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<p>Something strange is abreast with Knickknack, the critically acclaimed 1989 short that precedes Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo at theaters nationwide.</p> <p>The short follows the hapless attempts of a lonely snow-globe snowman to escape his domain and join a plastic Miami beach bunny. The movie was released on a G-rated 1996 video collection called Tiny Toy Stories. But in that version, the Miami beauty and a mermaid who appears at the end of the short were more well-endowed than they are today.</p>

Preferences and practices among renters regarding smoking restrictions in apartment buildings D Hennrikus1, P R Pentel2 and S D Sandell3 1 Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 3 Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Deborah Hennrikus, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, USA 55454; hennrikus@epi.umn.edu ABSTRACT Objective: This study assessed renters’ preferences for official smoking policies in their buildings and their practices concerning restricting tobacco...

EXCLUSIVE No more Fag Four Beatles One for the road ... Beatle Paul McCartney with a cigarette in his hand on the original 1969 album cover By SIMON WHEELER THE classic Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover showing the band on a zebra crossing has been altered – to remove the cigarette in Paul McCartney’s hand. The original image shows a barefoot Macca third in line holding his ciggie. The 1969 photo has been a poster best-seller since it was shot near Abbey Road studios in North London, where the Fab Four recorded most of their music. But companies including...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JAN 19, 2003 10:35:25 ET XXXXX NEW YORK CITY MAYOR FUMED OVER 'SMOKING' ON STAGE AT STONES CONCERT; BAND RACED OUT OF GARDEN AVOIDING COPS **Exclusive** New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is fuming mad over Rolling Stones members smoking on stage at Madison Square Garden during an nationally televised concert this weekend, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "The mayor sent cops to issue summonses," one stage source told the DRUDGE REPORT late Saturday. "But the cops watched the show, off stage, by a monitor, instead of stopping the concert." MORE HBO cameras captured band...

Tax hike seen as key to kicking the habit If a pack of cigarettes were to cost 300 yen, 16 percent of smokers would try to kick the habit, and if the craving was to cost them 1,000 yen a pack, 63 percent would quit, according to a government-sponsored study released Tuesday.The study, conducted by the Institute for Health Economics and Policy, an affiliate of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, suggests that a tax bringing the price of cigarettes up to 1,000 yen a pack would also add 1 trillion yen to state coffers.Apart from those who would...