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Ice cream maker Baskin-Robbins will hold its second annual 31 Cent Scoop Night to raise money for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, the company said on Wednesday.
Canton, Mass.-based Baskin-Robbins will hold its 31 Cent Scoop Night on April 30 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at all of its 2,700 stores nationwide, including its sole Dayton area location on Springboro Pike, according to the company. During the event, the company, known for its long running branding platform touting its 31 flavors, will reduce the price of its 2.5 oz. ice cream scoops to 31 cents.
For the event, Baskin-Robbins will partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and donate $100,000 to the organization. The two organizations will also honor 31 firefighters from across the country who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to community service through the newly created America's 31 Firefighting Heroes program.

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Stk was the hot spot for dinner last night in Hollywood. The night brought out Oscar winners, ex models and Reality show rejects. Reese Witherspoon made it a night out for a good dinner along with ex-supermodel turned trophy wife Cindy Crawford.
Other stars spotted at this location included attention seekers Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt along with Brittany Gastineau and Paula Abdul.
Tennis ace Maria Sharapova celebrated her 21st Birthday at Tenjune nightclub last night with special guests Anna Wintour, Vera Wang and Dave Annable, among others.
Tuesday night at TAO Las Vegas saw actress Mena Suvari having dinner with two male guests including her new boyfriend Simone Sestito.
Okay for starters Spencer and Heidi are not stars, they are not celebrities. They are just to people that SUCK BALLS.
I was at Tao Restaurant having dinner when Mena Suvari was there. She looked awesome!
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By John Mulderig
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) — A crazed slasher crashes “Prom Night” (Screen Gems) with all-too-predictable results.
Back when she was a freshman, Donna (Brittany Snow) drew the unwanted attention of obsessive teacher Richard Fenton (Johnathon Schaech). When her parents got a restraining order, he responded by stabbing them to death, along with Donna’s younger brother. Spared the death penalty on grounds of insanity, Fenton was shipped off to a mental hospital.
As graduation and the prom approach, Donna is making progress in overcoming her grief. But as her big night begins, police detective Winn (Idris Elba) learns that Fenton has escaped.
While Donna and her boyfriend, Bobby (Scott Porter), blithely dance and make plans for the future, one by one their friends begin to disappear. Winn arrives at the swanky hotel where they’re celebrating, but the killer continually eludes him.
When they’re not screaming, the cardboard characters in this leaden, formulaic film exchange tiresome platitudes about adolescent romance. Director Nelson McCormick’s homage to the 1980 movie of the same name displays more restraint than many current examples of the genre. But the final corpse count is still high.
The film contains some graphic violence with gore, underage drinking, two uses of the s-word, occasional crass language, some profanity, brief sexual talk and innuendo. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Mulderig is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.
Copyright (c) 2008 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed.

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what a freaking joke. Is this what UK news has come to? They can’t even copyedit their stories to be accurate (1.58kg, alcohol as a “stimulant”). Like I’m going to trust this.
Move over, Rebecca, and let the real newsies do the heavy lifting.
Posted by craig on April 3, 2008 5:05 PM
Alcohol is a depressant, true, but it often has paradoxical effects of people, and it the amount of time in stage 4 sleep, which is the most restorative sleep. I know that when I drink alcohol, I get sleepy, but then I kick as lot more at night, which I’m sure interfere with the quality of my sleep. They mention Sleep Hygiene as a treatment for obesity. Here’s some info on it. link
Posted by Betty on April 3, 2008 12:57 PM
I better start sleeping more so I can lose some weight LOL.
Uh duh - if you are awake less you will eat less.
Posted by Duh on April 3, 2008 6:24 AM
This is not the first study to show that lack of
sleep contributes to weight gain. It has to do
with stress hormones, particularly Cortisol and
it’s effects on the body going into it perceives as siege mode. lack of sleep makes it think it’s
under attack and produces stress hormones and
therefore, slows the metabolism and stores fat.
Sleep too much, and lack of hormones that relax
the body and reduction in exercise result.
Hormones can do really nasty things to your
body when they get out of balance. Glad
someone is finally taking notice.
Posted by Sandra McGuire on April 3, 2008 2:18 AM
Studies like this are absurd. Over a six year period? Really? I just finished a study that took ten years, according to the results people that eat chocolate either, lose, gain or stay at the same weight they started at. Isn’t that absolutely incredible?

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The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 proved to be a tantalizing affair for amateur astronomers.
The full moon that normally paints the Dakota Wesleyan University campus with pale silver light was barely visible to members of Michael Farney’s honors astronomy class Wednesday night.
The students who filled the front deck at Farney’s 1313 W. University Ave. home and peered into a small telescope had to be satisfied with partial views of the eclipse as the moon played a coy game of hide-and-seek behind ribbed veils of clouds.
Dakota Wesleyan University Professor Mike Farney, right, hosted an eclipse viewing party Wednesday for his honors astronomy class. The students, from left, are Seth LaBounty, Rose Decker, Kara Robertson, Shannon Mack and Wade Schoenfelder. (Ross Dolan/Republic)
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes into Earth’s shadow and is blocked from the sun’s rays that normally illuminate it. During an eclipse, the sun, Earth and moon line up, leaving a darkened moon visible to observers on the night side of the planet. Clouds obscured a bonus viewing of Saturn’s rings.
Viewings were brief during Wednesday’s zero-degree temperatures.
“It’s cold out,” said a cheery Farney, “but we have seen a little bit of the eclipse.”
The rest of the time, students retreated indoors to hang with Farney’s cats who, displaying typical feline intelligence, stayed out of the cold.
Around 9 p.m. students confirmed that the eclipse was indeed total and, satisfied, quickly retreated indoors for brownies and other refreshments.
“By sheer luck the eclipse happened right in the middle of class,” said Farney. The five-member “Worlds Real and Imagined” astronomy class meets from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays.
“You can’t beat that for scheduling,” he said.
Wednesday’s total eclipse lasted about an hour. Earth’s shadow blotted out the moon beginning around 7 p.m. on the West Coast and 10 p.m. on the East Coast. West Coast skygazers missed the start of the eclipse because it occurred before moonrise. Wednesday’s event was the last total lunar eclipse until Dec. 20, 2010. Last year there were two.
Later this year, in August, there will be a total solar eclipse and a partial lunar eclipse.
— The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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