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Mayor who sent watermelon e-mail says he'll resign

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."

Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose issued a statement Thursday saying he is sorry and will step down as mayor at Monday's City Council meeting.

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Vegas casino sells 2-foot, 6-pound burrito at cafe

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas casino cafe is rewarding patrons who can put away a 2-foot, 6-pound burrito with a most logical prize — free unlimited rides on a roller coaster that runs in both forward and reverse.

The offer comes with a caveat, though: Those who accept the challenge but can't finish "The Bomb" burrito have to take a picture with an extra small, pink T-shirt that says "Weenie."

The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel & Casino began selling the cheese-and-guacamole slathered burrito on Thursday for $19.95.

Those who can finish the monstrous entree get it for free, along with two unlimited coaster passes and a T-shirt proclaiming they "Conquered the Bomb."

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Russian bomber neared Canada before Obama visit
By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian fighters planes scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.

The long-range Bear bomber did not enter Canada's Arctic airspace but the two CF-18 fighters had to order the plane to "back off", MacKay told a news conference.

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Connecticut incentives may lure Jerry Springer from Chicago
Steve Wilkos, Maury Povich may also relocate this summer

By Phil Rosenthal | Tribune reporter
February 28, 2009

Connecticut incentives may lure Jerry Springer from Chicago
Steve Wilkos, Maury Povich may also relocate this summer

By Phil Rosenthal | Tribune reporter

Normally, it's the fights on "The Jerry Springer Show" that get the attention. Now attention is focused on the fight for "The Jerry Springer Show," as the nationally syndicated television show looks to be headed out of Chicago and to Stamford, Conn.

Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell on Friday said the state and NBC Universal are working on a deal to establish a television production studio in Stamford, about 30 miles from New York City.

Sources close to the negotiations said NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, the company's syndicated television arm, plans to relocate "The Jerry Springer Show" and "The Steve Wilkos Show" from Chicago to the new facility this summer in time for the start of the 2009 television season. Maury Povich's syndicated NBC Universal program "Maury" also would move there from New York.

Springer's show has originated from NBC Universal's NBC Tower in Chicago since 1992, after making its debut a year earlier in Cincinnati.

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