Fast Food Restaurants Charging for "Happy Meal" Toys

Burger King is now the second national fast-food chain to announce that it will comply with San Francisco's ban on toy giveaways with kids' meals that are high in fat, sugar and salt by not offering the trinkets for free any more.

Instead, just like McDonald's decided, customers who want the toys in San Francisco will have to pay.

"Toys will be available for purchase for 10 cents more," Kristen Hauser, a spokeswoman for Burger King, said Wednesday.

McDonald's said that money from the toy sales will be used to help build a Ronald McDonald House for families of young patients being treated at the new UCSF hospital at Mission Bay.
Burger King has not said what they will do with the proceeds.

San Francisco's new law goes into effect today. It bars chain restaurants from giving out free toys in Happy Meals and other menu items intended for children that don't meet strict nutritional standards. The law also requires servings of fruits and vegetables with meals.

St. Louis Radio Host Suspended For Twitter Replies

JC Corcoran has reportedly been suspended from KTRS for his tweets Sunday and Monday. In a video on his website today and also on Twitter, Corcoran blamed the Riverfront Times for drumming up attention about his profane tweets directed at his critics.

"It's the usual suspect. The RFT and these little slimes that sort of buzz around," said Corcoran in his "Daily Dose" online.

Earlier this month, KTRS (550 AM) personality JC Corcoran caused a stir in the local sports world when he announced on Twitter that Albert Pujols would announce a new contract with the Cardinals on November 18.

The Cardinals denied the rumor, and November 18 came and went with Pujols remaining a free agent. Now, Corcoran has another prediction.

Yesterday he tweeted that the Cardinals would soon announce a new deal for the slugger that is "significantly less than ten years."

Cardinals fans on Twitter weren't having any of it. They mocked Corcoran online, comparing him to a modern-day version of the "Boy Who Called Wolf."

Though judging from Corcoran's responses on Twitter, and I won't publish them here, but search away and judge for yourself.

St. Louis Radio Host Suspended For Twitter Replies

St. Louis radio talkshow host JC Corcoran has reportedly been suspended from KTRS for his tweets Sunday and Monday. In a video on his website today and also on Twitter, Corcoran blamed the Riverfront Times for drumming up attention about his profane tweets directed at his critics.

"It's the usual suspect. The RFT and these little slimes that sort of buzz around," said Corcoran in his "Daily Dose" online.

Earlier this month, KTRS (550 AM) personality JC Corcoran caused a stir in the local sports world when he announced on Twitter that Albert Pujols would announce a new contract with the Cardinals on November 18.

The Cardinals denied the rumor, and November 18 came and went with Pujols remaining a free agent. Now, Corcoran has another prediction.

Yesterday he tweeted that the Cardinals would soon announce a new deal for the slugger that is "significantly less than ten years."

Cardinals fans on Twitter weren't having any of it. They mocked Corcoran online, comparing him to a modern-day version of the "Boy Who Called Wolf."

Though judging from Corcoran's responses on Twitter, and I won't publish them here, but search away and judge for yourself.

2011 Hurricane Season Comes to a Close

Today marks the end of the 2011 Hurricane Season. This year will go down as yet another active season in the books, but also one that didn't see many storms directly affect the United States.

While several storms were close calls with the mainland, the only hurricane that made landfall was Hurricane Irene. That hit north of southeastern North Carolina at Cape Lookout on August 27th. In the Cape Fear area, the storm dumped up to 8" of rain, brought winds near hurricane strength, caused widespread power outages, and saw one man die after jumping into the Cape Fear River.

Irene was the first hurricane to make landfall in the US since Hurricane Ike came ashore in Texas in 2008.

Stats for Hurricane season 2011 include 19 named storms, 7 of which became hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes (category 3 or higher). The 19 named systems is tied for the third-highest total on record with 1887, 1995, and 2010. The original NOAA forecast which called for 12-18 storms to form, 6-10 of which would become hurricanes, and 3-6 major hurricanes to form.  Pretty good predicting.  It should be noted that high resolution satellites allow us now to observe storms in the Atlantic that otherwise would have gone undetected.

The 2012 hurricane season begins June 1, 2012.

Woman Gives Birth in Airport Restroom

Talk about an on time arrival.

A woman gave birth in a restroom at Baltimore's airport after arriving on a flight, an airport spokesman said on Monday.

The woman gave birth to a boy on Sunday afternoon at Concourse D of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the spokesman said.

Police and emergency medical personnel were called to the restroom and a Maryland Transportation Authority police officer assisted at the birth, he said.

The woman and the baby were transported to the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center and are in good condition, a hospital spokesman said.