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In October in Hendersonville, North Carolina, 24-year-old Noah Donell Brown, running from police after allegedly attempting to rob a Subway sandwich shop, was apprehended after his baggy pants snagged on a picket fence; when officers caught up with him, he was hanging upside down from the fence and his pants were around his ankles.
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Questionable New Products: In November in Tokyo, Swiss lingerie maker Triumph International unveiled a prototype of an antismoking bra, which employs perfume capsules containing lavender (to soothe withdrawal symptoms) and jasmine (which supposedly makes cigarettes taste unsavory). Also in November, Jones Soda of Seattle manufactured 6,000 bottles of its new “Turkey & Gravy” soda–a thick, murky beverage that reportedly approximates the flavor of a pureed Thanksgiving meal. Most of the bottling run was put up for sale online, where it sold out in hours; within a few days two-packs were being bid up past 60 dollars on eBay.
