EZ-Cheez: Schol"o"rships?

The title of this article is so ironic that I had to point it out. Of all the topics to misspell, they had to choose this one... No doubt it inspires confidence in all the students who see their names in the paper.

Lemonade Stand Up for Yourself

Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, had their lemonade stand shut down by a Health Department inspector after a neighbor complained that they were on her property. However, they didn't give up and the very next day the mayor and the city's health commissioner reopened their stand.

Besides earning $112 Wednesday, the girls said they have learned something from their lemonade experience: "You don't have to sit there and take it," Mim said.

Marisa added, "We learned to stand up for ourselves."

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Designer Cheese: Photo Stamps

Now you can design your own stamps thanks to this new offer from Stamps.com.

To place orders for customized postage stamps, customers can log on to the company's site, upload a photograph or image, select border colors and choose a value for the postage. Customers can buy a PhotoStamp with a value of 23 cents to $3.85, the online postage service provider said. The customized stamps, in sheets of 20, will be delivered via U.S. mail in a few business days.

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Jogging for Peace

Suresh Joachim set a world record for the "greatest distance covered on a treadmill in one week," which is neat, I guess. However, he stated his purpose was to "inspire world peace." Right, there is no better way to promote world peace than jogging on a treadmill...

Lottery Becomes a Sure Thing

We should all have friends like this guy.