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Your thoughts on this year's Anniversary Blend?
Posted by Jim Romenesko
It's getting praised by baristas at the Chicago-area stores I visit; one called it a vast improvement over the last two years' Anniversary Blend. Your review of it?
Analyst predicts Starbucks store traffic will pick up
Posted by Jim Romenesko
The number of daily customers per store has decreased from 463 in 2005 to 424 in 2009, but a firm called Trefis sees traffic increasing to 531 daily customers per store. Are you ready for them? || Read "Starbucks: Impact...
Starbucks to start selling flavored instant coffee this fall
Posted by Jim Romenesko
VIA will soon be available in mocha, vanilla, caramel and cinnamon flavors. || Read "Starbucks expands insta-brew, adds flavors" || Press release
OPEN THREAD conversation-starter: Is "community art" no longer allowed in Sta...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
A commenter from the last open thread claims that Starbucks is "cracking down" on local art because it wants a uniform look. Another poster questions doubts that directive was ever issued. What are you hearing? Discuss this, or anything else...
Amy Sacco partying across the pond

Amy Sacco is stuck in a quagmire with her shuttered Bungalow 8 landlord on West 27th Street, but the Queen of the Night is busy...
Kendra Wilkinson loves Johansson's legs, Beyonce's butt

Kendra Wilkinson has a keen eye for Hollywood beauty. The former Playboy Playmate gushed to our spy about Scarlett Johansson and Beyoncé at Svedka's...
Le Cirque Maccioni flummoxed by Sotomayor

The Le Cirque-owning Maccionis are rarely flummoxed by high-powered clientele. But Marco Maccioni was at a loss when US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came...
We hear . . .

That Rihanna shot ads for her debut fragrance, "Reb'l Fleur," at Chelsea Piers under the direction of advertising guru Frank Ginsberg, who also launched...
Former Spears manager out to save Lindsay Lohan's career

Larry Rudolph has officially signed on to save Lindsay Lohan's career. The former manager for Britney Spears plans to turn around Lohan the way...
Fashion's Night Out happening on Rosh Hashanah

Some Jewish fashionistas are peeved they have to work on Rosh Hashanah at the Vogue-championed Fashion's Night Out on Sept. 10. Though the shopping...
Erin Andrews gets no-peep service at hotels

Erin Andrews is getting careful treatment in hotels after her recent stalker ordeal. When the ESPN and "Dancing With the Stars" beauty recently stayed at...
Supermodel Bridget Hall fighting DUI

Supermodel Bridget Hall is fighting her drunk driving arrest -- and insists to Page Six she didn't touch a drop of alcohol Saturday night...
Fans get to pick celeb death in 'Piranha' sequel

James Cameron didn't like "Piranha 3D," but enough ticket-buyers went to the toothy fish flick to inspire its high-minded producers to make a sequel...
Hair-cutting ladies kept some of Nadal's hair

It's a good thing Rafael Nadal isn't superstitious. He'd be vulnerable to all kinds of magic. The Spanish tennis stud dropped by...
Captain Wiener Busts Florida Couple For Public Sex Escapade
Posted by wbastone
The aptly named cop broke up a waterside tryst by a duo who explained that they were ?celebrating their anniversary.?
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Corn "Popping" On the Stalk? Not Exactly A Redenbacher Fantasy
Posted by wbastone
Heard about the corn "popping" on the stalk in parched Kentucky fields? Sadly, this unusual kernel occurrence isn't what it seems.
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Looks Like T.I. May Have To Tweak His Talking Points
Posted by wbastone
While angling last year to lessen his prison term for weapons possession, the rapper T.I. stressed eight points while talking to impressionable kids. Seven may have been enough.
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Sheryl Crow '10
Posted by agoldberg
Touring the United States and Europe, Sheryl Crow arrives at venues with an assortment of environmental demands certain to vex concert promoters, according to a review of the musician?s 2010 backs
Sheryl Crow Backstage Rider 2010
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Sorority Hazing Triggers Busts, Lawsuit
Posted by wbastone
Pledges were beaten and warned that ?snitches get stitches?
A college student who was repeatedly punched, kicked, and viciously paddled during a weeks-long sorority initiation is suing the women who attacked her.
San Jose Hazing
Sigma Gamma Rho Perps
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Wikileaks Boss, Other Celebrities Sued By World?s Looniest Inmate
Posted by wbastone
In a bravura performance even for him, the world?s most litigious inmate has just filed a dozen new federal lawsuits against an array of celebrity defendants.
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Lenny Bruce's Gay Naval Ruse
Posted by wbastone
Unearthed documents detail comedian's discharge
After spending 30 months fighting at sea during World War II, Lenny Bruce reported to the sick bay on the warship U.S.S. Brooklyn in May 1945 to announce that he was feeling a little gay.
Lenny Bruce Navy Records
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Yes, Sanitizing Farrah Pierce's Jail Cell Is An Excellent Idea
Posted by wbastone
A trip Saturday night to the mall ended in a Massachusetts jail for a drunk Rhode Island woman who trashed her cell after propositioning some cops.
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Roger Clemens Mug Shot
Posted by wbastone
The ex-baseball star posed today for the United States Marshals Service while at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. for his arraignment on felony charges.
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Blackboard Bungle Case Settled
Posted by wbastone
Teacher was suspended over vulgar sex ed talk
Asked to volunteer slang, Staten Island students responded enthusiastically with an array of terms, from toe job to punani.
Sex Ed Class Notes
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Paris Hilton, Dopey As Ever
Posted by wbastone
Defense amounts to "Officer, that's not my cocaine.?
The owner of 10,000 purses claims she borrowed the one in which Las Vegas cops happened to find a small baggie filled with coke.
Paris Hilton Police Report
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Paris Hilton Mug Shot Tally Reaches Three (And Counting)
Posted by wbastone
Paris Hilton has posed for her third mug shot, a feat the heiress has accomplished before turning 30. Congratulations are in order.
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Your Sister Saw Him In The Stairwell
Posted by wbastone
Creepy t-shirted suspect kicks off mug shot roundup
Tens of thousands of Americans are arrested every week. But only a few merit inclusion in our weekly booking photo review.
Moms On The Internet
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Air Force Sergeant Jailed, Awaiting Military Hearing In HIV Case
Posted by wbastone
The Air Force sergeant accused of failing to inform a ?multitude? of sex partners of his HIV-positive status has been jailed in advance of a preliminary hearing set for next month.
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Cops: Teen Tricked Girl Into Sex
Posted by wbastone
Bizarre scheme involved alleged threats from ?drug dealers?
A North Dakota teenager is facing felony charges for hatching a harebrained scheme to trick his former girlfriend into having sex.
Teen Sex Scheme
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Can You Tell A Janitor From A Magician?
Posted by wbastone
Match the arrestee's mug shot with their occupation
Today?s ?Friday Photo Fun? prize contest requires entrants to match up the mug shots of five arrestees with their day jobs.
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Time Square from the Marriott
Posted by JD Thomas
Uploaded: 4 Aug ’10, 11.28pm EDT PST by techfun The view from my room.

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