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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Chewing gum bandit steals $650 worth of gum from gift shop
Columbus police are search for a sticky fingered women who may or may not have a fetish for blowing bubbles.
The chewing gum bandit has stolen more than $600 worth of gum from the gift shop inside Nationwide Children’s Hospital since June, 10TV News reported Tuesday, June 30.
See surveillance photo of the thief here.
The gummy maniac has struck three times, lifting packs of gum, the TV station says.
“She must obviously be reselling it because she’s not chewing $650 worth of gum,” said assistant city prosecutor Bill Hedrick told the station.
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Report: Obesity up in Ohio, state is tenth fattest
Maybe Ohioans should spend a little less time in line for fried Ding Dongs and more time on treadmills.
Ohio is the tenth fattest state in the union in terms of adult obesity, according to the “F as in Fat 2009” study released today, July 1, by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The state has packed some pounds since last year. The state was in 17th place in 2008.
Ohio might be fat, but it is not the fattest.
That title goes to Mississippi which tops the list for the fifth year running.
It and three other states - West Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee - have adult obesity rates over 30 percent.
Read depressing AP story about it here.
Colorado has just 19 percent of obese adults, the lowest percentage of all states. (Showoffs!)
Overall the nation is looking pretty chunky.
The rate of obese adults increased in 23 states over last year and didn’t drop in one, the study says.
The rate of overweight or obese children is shocking. The obesity rate for kids is 30 percent or greater in 30 states.
Just more than 33 percent of Ohio children are overweight or obese. Nearly 29 percent of adults are obese here. Twenty-seven percent of Ohio adults were obese in 2008.
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Vote for your favorite Duck Tape prom dress
It is coming down to the wire for teens hoping to break through the red tape and win Duck Tape’s ninth annual Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.
The last day to vote online for the high school couple you think created the best Duck Tape prom attire is Thursday, July 2.
Click here to vote and see 2009 entries.
A panel of judges selected by the Avon, Ohio based company picked the top ten finalist from hundreds of teens draped in tape.
The entries were judged on criteria that included workmanship, originality, use of colors accessories and quantity of tape used.
The three couples that receive the most votes from the online voting will be awarded cold hard cash money.
The pair that comes in first will receive $6,000 with their school netting $3,000.
The second place couple will split $4000 with their school receiving $2,000. The third place finishers will take home $2,000. Their school will win $1,000.
Voting ends 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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