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Taste Test: Japanese Kit-Kats

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/taste_test_japanese_kitkats

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Journalism is funny, sometimes

From the Los Angeles Times' Morning Briefing (from a long time ago, I kept meaning to post this and forgetting)

Burglary foiled: A would-be burglar got quite a shock when he crawled through a window in suburban Budapest, Hungary. Virgine Ujlaky, 23, an Olympic fencer, was in the middle of a practice session.
Within seconds and a few slashes of the sword, Ananova.com reported, the crook was pinned against the wall, with the blade against his throat as the swordswoman reached for the phone and called police.
The arrested perp had to be treated for shock, but Ujlaky seemed to take it all in stride.
“It was good practice, as I have a competition coming up,” she said.

And finally: Austin Peay, which lost to Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, in the early 1970s had a player named Fly Williams, who averaged 28.5 points a game during his two seasons at the Clarksville, Tenn., school. Dan Patrick recalled on his national radio show last week what the popular Austin Peay cheer was when Williams played there.
Keep in mind the “y” in Peay is silent. It was: “Fly is open, let’s go Peay.”

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