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Monopoly fans vote to add cat, toss iron tokens
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Scottie dog has a new nemesis after Monopoly fans voted to add a cat to the game and eliminate the iron token. Toy maker Hasbro Inc. announced the changes Wednesday, hours after voting on Facebook closed, marking the first...
Tags: Elections, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Hasbro Inc., Voting, Politics
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On the Town: Aiming high and thinking big for kids
While the goal of playing the board game Monopoly is to acquire and develop as many of a community's transportation and utility companies, properties, houses and hotels as possible, the goal of the Boy & Girls Club is to acquire the needed funding to...
Tags: Waste Industries Incorporated
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Shopping Scout: Big Wheels, Strong's Bible, board game money
LOOKING FOR DVD/VCR combo: Joe of Hellertown is looking for a DVD/VCR combination. Big Wheels riding toys: Kathryn of Allentown is looking for two Big Wheels riding toys for her grandsons. Radio repairs: Mary of Macungie is looking for someone who...Tags: Macungie, Sears, Alburtis, Allentown, Hellertown
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Toy maker Hasbro says Furby and Monopoly shine in first quarter
Toy maker Hasbro Inc. reported modest revenue growth in the first quarter, backed by solid sales of Furby, My Little Pony and Transformers games. The Pawtucket, R.I., company also said Monday that an online contest to create a new token for its iconic...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Toy Industry, Mattel Inc., Hasbro Inc., Sports Cars
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In The Pipeline: From on the water to on the ice
My idea of a boat is a kayak, so that is the boat I own. As I tool around Huntington Harbour during spring and summer, I still marvel at the many yachts that dwarf my blue plastic Ocean Kayak, so I was pleased to accept an invitation to ride in the...
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Charles M. Schulz, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, National Hockey League, Science and Technology
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10 board games for TableTop Day: Felicia Day’s team wants you to play
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesFelicia Day, Wil Wheaton and the “TableTop” team over at Geek & Sundry are hoping that their zeal for board ...... -
Check It Out: Take a gamble on these titles
Why do people play games? Well, since we can't solve the world's problems, playing a game within a controlled environment at least gives us a chance to temporarily escape from reality. It also gives us an opportunity to unravel a mystery and even...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Fiction, Literature
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International TableTop Day: Wil Wheaton wants you to play board games
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWil Wheaton, Felicia Day and the group behind the weekly web series “TableTop” are hoping to take their fervor for ...... -
Princess Players open 'Hotel on Marvin Gardens'
The Nagle Jackson comedy "A Hotel on Marvin Gardens" opens Friday, March 8, at the Princess Theatre in Sanford. The show looks at American greed and corporate gamesmanship — and takes place while the characters play the board game Monopoly....
Tags: Arts and Culture
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Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game
The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, World War I (1914-1918), Hinsdale, