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The KFC Double Down: What A Restaurant Does When It Gets Desperate
It seems like the best promotional campaigns for KFC in the past few years have been on South Park, and that’s despite the fact that Cartman is the chain’s most vocal supporter. An AdAge article today...
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Man Seals Self Inside Foreclosed Home
Now we finally understand the secrets of the pharoahs: a bunch of angry people in Stony Ridge, Ohio have sealed up a home with the homeowner inside, with his permission, leaving only a golf ball-sized...
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Town Prints Its Own Money To Get Locals Shopping
Last month, a business improvement group in Ardmore, PA issued $15,000 in local currency, which citizens bought at half the face value and which can be spent like real money in stores and restaurants...
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Stone Brewing Co. Discovers Its Beer Mustard Is Missing The Beer
In addition to pale ales, Stone Brewing Co. sells mustards and sauces made with beer. Last week, in a blog post titled “MustardGate 2010,” the company announced that it recently discovered its mustards...
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Man Offers To Set Car On Fire To Save Home From HSBC Foreclosure
John admits on his blog that he’s responsible for falling six months behind on his mortgage. But once he got over his divorce and losing his adopted son and started trying to make things right, he...
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Man Who Offered To Set Car On Fire Saves Home
The guy who offered to set his car on fire in exchange for “loanations” (his word–he says he’s going to pay back all donations) managed to raise enough money to prevent the foreclosure sale of his...
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Chef Fined For Licking Toads In The Kitchen
The chef at a Japanese restaurant in Iowa was fined $335 after health department officials watched a video of him licking and kissing toads, then putting them in his mouth and then back on the prep...
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Man Who Torched Car To Save Home Ends Up In Court
A Utah man had a bold plan, which we told you about last year. His house was going into foreclosure unless he could come up with $21,638.02 to pay HSBC. So he announced to the world that he would burn...
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PETA Sends Case Of Soy Milk To PR CEO Who Threatened To Fire Next Person Who...
Today PETA sent a case of soy milk to Beckerman Public Relations CEO Keith Zakheim, who last week generated buzz for sending around an email that threatened to fire the next person in the office who...
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Yes, People Will Strip To Their Underwear And Wait Outside In The Cold For...
What would you do for the promise of a couple pieces of free clothing? Just think of all the college freshmen who signed away their financial futures by applying for credit cards at orientation (before...
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