Buy A Truck, Get A Free AK-47

Buy A Truck, Get A Free AK-47: "

A used truck dealer in Florida, birthplace of dreams, is offering an interesting promotion. Buy a truck and get an assault rifle thrown in the back for free.

Buyers have to pass a background check first. The $400 voucher can be used towards a different kind of gun if they want, or they can get it as cash-back. The dealership says that business has more than doubled since the promo went into effect on Veteran's Day.

The owner told the AP, 'My buyer is absolutely a gun owner, no question.'

Guess it pays to know your audience!

Fla. dealership offers free AK-47 for truck buyers [Associated Press]

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San Francisco Mayor Vetoes Happy Meal 'Ban'

San Francisco Mayor Vetoes Happy Meal 'Ban': "

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has made good on his earlier promises that he would veto the recently passed kids meal ban (which isn't actually a ban, but new regulations that would effectively ban most kids meals from being sold in the city as they are currently configured).

Says Mayor McCheese:

Parents, not politicians, should decide what their children eat, especially when it comes to spending their own money... Despite its good intentions, I cannot support this unwise and unprecedented governmental intrusion into parental responsibilities and private choices.

Unless a large number of the city's Board of Supervisors, who approved the measure by a vote of 8-3, change their mind, it's likely that Newsom's veto is all for naught, as the Board has enough votes to override his decision.

His rep says the mayor is hoping the Board will have a change of heart:

He hopes some members will reconsider should it be put up for an override... One of the eight is not entirely comfortable with it and some of them are getting heat as this thing is being mocked around the world.

Mayor vetoes San Francisco ban on Happy Meals with toys [CNN]

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Police Raid Spencer Gifts, Confiscate 'Sex-Related' Products

Police Raid Spencer Gifts, Confiscate 'Sex-Related' Products: "

We hadn't been in a Spencer Gifts (aka Spencer's) since Color Me Badd was lighting up the charts, but our memories of the mall-based stores are of goofy bachelor party gag gifts and posters of bikini-clad women. The authorities in Rapid City, SD, believe the store is an unlicensed 'adult-oriented business' and on Monday the police seized boxes containing around 2,000 'sex-related' products.

Though the Spencer's in the Rushmore Mall had been in business since 1979, it was only in the last year that someone got around to filing a complaint with the city, which then sent letters demanding the store be in line with regulations regarding adult-oriented businesses.

And then, according to the Rapid City Journal, on Monday, the police showed up with a search warrant:

The search warrant... allowed officers to seize all merchandise designed for use during sexual activity, books, films or other visual representations of sexual activity or anatomical areas, novelty items depicting genitals or exposed female breasts and packaging of items depicting sexual activity or anatomical areas, according to court documents.

The city attorney told the paper that he anticipates filing charges soon based on the evidence seized during the raid.

One point of contention is just how much of Spencer's stock is actually adult-oriented. Local regulations say that businesses can sell adult merchandise without a license as long as it does not make up a 'substantial or significant portion of its stock.' Various courts have defined substantial to mean anywhere from 20-50%.

A lawyer for Spencer's says that adult material only made up 5% of the items on sale at the Rapid City store.

If Spencer's is found to have been operating an adult-oriented business without a license, the owner could be looking at a $200 fine and 30 days in jail for every day a business fails to register.

Spencer's could face criminal charges; more than 2,000 products confiscated [Rapid City Journal]

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Microsoft, Sony Pay GameStop To Upsell You Downloadable Add-On Codes

Microsoft, Sony Pay GameStop To Upsell You Downloadable Add-On Codes: "

GameStop employees now have more than just pre-orders, strategy guides and loyalty cards to pressure unsuspecting customers into buying. The game dealer has moved into selling downloadable content cards, and revealed it's getting a cut of the action, given it more incentive to convince players their games aren't complete without an extra map pack.

Joystiq reports the company's head chair explained to attendees of the BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment Conference:

'I won't get into the details of the agreements, but obviously we get paid for selling the digital content. We get paid less than what we would get paid for a typical new game [retail game], because we don't have inventory carrying costs, shipping costs, etc. But needless to say, we believe it will bring operating margins similar to new games.

If you shop at GameStop, what types of pitches have you gotten from employees to buy DLC?

GameStop details a bright (profitable) future with DLC [Joystiq]

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TBS Makes Conan Episodes Available For Free Online

TBS Makes Conan Episodes Available For Free Online: "

For the Conan fans out there who don't feel like ponying up for basic cable, TBS has decided to post every episode of his new show online the day after it airs.

While Conan's old network NBC makes both Jay Leno's and Jimmy Fallon's late night chatter fests available online, TBS had not been doing the same for its Lopez Tonight talk show, which moved to midnight to make room for Conan's new show.

But with much time and money invested in promoting Conan, the network is making sure it's seen by as many people as possible (though only U.S. web users will have access to full episodes).

From a statement on TeamCoco.com:

Clips of our show WILL be available to everyone on Earth! Provided you have a computer and an internet connection, of course. Ha ha. We ain't gonna be transcribing our show and dropping leaflets into the jungles of South America, after all.

TBS has already posted last night's premiere episode -- which featured the masturbating bear -- here.

Full 'Conan' episodes to be available online [Reuters]

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