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Well here we are back to Monday and we need our coffee.

A Starbucks customer in the US who was told her free drink voucher was worthless is launching a $114m (£60m) lawsuit against the coffee colossus.

Starbucks pulled the free drink offer, saying it had been redistributed beyond its original intent.

The woman's lawyer says $114m equals the cost of drinks for all those turned away when the company decided to cancel its offer.

He hopes millions of other disappointed customers will join the legal effort.
The company originally e-mailed the offer to employees in the southeast of the US, with instructions to forward it to family and friends.

Like many popular things on the internet, the e-mail quickly got out of control, being forwarded to perhaps millions of people around the country and posted on websites.

When Starbucks realized how many people were coming in for their free drink, it rescinded the offer.

What do you mean I gotta pay and my one hundred free drink vouchers are worthless??

This is serious considering they raised their prices!!








OK, it's Monday and my coffee voucher is no good so I need something stronger.

The Ultimate Energy Drink: Cocaine?

350 Percent Stronger Than Red Bull

Most people know what cocaine is, and now Redux Beverages in Las Vegas is offering what it calls a "legal alternative" to the illegal drug in form of an energy drink.

Jamey Kirby, the drink's inventor, says the name for the drink -- Cocaine -- came to him during a brainstorming session at 1 o'clock in the morning.

"It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name," says Kirby. "As soon as people look at the can, they smile."

Kirby says Redux wanted to make a beverage that would send a sensation to the mouth. He describes Cocaine, the new beverage, as a "fruity, atomic fireball" drink.
Real Cocaine?

The 8.4 fluid ounce energy booster has no actual cocaine in it, but it does contain 280 milligrams of caffeine. According to the company's Web site, the only way to get more caffeine per ounce is with an espresso.

"It's just a bad idea and has all the same downsides of too much caffeine plus a very bad name," says Dr. Charles O'Brien a professor and vice chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

The beverage is marketed to give a person a "high" coupled with a tingly euphoric feeling within five minutes of drinking it. That initial boost is followed 15 minutes later by an energy buzz that will last five to six hours, according to the company.


Man, this stuff wires you up!!!!!
















All this is putting a dent in my wallet. I guess I better find this ATM:

ATM Reprogrammed to Deliver More Cash

Virginia Beach, Va. - Police were looking for a man who reprogrammed a gas station ATM to give out four times as much money as it should.

Surveillance footage shows a man walking into the gas station at 6:17 p.m. on Aug. 19, swiping an ATM card and punching in a series of numbers, breaking the machine's security code.

The automated teller machine was reprogrammed to disburse $20 bills but record it was a $5 debit to his account. No one noticed until nine days later, when a customer told the clerk that the machine was giving out more money than it should.

Someone just had to tell!! There is always one in the crowd!









Money is tight these days you can't just let it slip through you fingers.

Man Jumps Off Bridge After a $20 Bill

Palmetto, Fla. - Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money Monday while walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail.

He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river. Then he swam about 100 yards to fish the bill from the water. "I got my money back, hell yeah twenty bucks is a lot of money when you're broke."

He was fished from the water by a passing Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer. Giorgio, who said he was already suffering from a broken collarbone, refused treatment for cuts and scrapes he suffered in the fall.

You gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em with money too!!





And so it goes in Wag's world. Join me Tuesday for more of all the news you can use.

Best I can remember, it is better to be young and foolish than to be old and wise.