NEW YORK (AP) - There's no escaping TV ads - even when you're reading a print magazine. An upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly will include an embedded video player with commercials for CBS and Pepsi. The player comes in a heavy-paper package like those novelty greeting cards that play back recorded sounds. A roughly two-inch screen starts playing automatically as the page flips open. CBS isn't saying how much it's paying for the spread. The print-video player will have promos for CBS' fall shows.
FAVRE GEAR
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Brett Favre isn't the only one expecting a big payday,
thanks to his comeback. The Indianapolis-based official merchandiser of
Minnesota Vikings gear also stands to gain big. Jerseys, T-shirts for both men
and women, and even beer glasses are in the company's product line. Many will
have Favre's name or his legendary number 4. It looks like MainGate had an
inside track on the Favre signing. The CEO says they've been preparing for
months for Favre's comeback with the Vikings.
CONVERTED BANK
SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) - Cathy Calhoun has gone from bank teller to bank owner.
She now lives in her old bank building that she's renovated as a home. Calhoun
worked at the National Bank of Spring City outside Philadelphia in the 1970s.
She's now a jeweler. One vault is the sauna, while the old safe deposit vault is
a gleaming bar. Calhoun says there are still more 200 locked safe deposit boxes
in her bank. She's already opened about 50. She says she's found everything from
old coins to love letters from a man's mistress of more than 40 years.
APOLOGETIC BANK ROBBER
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) - Sorry doesn't count for much - when you're robbing a
bank. Police in North Andover, Mass., are looking for man who held up a credit
union earlier this week. Lt. Paul Gallagher tells The Eagle-Tribune the robber
said he was "sorry" as he ran away. He soon may be feeling a lot sorrier. Police
say they've recovered the suspect's fingerprints on $100 bills he dropped as he
made his getaway.
POLICE STATION BURGLARY
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - The police chief in North Bend, Ore., calls it a "high
risk, low reward" target. A thief tried ripping off the police station. The
chief (Steve Scibelli) says it's "pretty embarrassing." He says suspect Robert
Lloyd Finder managed to get away with a radio, two stun guns and a Crown Vic
patrol car. Most of the on-duty officers where away at the time on an assault
call. The chief says Finder later told officers he noticed nearly all the police
cars were gone and he thought he'd give it a try. The Register-Guard newspaper
reports Finder was caught the next day when he tried selling some of the stolen
police gear. He now faces just about every charge police could think of, from
burglary to reckless driving.
UNIVERSAL ROLLER COASTER
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - It's a roller coaster for the iPod generation. People these
days are used to programming their own playlists on digital media players. Now,
they can play DJ on the new coaster at Florida's Universal Orlando. The new
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit allows riders to choose from about 30 songs in five
genres, including rap, country and classic rock. The ride was originally
supposed to open in the spring. But it took several extra months to work out the
bugs. The Rockit features the world's largest non-inverted loop and can be seen
from all across the park.
