Rest-stop panhandlers and the pragmatic truth about begging
A column discusses rest areas as frequent sites for professional panhandling and advises readers to avoid cash gifts. It shares reader experiences, notes from a United Way First Call for Help director, and tips to offer alternatives such as a phone call to help lines.
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No Kidding Feature Snippets From Daily Life Oddities
A reader offers quirky items such as a popsicle stick left in lemonade, a Sunday only sale origin, a soggy doughnut center from fried cakes, ultra-thin potato chip sliced fries, and mashed peanut butter on bread for protein. Jenni Clark of Luling, Louisiana provides the note via World Features Syndicate Research. The Gazette invites submissions with full contact details for potential publication.
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USA network commits to 24 exclusive films for cable season
USA network unveils what it calls its biggest movie production commitment for cable television. Twenty four films will be created for USA and broadcast exclusively next season starting in April, depending on the writers' strike. The Zodiak Murders, based on Robert Graysmith's book, is the announced project.
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