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Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie'

Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing to the country? Check out cookie sales at Baby Boomers Cafe in Des Moines.

Thailand's S&P recalls cookies nationwide

One of Thailand's most popular bakery chains, S&P, said Tuesday it was recalling all its packaged cookies from stores nationwide after Swiss authorities said they found high concentrations of melamine in the Thai biscuits.

Prisoner sues for pain, stress over moldy cookies

A man who says he bought moldy cookies in the King County Jail is suing the county for pain, suffering and emotional distress. Moses Wiggins, 41, said he didn't notice the mold until he had eaten half a bag of cookies. He spent several days vomiting while suffering diarrhea and stomach cramps.

Scoop: Jessica Simpson reportedly jealous of Ashlee

In the days since news of Ashlee Simpson’s possible pregnancy broke, Simpson and her fiancé, Pete Wentz, have issued responses that have sometimes sounded like denials and sometimes just seem cagey. Since their reps have yet to issue a firm “no” on the matter, many outlets are standing by their sources and their story, that the 23-year-old pop star is indeed expecting.

Man Uses Fake $50 for Girl Scout Cookies

Somebody handed a group of Girl Scouts a bogus $50 bill and left with three boxes of their famous cookies and $40.25 in change, police said Wednesday. Volunteer Catherine Prior was helping her daughter and other Girl Scouts selling cookies last week outside a grocery store in Louisville, about 20 miles north of Denver, when a man bought one box each of Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Do-Si-Dos, paid with the $50 and left, according to a police report.

Girl Scouts Cut Trans Fats From Cookies

For much of the country, it's Girl Scout cookie time again. And this year, all those cookies, not just the Thin Mints and a few others, will come nearly free of harmful trans fats.

City Dunks Cookie-Scented Ad Campaign

A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled.

3 Arrested for Pot Cookie Giveaway

Three people were arrested by campus police after about 15 students at the University of California, Berkeley got sick from eating what apparently were marijuana-laced cookies.

Judge Lectures Woman for Ex-Lax Prank

A New Portland woman was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service for helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were given to a teacher.

Mom Said to Help Girls Bake Ex-Lax Cookies

A 43-year-old woman is charged with helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were then given to a teacher.

X-Rated Fortune Cookies Top Off Fundraiser

There is great embarrassment in your future. A box of X-rated fortune cookies was mistakenly delivered to a fundraiser hosted by a Brooklyn politician.

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Google's new privacy issue: personalized search extends to all searches
Source: CNET.com

Google now intends to deliver customized search results even to those searching its site without having signed into a Google account.

Workers reflect on life after Archway
Source: Times Gazette

One year ago, Archway Cookies locked its Claremont Avenue bakery, crumbling the hopes of the company's nearly 300 employees. Employees came to work Oct. 3 to find the bakery shut down and a message on the phone system informing workers there was no production work that day.

Inquiring Cooks Want to Know!

Hello friends! I've been off here for a while now preferring to shun the heaviness of the current events. I'm back because I have a question for all the cooks and bakers that may be attendees.

Study reveals the most dangerous biscuit in Britain is.. the Custard Cream
Source: The Daily Record

CUSTARD creams are Britain's most dangerous biscuits, it was revealed yesterday. A study claimed an estimated 25million people in Britain had been injured by biscuits.

Custard Creams can kill: Official
Source: The Register (UK)

A disturbing probe into the potential for apparently innocent biscuits' ability to do harm has revealed that an astounding 25 million Brits have been injured while indulging in some light coffee/tea break snack action, with 500 victims requiring hospital treatment.

On Facebook, MySpace? Obama's got your e-mail
Source: WorldNetDaily News

Is this Big Brother at work?

Christmas in August; Gingerbread men cookies are first as Lance begins holiday baking
Source: Times Gazette

Employees at the Archway cookie bakery in Ohio, now owned by Lance cookies, is already baking the gingerbread cookies for the upcoming fall and winter holidays. Employees state that the work atmosphere and conditions are better under Lance than they were under Archway's former m …

ACLU and FOX News attack Obama's Private E-mail Lists and Cookie Tracking

"The American Civil Liberties Union is opposing an Obama administration proposal to reverse a nine-year ban on the use of tracking cookies on federal Websites. In an Aug.

