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Investigation: Most Coke Zero Cans Actually Empty
WASHINGTON (CAP) - An investigation by the U.S. Attorney General's Office has determined that upwards of 50 million cans of Coke Zero are released into the market every year containing nothing but air, a development the company is defending by noting that the name of the product is "Coke Zero."
"The whole idea is to offer a product with zero calories that features none of the aftertaste common in so many other diet sodas," said Coca-Cola spokeswoman Diana Galante-Frederickson.
"We feel we pretty much hit the nail on the head there," she added.
Galante-Frederickson also noted that the empty cans are much lighter, and as a result are unlikely to cause repetitive motion injuries among drinkers lifting them repeatedly to their mouths. They're also much less likely to cause stomach explosions than regular, full cans of Coke, she said.
However, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says his office may still seek charges against the company, "if only so we can continue to put off prosecuting anybody on Wall Street."
PURCELLVILLE, Vir. (CAP) - When Wayne Rooney tells people what he does for a living, he's usually met with some measure of disdain, if not downright disgust. Wayne is a horse breeder, and owner and proprietor of Comestible Colt Farms in this small Loudoun Valley town.
Except Wayne doesn't breed horses for show or for racing - he breeds them for eating.
"I love every one of my horses from the moment they're born right up until they're on a plate with a baked potato and a side of steamed broccoli," says Rooney. "Splash on a little bit of A1 sauce ... whoo-wee! That's good eatin'."
BOSTON (CAP) - Embarrassed New York Times executives, in preparing for an impending sale of their New England media group including the Boston Globe, were surprised to discover this week that the Globe hadn't published a daily print edition in more than two years.
"We knew things weren't great up there, but we thought they were at least still publishing," said New York Times spokeswoman Ellen Murphy. "You'd think we'd have gotten a phone call, an email, something..."
Apparently the people at the Times weren't the only ones who failed to notice when the Globe ceased publication. A CAP News survey of 5,000 Boston-area residents found that more than 90 percent of them had no idea the Globe had stopped printing, and most of the ones that did were former Globe employees, homeless people who had been using the paper for blankets, or papier mache aficionados.
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