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As seen in the 7/6/98 RadioInk !
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THE BOX OFFICE
1. Analyze This
2. Cruel Intentions
3. 8MM
4. The Other Sister
5. Payback
6. October Sky
7. My Favorite Martian
8. Message in a Bottle
9. Shakespeare in Love
10. She's All That

NOT FOR 37 YEARS!
That's how long it's been since Crayola renamed one of their crayons, when under pressure from civil rights groups renamed it's"flesh" crayon to peach. Well now it seems that the same social reasons are behind the renaming of "Indian Red". The public is invited to submit names for the deep reddish-brown crayon by July 31st. Other Crayon Facts:
* Prussian Blue was renamed Midnight Blue in 1958 because the company said kids didn't identify with Prussians anymore.
* The average American child still spends half an hour a day coloring and will wear down 730 crayons by the time he or she is 10 years old
* Crayola has made more than 100 billion crayons during its 96-year history.
*  The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History added a 1958 Crayola box to its exhibit, while the U.S. Postal Service commemorated the 1903 introduction of the crayon brand with a new stamp.

SEE A LOT OF MOVIES IN '98?
Apparently we all did...US movie ticket sales hit an all-time record $6.95 billion in 1998, up 9.2 percent from the previous year. While the cost of making a movie rose about 4% from $75 million to $78 million.

BATTLE STAR GALACTICA
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is schedule for a spring release as George Lucas' prequel series will hit theaters, now comes word that Battle Star Galactica, the cult TV series will go into production for the big screen coming this September. No word on stars yet !

RODMAN BEING STALKED?
A Chicago area woman has been charged with stalking the colorful basketball star and alledgedly threatening to kill his publicists after numerous emails and phone calls, trying to contact the star. The woman is currently facing separate assault charges and was convicted in 1988 in another stalking case.

NO FREE HOME FOR YOU
John and Bea Mahlar own a resort on the banks of Lake Huron in Michigan. Last year they decided to "give" it away in an essay contest. They've change their mind. The needed 6500 entries (@ $100 a piece) to feel they would break even, but only received 5200, so their returning the money collected from the hopeful resort owners. They believe the lower than expected number of entries is because people didn't believe it was for real. Now the REAL estate will go on the block the old fashioned way.

COUCH PORCH POTATOES !
Some students and even a professor at Ohio University say they have enough signatures for a petition to protest the University's banning of couches on porches on campus, a long higher education tradition, and an "essential part of campus culture"..

MOVIE RELEASES 3/12
* "Baby Geniuses"..Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd are evil scientists
out to exploit the secret language of babies.
* "The Corruptor"..Chow Yun-Fat must re-examine his loyalties when
rookie Mark Wahlberg gets in over his head with the Chinese mafia.
* "The Deep End of the Ocean"...Michelle Pfeiffer must reopen familial wounds as a mother who has her abducted son returned to her.
* "The Rage: Carrie 2"...
Amy Irving resurfaces as a guidance counselor who discovers
that Emily Berg is the new telekinetic menace.
* "Wing Commander"...Freddie Prinze, Jr. stars as earthlings and aliens mix it up
in this adaptation of a computer game.

IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION:
Q: The people of the great state of Hawaii eat more what than any other state?
A: Spam

Q:" Name the cigarette brand that siad it "separated the men from the boys"
A: Lucky Strike

A JOKE:
A man and a woman were having dinner in a fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few paces away noticed that the man was slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, with the woman acting unconcerned.

The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table. Still, the woman dining across from him appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware that her dining companion had disappeared.

After the waitress finished taking the order, she came over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."

The woman calmly looked up at her and replied firmly: "No he didn't. He just walked in the door.

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