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again. By Ryan Singel. August 10, 2009 7:39 pm
Source: Wired News

More than half of the internet's top websites use a little known capability of Adobe's Flash plugin to track users and store information about them, but only four of them mention the so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley researchers reported Monday.

Clean Homes Sell Fastest: Tips for a Quicker Sell
Source: roadhouserealty.net

It may be unnecessary to point out, but homes that are cleaner, or appear cleaner always sell the fastest. Below are some inside tips on what you can do before buyers step foot in your home.

Cookies Anyone? The http kind, that is
Source: govne.ws

government seeking feedback about 'computer-cookies."

YUM: Lance marketing Archway cookies in eastern U.S.
Source: Times Gazette

Rising like the phoenix from the ashes of bankruptcy, the Archway cookie label is returning to stores east of the Mississippi River. Lance Inc.

Favorite Cookie Company Crumbles Under Credit Crunch, Alleged Chicanery
Source: Nashville Scene

Most of this is a recap of the demise of the late great cookie company, Archway. It was sold in a bankruptcy auction late last year and bought up. Also a lawsuit is underway related to some allegations of faked orders.

The Raw Story; Cookies, not torture, convinced al Qaeda suspect to talk, FBI interrogator says
Source: Raw Story

The practice of torturing suspected terrorists received fresh blows Friday after a magazine reported that a key al Qaeda suspect offered useful intelligence after receiving sugar-free cookies.

Do You Find Yourself Always Snacking Even After You Just Ate?

I was recently reading the May 2009 issue of Women's Health magazine and there was a small article on page 28 that read "Step Away from the TV." To the right, under the big, bold, black heading, was a picture of a food tray.

Robbery suspect foiled by two peanut butter cookies -- OrlandoSentinel.com
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Daytona Beach Police got the goods on an armed robbery suspect early today because he didn't eat the evidence.

Kitchener cookie firm, sister to Archway, could emerge from bankruptcy
Source: The Record

The A & M cookie company of Kitchener, which plans to rename itself Colonial Cookies Corp., could emerge from bankruptcy protection soon if a vote on May 20 confirms it. A & M is part of the Catterton group which also owned Archway and Mother's cookie companies.

Vanilla Wafers

Ingredients: 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened 2 cups sugar 2 egg 2 Tbsp vanilla extract 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Directions:

Czechoslovakian Cookies

Ingredients: 2 sticks Butter (1 cup) 1 cup Sugar 2 egg yolks 2 cups Sifted flour 3/4 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup strawberry jam Directions:

Ellison bakery expands line after losing Archway accounts
Source: Journal Gazette

The Ellison bakery used to bake several varieties of cookies for Archway until that company filed bankruptcy and was sold. Now Ellison is expanding its own line of cookie varieties to include several soft cookie types that are very similar to the familiar Archway types.

Apple Cookies

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Farenheit. Cookie Ingredient: 2 cup flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 stick butter, softened 1 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. ground cloves 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 egg 1 cup finely chopped apple 1 cup Raisins 1/4 cup milk

Archway cookies return to stores with ceremony at Hawkins Market
Source: Times Gazette

The familiar red packages of Archway cookies once again are on the shelves of local grocery store Hawkins Market.

Ohio town pays homage to reopened Archway cookies
Source: Wall Street Journal

Instead of just throwing a box of chocolate chip or oatmeal baked goods into their shopping carts, those lucky enough to pop into the Ashland, Ohio, store Thursday morning were treated to a special ceremony in honor of the brand, which was purchased out of bankruptcy in December. …

More Than 200 Lbs. Of Pot Found With Cookies
Source: kctv5.com

- Prosecutors have charged three men in connection with more than 200 pounds of marijuana that investigators found hidden in boxes of cookies.

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