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A South Carolina corrections officer found herself in a sticky situation after she was caught attempting to smuggle Rice Krispies Treats to inmates — that were studded with drugs. Marcy T. Shafer, 43, was busted with the sweet and crunchy contraband Thursday as she tried to enter the Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution in Richland County, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Photos showed the doctored marshmallow snacks inside plastic bags — and dotted with four orange, oval pills.

An ex-MP has questioned breakfast foods giant Kellogg's over its use of a monkey and "white boys" on cereal boxes, suggesting it is racist. Fiona Onasanya, who was jailed for lying to police about speeding, spoke about her concerns on Twitter. "So I was wondering why Rice Krispies have three white boys representing the brand and Coco Pops have a monkey?", the former Peterborough MP wrote. Kellogg's said the company "stands in support of the black community". Ms Onasanya, who was expelled from the Labour Party and lost her seat in Parliament in 2019, wrote on Twitter that she had...

Coco Pops has been a much-loved breakfast staple for decades, with one of the most recognizable mascots in TV advertising. But Coco the Monkey has come under suspicion from disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who has written to Kellogg’s asking why they chose that animal to represent the chocolate-flavored cereal when Rice Krispies uses “three white boys”. Ms. Onasanya, who was jailed for three months in January 2019 after she was convicted of lying to police about a speeding ticket, says that there is little difference between Coco Pops and sister brand Rice Krispies beyond their color and flavor....

California cops have arrested a man in connection with a “cereal” crime. Eureka cops responded to a report of shots fired Wednesday afternoon and found a man who had been struck in the hand with a shotgun shell filled with Rice Krispies, KRCR-TV reports. The weapon turned out to be a flare gun.

(Hartford-AP, June 30, 2004 2:00 PM) _ Spiderman has a new nemesis. It's the multi-armed, litigating creature known as -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The battle is not over world domination. It's a lighting problem and cereal. Blumenthal wrote a letter to the Kellogg company today asking for boxes of Rice Krispies that contain a "Spidey Signal" toy pulled from store shelves. Blumenthal claims the toys violate the state's zero-tolerance mercury law. He says the mercury batteries needlessly imperil the environment. The promotion is timed with the premiere of the expected summer blockbuster "Spider-Man 2," which debuts in theaters today....