but it was a haven for us sinners. The Briar had windows so the "holier than thou" students could look in and see who "the sinners" were. Unlike the vending machines that USU... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Bangkok Vice: Buddhas, Boxers, and Bar Girls: Apr 5, 2007
It took an hour and six 7-Eleven stops for directions, beer, cigarettes, and a bottle of Johnny Walker Red before we wandered into , a flea market bazaar that turns into a bizarre market for sex at night. Touts, tuk-tuk drivers, and flirty bar girls line the streets trying to entice farang, the drunker the better, into various establishments. (Slate)
Baseball Cards 1898-1911 Apr 3, 2007
Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1887- The very first set of 50 chromolithograph trading cards, only 10 of which were ball players ... Ramly Turkish Cigarettes 1909- Ball players photomechanicals in oval frames with elaborate embossed gold borders ... Fez & Old Mill Cigarettes 1911-One hundred ball players were issued in this series of chromolithographs with hand coloring that are considered the most beautiful of baseball cards. (Suite101.com)
Baseball card: $2M Feb 28, 2007
The tobacco cards used to be included in packs of cigarettes. Collectors believe Wagner's cards are rare because he stopped allowing the American Tobacco Co. to use his image, fearing it would encourage children to smoke. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Baseball Card Sells For $2.35M Feb 27, 2007
Tobacco cards used to be included in packs of cigarettes ... The tobacco cards used to be included in packs of cigarettes. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
LEAH GARCHIK Feb 14, 2007
"Even though we're still legally married. '' (One woman to another, overheard on Hopkins Street in Berkeley by Alan Meisel, who regrets not hearing what followed.) "I don't enjoy cigarettes as much, now that I don't have sex. (Two men on a Sacramento Street corner, overheard by Mark Murphy. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Last-gasp saloon: Paid leave and free patches for smokers in year ... Jan 2, 2007
The minimum age at which cigarettes can be bought is also to be raised from 16 to 18 this year to bring Britain in line with a number of other EU countries. And anti-smoking campaigners are championing the idea of adding 20p to the cost of a packet of cigarettes, a move they claim could lead three times more addicts to quit than the smoking ban ... " And, seeing the puzzled look on their faces, he will explain that people once "smoked" sticks of tobacco they called "cigarettes". Thus, a habit... (Independent)
