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HUNG OUT TO DRY
Customers of a U Street Corridor dry cleaners that apparently closed shop without warning Monday have two five-hour windows to retrieve their clothes. "I have 20 shirts in there," said former Cornerstone client Suleiman Vick. "That's [worth], like, $200." A sign on the door of Cornerstone Cleaner at the corner of 14th and U streets in Northwest eloquently read:"STORE WILL BE CLOSE IN 30 DAYS PICK-UP ONLY CALL (703) 625-0333" (NBCWashington.com)
BUS DRIVER: SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT BEANO
An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passed gas on the bus on March 16 to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day. (MSNBC)
MINOR LEAGUE TEAM OFFERS MAJOR LEAGUE BURGER
Well, at least the salsa is low-cal. The West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor league baseball team, will be offering up major league cholesterol, carbohydrates and calories in an enormous hamburger being added to the menu this year at the Fifth Third Ballpark. (USA Today)
THE TEST WENT FINE, BUT MAN AM I STARVING
Good morning, class, and welcome to U.S. history, brought to you by Molto Caldo Pizzeria. In a cash-strapped Idaho high school where signs taped near every light switch remind the staff to save electricity, an enterprising teacher has struck a sponsorship deal with a local pizza shop: Every test, handout and worksheet he passes out to his students reads MOLTO'S PIZZA 14" 1 TOPPING JUST $5 in bright red, inch-high letters printed along the bottom of every page. (SFGate.com)