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November 29, 2012 Page 3 - The BUZZ
A federal judge on
Tuesday ordered tobacco
companies to admit they
lied about the dangers of
smoking and to issue
statements disclosing the
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district Judge Gladys
Kessler said the companies
must publish “corrective
ads” to be prefaced by
a statement disclosing tobacco
companies “deliberately
deceived the
American public” about
health effects of smoking.
The White House said
on Wednesday that President
Obama and the man
he bested in the presidential
election would have
lunch together on Thurs-
$10
day. The meeting would
be the first for the two
since the election, and further,
the press would not
be permitted to be present.
Meanwhile, the White
House on Wednesday announced
that Obama
would be hitting the road
on Friday to highlight the
damage that will hit the
middle class if the country
sails over a so-called “financial
cliff” at the end of
the year. Saying he was
taking his message “to the
people,” Obama will visit a
manufacturing operation
in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Following a threat of a
lawsuit by the Freedom
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tion, the wee little town of
Buhler, Kansas, began on
Wednesday to disassemble
its town seal, removing a
religious cross that the
group said was an indication
of government support
of Christianity. The
implied lawsuit also referenced
a large billboard featuring
the cross that had
been placed in a city park.
Country singer Randy
Travis, who was arrested in
February and twice in August
on alcohol-related
charges, said he had given
up the substance “Forever
and Ever, Amen,” according
to TMZ on Wednesday.
A Travis spokesperson
said that the six-time
Grammy winner with 20
albums under his belt,
works out three hours
every day, eats a high protein
diet, and takes “a lot
of vitamins.”
In sports (if golf is a
sport), the game’s govern-
Madisonville Kiwanis December 4th Program
On December 4 the Madisonville Kiwanis Club will
host Mike Lowry, Director of the Monroe School System.
Mr. Lowry will be sharing information about the
state of the Monroe County School System for the
present year. He will also be available for Q & A’s. As
always, the Madisonville Kiwanis meets every Tuesday
at noon at Donna’s Ole Town Café on Main Street in
Madisonville.
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ing bodies proposed a new
rule on Wednesday, one
that would ban a putting
stroke used by the last
three of five major champions.
The Royal and Ancient
Golf Club and the
U.S. Golf Association said
the rule would not outlaw
the “belly putters,” or the
“broom-handle” putters,
but it would make it illegal
for golfers to “anchor” the
club while make a stroke.
(To take effect in 2016.)
And Fox News climbed
on the coffee train on
Wednesday, touting the
morning beverage as “a
health elixir of the highest
magnitude,” offering heart
protection, lowered cancer
risk, and a hedge
against Parkinson’s disease.
The news company
said latest research
showed that java contained
“natural properties”
that unleashed “potent
protective antioxidants.”