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24 Aug 2009 09:31

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U.S.: California and Nevada have a turf war over advertising slogans

  • What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but what happens in California makes the world go ’round.
  • The slogan being used by a series of ads in California • In an attempt to retaliate against Nevada’s recent efforts to woo businesses away from the state. Nevada’s ads were a bit harsh, admittedly – they suggested that the state budget was a bunch of flying pigs, and legislators were monkeys – but Nevada also didn’t have an embarrassing budget crisis lately. In case Oregon’s interested, we totally have a great ad campaign for them: “Oregon: We didn’t give you an IOU.” • source

26 Mar 2009 10:13

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U.S., World: How bad has Mexico’s drug violence gotten?

  • 7,000 deaths from drug-related violence in Mexico since January 2008, when turf wars flared up
  • $15+ billion in illicit drug sales in the U.S. have gone to support the Mexican drug trade source