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On Thursday, March 14, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship Super-Heavy rocket, the platform the company is pushing to take humans to the moon and Mars. Clips: VIDEOS AT LINK..................

Jamal Khashoggi hated America and Jews. That’s why Biden loves him. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his confirmation hearing by reciting a family history of antisemitism. A month later he unveiled a ban named in the memory of an antisemite. “Jamal Khashoggi paid with his life to express his beliefs,” Blinken claimed. Those beliefs that Khashoggi gave his life for included his contention that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion were real, and that Jews were deceivers with no connection to Israel. It also included the Muslim Brotherhood member’s support for the Hamas war against Israel. Last October,...

PEZ Candy abruptly canceled its third annual Easter egg hunt Saturday after parents stormed the field in Connecticut, according to a company news release. Children as young as 4 were pushed aside by parents eager to grab as many of the 9,000 eggs hidden in three fields. It was originally advertised to be three separate events, to be broken up by age groups, beginning at 10:30 a.m., before a visit from the Easter Bunny, according to the PEZ Company. Instead of waiting for their designated time, people chose to enter the first field before anyone from PEZ starting the event,...

Marauding parents in Easter Egg hunt rampage: Out-of-control adults push children to the ground, steal their buckets and leave one four-year-old 'bloody' at chaotic free event Children were trampled as 1,000 people stormed the PEZ center field 9,000 eggs were laid out on three different age-bracketed sections But when the egg hunt started, 'parents stormed the field stealing eggs' One four-year-old was left 'bloody', many toddlers 'pushed into the mud'

Marauding parents in Easter Egg hunt rampage: Out-of-control adults push children to the ground, steal their buckets and leave one four-year-old 'bloody' at chaotic free event Children were trampled as 1,000 people stormed the PEZ center field 9,000 eggs were laid out on three different age-bracketed sections But when the egg hunt started, 'parents stormed the field stealing eggs' One four-year-old was left 'bloody', many toddlers 'pushed into the mud' [snip] A PEZ official confirmed the meltdown. 'We started talking to people and say "hey this is supposed to start at certain time. That lasted about a minute and everyone...

Police said they broke up a burglary in progress and arrested two men trying to steal a PEZ candy dispenser. Arrest reports show Brandon Connely, 19, and James Pulliam, 18, were burglarizing a home when they were arrested. Police said Connely had a PEZ dispenser that he admitted taking from the home. Investigators also said one suspect told police, "I can't believe we are that stupid." Both are now facing burglary charges.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It took more than 30 years for the creators of Pez candy dispensers to give the little plastic figurines feet, and they never did get hands. But now the long arm of the Pez Candy Co. has reached all the way from Linz, Austria, into U.S. District Court, where it has slapped the tiny faces that fill the Museum of Pez Memorabilia with a lawsuit. The legal broadside, which was filed in San Francisco last month, singles out a 7-foot-10 snowman, built especially for the Burlingame, Calif., museum, that has been recognized by the Guinness record...

Clackers, lawn darts, melt 'em yourself lead soldiers, Pez guns, Snurfers, the Jesus doll, the original Teddy Ruxpin, merchandise tied to Hollywood megaduds: For every Cabbage Patch Kid or Tickle Me Elmo, there has been a holiday gift that has either threatened the health of its recipient -- or the bottom line of its maker. While Santa is only human, and thus entitled to an occasional off day, the jolly old soul has over the years delivered a staggering number of ill-conceived, shoddy or downright lethal playthings to the youth of America. The creation in 1972 of the Consumer Product...

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Forget The IPod, PEZ MP3 Player Stands Out Published: Oct 17, 2005 Now that Apple Computer has sold 28 million, the iPod grabs headlines but not the attention it once did when you walk down the street. Everyone, it seems, has one. Ho-hum. If you want to stand out from the herd while listening to tunes on the go, check out the PEZ MP3 Player at www.pezmp3.com. The $100 player looks like the iconic PEZ dispenser. The head even flips back to reveal the on/off switch. With 512 megabytes of storage space -- the same as Apple's entry-level iPod Shuffle...

Simpson was at his suburban Miami home with girlfriend Christie Prody on the Fourth of July when he asked his neighbor Steve Dockendorf to come over and jump start Prody's car. Stories vary on what happened next, but Dockendorf called police and reported a fight. Police responded, but said no one was arrested and no charges will be filed. Dockendorf said he called because Prody was beating him and Simpson. "I figured if I called the police at least he has a record. He said he should have done that with Nicole," Dockendorf said Wednesday.

Rap impresario 50 Cent may be riding atop the Billboard charts on the strength of his hit single "Candy Shop," but music lovers of all kinds will soon be able to mix their passions for beats and sweets if one gadget maker's plans come to fruition. That's right, the candy market's best-known handheld device, the iconic Pez dispenser, is about to go digital. Under a recently granted licensing agreement with Pez Candy, a gadget design company Lincoln West Studios will soon begin selling MP3 players modeled after the big-headed plastic treat sleeves. Based on Lincoln West's plans, which were first...

For the hell of it... I'm conducting a survey. What was your favorite Seinfeld episode? I need a good laugh.

Class Act. You can take the woman out of the ghetto...but you can't take the ghetto out of the woman. Nice choice Ben! Hope they taste good JLO.

Candy-coated eBay tale was too good to be true By Mike Cassidy Mercury News It's almost hard to remember the days when a tale about Pez and the Internet could get the heart racing.But the story of San Jose's own eBay getting its start because Pierre Omidyar wanted a better way to trade Pez dispensers was such a beaut.Too good to be true in fact, as we're now reading in Adam Cohen's new book, ``The Perfect Store: Inside eBay.''Yep. The story of eBay, the online auction house, and Pez, the novelty candy, is a fib. A fabrication. Another blast of...