Canada Buzzing Over Ads Saying to Leave Beer for Santa Instead of Milk

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HEADLINE: Canada Buzzing Over Ads Saying to Leave Beer for Santa Instead of Milk
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580326,00.html?test=latestnews
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Santa might knock back a cold one or two while making his way around Canada this Christmas Eve — and not everyone up north is happy about it.
New advertisements for Labatt's Blue de-alcoholized beer have appeared in convenience stores across Canada with the slogan, "Leave one out for Santa. He's driving," The Toronto Sun reports.
Some consumers told the newspaper it sends the wrong message.
"Children see that and they think we'd better leave beer for Santa instead of cookies and milk," 65-year-old Kathleen Clifford told The Toronto Sun.
But Mothers Against Drinking and Driving say it has no problem with the ad because it's alcohol-free beer.

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HEADLINE: NYC Holds Condom Design Contest
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/health/main5982248.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.10
CLIP:

Health officials want more people to wear condoms. New York City's next official condom could be wearing a new design — by you.
The city health department is inviting the public to submit their suggestions for a special limited-edition design. The winning art will be featured on several hundred thousand official condom wrappers.
In recent years the city began jazzing up the wrapper on its free condoms. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration now gives away more than 40 million condoms a year, up from 3 million in 2002

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HEADLINE: Cop who drank himself to death 'a hero'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/cop-who-drank-himself-to-death-a-hero/story-e6frfku0-1225810795730
CLIP:

A POLICE officer in China has been declared a revolutionary hero after drinking himself to death at an official dinner.
Chen Lusheng, 38, a traffic policeman in the southern city of Shenzhen, "died in the line of duty" following an evening of binge drinking at a dinner with local officials in October, the state-run China Daily said.
Chen was awarded the designation of "martyr" after his family complained that the compensation offered over his death was inadequate, the newspaper said.

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HEADLINE: Boy, 8, Sent Home From School for Jesus Drawing
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580282,00.html
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TAUNTON, Mass. — A Taunton man says his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick figure Jesus on a cross.

The man told the Taunton Daily Gazette his second-grader made the drawing after his teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas. He said the teacher at Maxham Elementary School thought the drawing was too violent.
The father, who asked that his name not be used, said the family had recently seen a Christmas display at a religious shrine.
Superintendent Julie Hackett said she could not discuss an individual student and the school followed proper protocol.

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HEADLINE: Newlyweds' Bed Rigged to Twitter Sex
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/14/ap/strange/main5979730.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.11
CLIP:

The best man at a wedding has rigged the newlyweds' bed so it broadcasts a Twitter message every time the happy couple has sex.
The best man explains in the Twitter feed that he was asked to house sit for his friend the groom while the couple went on its honeymoon and - apparently as payback for the groom's previous pranks on him - rigged the bed with a pressure-sensitive pad to detect when the couple is doing the deed.

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HEADLINE: Fetus Found in Gift Box, Texas Couple Charged
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580235,00.html?test=latestnews
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SAN JUAN, Texas — A south Texas couple put an aborted 7-month-old fetus in a gift box under a Christmas tree after they were unable to flush the remains down a toilet, authorities alleged Monday.
Ruby Lee Medina, 31, and Javier Gonzalez, 37, of Mission, have been charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Bond was set Monday at $20,000 each.
A woman who answered the telephone at the San Juan city jail Monday night said she could not say whether Medina or Gonzalez had retained an attorney.
San Juan Police Chief Juan Gonzalez said police found the fetus inside the woman's trailer home Thursday after getting an anonymous tip.

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HEADLINE: 17-Pound Cyst Makes Woman Appear 9 Months Pregnant
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580204,00.html
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A woman whose stomach swelled from 32 inches to 49 inches may have looked pregnant to the rest of the world, but it turned out the massive bulge was actually a 17-pound ovarian cyst, the Daily Mail reported.
Janet Delaney, who already has two grown children, knew she wasn’t pregnant because she had her tubes tied 13 years ago. Still, doctors didn’t know was what wrong with her.

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HEADLINE: Man Drinks Fat in NYC Anti-Soda Ad
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/14/health/main5977499.shtml?tag=stack
CLIP:

The New York City health department has released a nauseating video in an effort to prevent people from drinking sugary beverages.

The video was posted Monday on YouTube (see video below).
A man opens a soda can and pours the liquid into a glass. It's actually a mess of goopy fat.
When he tries to drink it, he ends up with fat globs on his face.
The message: Drinking just one can of soda a day can add up to 10 pounds of weight in a year.
Health Commissioner Thomas Farley says sugary drinks are a large part of the obesity epidemic.

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