An upscale boutique in Anchorage, Alaska is forced to change its name following an unexpected cease-and-desist letter it received from a Los Angeles-based thrift store chain with the same name. The trademark issue broke out after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mentioned the store’s name in an interview.

According to reports, Out of the Closet owner Ellen Arvold received the order and made the changed effectively last Saturday, in time for the store’s fifth anniversary. Arvold said that the decision was made in a snap because they don’t want to go through legal resources, saying that they don’t have the resources to battle it out.

Palin, who ran as the running mate of John McCain in the recent U.S. elections, reportedly spent $150,000 for her outfit alone, the Republican Party shouldered the expenses.

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A woman from Salt Lake City encountered a car accident on Tuesday which broke off her record-length fingernails in the process.

Lee Redmond, the current world record holder for having the longest fingernails, sustained multiple injuries in the accident. The authorities reported that these are non-life threatening injuries.

Redmond’s nails had not been cut since 1979 and the total measurement of her nails reached more than 28 feet as of last year. The fingernail at her right thumb has the longest measurement at 2 feet, 11 inches.

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A Sri Lankan native who currently lives in Toronto, Canada sets another world record for non-stop television watching this weekend.

Suresh Joachim set a record of 72 hours of non-stop watching at Stockholm, Sweden, officially breaking his own record of 69 hours and 48 minutes that was set in 2005.

Joachim is already known in the Guinness community since he had broken several world records in events such as dancing, crawling or marathon bowling.

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A Baltimore woman filed a $100,000 damage suit against a local McDonald’s restaurant, claiming that the iced tea she ordered contained chemicals that are used to clean kitchen equipment.

Jones’ lawyer Patricia Steiger said that her client ordered an iced tea at the restaurant last year and the staff gave her a cup containing the cleaning chemical. Steiger said Jones immediately spat out the liquid when it burned her mouth.
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A 23-year old man from Berlin, New Jersey got a brand new car, a $7,500 diamond ring and a crown of miniature chickens after gobbling down the most number of chicken wings in this year’s Wing Bowl held in Philadelphia.

John Squibb, also known as “Super Squibb,” bested other contenders after eating the aforementioned number of chicken wings in about twenty minutes. The indigestion that probably resulted from this gobblefest is seemingly worth it after he won several prizes.

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