Denny’s Super Bowl free ‘Grand Slam Breakfast’ brings 2 million diners

Friday, February 6, 2009 Denny’s 1,600 chain restaurants across North America, Puerto Rico and Canada, were slammed for eight hours Tuesday with hungry patrons standing on sidewalks for nearly two hours to take advantage of the $5.99 “Grand Slam Breakfast” giveaway. Denny’s, a dining chain with annual revenue of about $900 million, has advertised in […]
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UK Transport Minister “pied” during launch of Future Heathrow group

Monday, May 23, 2005 A protester from the resident’s association HACAN Clearskies today pushed a pie into the face of UK Transport Minister Alistair Darling. Mr Darling was attending the launch of the pro-aviation industry pressure group Future Heathrow. HACAN describe themselves on their website as an “independent lobbying group which campaigns for quieter, cleaner […]
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On the campaign trail, July 2012

Sunday, August 5, 2012 The following is the ninth in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the rules of third party candidate polling are […]
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Category:Poetry

This is the category for poetry. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 21 November 2015: Saudi Arabian court convicts poet of apostasy, sentences to death 8 April 2014: Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93 17 March 2012: Russian scholars call on Medvedev and Putin to defend Bhagavad Gita 29 December 2011: […]
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