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McDonald’s french fries are now trans-fat-free in all its restaurants in the United States and Canada, the fast-food restaurant chain said Thursday.

McDonald’s has lagged other restaurant operators in switching over to a zero-trans-fat cooking oil out of worries it would compromise the taste of its trademark fries. It has been under increasing pressure from consumer advocates and some public officials to make the change.

The new oil is canola-based and includes corn and soy oils.

CEO Jim Skinner told shareholders at the annual meeting at its headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., that the new oil has been in use in U.S. restaurants for a few months now for french fries, hash browns, chicken, filet of fish and biscuits.

He said McDonald’s is on schedule to convert to the new oil by year’s end for its remaining baked items, pies and cookies.

Skinner said the company decided not to advertise the changes.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri car dealer said on Thursday sales have soared at his auto and truck business since launching a promotion this week that promises buyers a free handgun or a $250 gas card with every purchase.

Max Motors, a small Butler, Missouri dealership that has as its logo a grimacing cowboy wielding a pistol, has sold more than 30 cars and trucks in the last three days, far more than its normal volume. And owner Mark Muller credits his decision to start offering buyers their choice of a $250 gas card or a $250 credit at a gun shop.

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Brad Walker saves $25 a week riding his horse Pumpkin to Rockwood High School in Roane, TN. It’s a protest to high gas prices that has the support of Rockwood High’s principal and has turned a lot of heads in the rural town.

It was a different story all together for a Dickson County High School student who was told this week he would not be able to participate in his graduation ceremony for riding his horse to school.

Caleb Anderson rode the horse to school on his last day of classes. The trip took him almost four hours, arriving at Dickson County High at 7:40am after leaving home at 4am. According to Caleb’s grandmother Sandra Anderson, Caleb didn’t think it would be as big of a problem as the principal made it out to be. Besides, he was doing his part as a new high school graduate to go green and save a little gas.

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I hate needles so needless(no pun intended) to say, I’m glad I don’t drunk and drove and I never opin a beere in my car unlsee I haeve sumorne els ther iwwith me…. i am durnked rithgte now

Anyone who refuses to submit to a blood-alcohol breath test this weekend will be required to have his or her blood drawn, authorities said Tuesday in reminding residents of a new program scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Friday.

District Attorney Susan Reed said the ‘No Refusal Accepted’ program is scheduled to continue through 7 a.m. Tuesday.

A registered nurse will be on duty both at the San Antonio magistrate’s office and the detention center to draw blood from anyone arrested on suspicion of drunken driving who refused at the scene to take a breath test.

Prosecutors will assist with reviewing blood search warrants, Reed said, and local law enforcement agencies will participate in the effort.

The good news is the Celts set a new home court play-off record by winning 15 straight at home. The bad news is that they lost last night. This means two things. One the streak is over… duh…. and the other… they need to win on the road which is something they haven’t done during the play-offs. Can they win? I believe they can, they just need to be able to keep a lead, something they couldn’t do last night.

On a more positive note, the Sox beat the Royals 11-8. JD Drew is finally stepping up this season and playing to the level and caliber he was once known for. Daisuke Matsuzaka is unbeaten so far this season.

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Adrian Apgar, the infamous naked gator wrangler, was arrested Monday and charged with failing to report for a scheduled court date.

Apgar, 47, was being held at the Polk County Jail on Tuesday night with a bail set at $1,500.

He was originally charged with trespassing, exposure of sexual organs and breach of the peace in March when deputies found him scratched up, naked and wading toward an alligator in a pond at Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland.

But that wasn’t Apgar’s first run-in with the reptiles.

In November 2006, the same deputies rescued Apgar from the jaws of an alligator in Lake Parker. That gator wrangle left him with a partially amputated arm. The gator also took out several chunks from his side and buttocks.

Knowledge of his behavior prompted Polk deputies to do a wellness check on Apgar last weekend when an unidentified body was found in the jaws of a gator at Saddle Creek Park, a PCSO spokesman said.

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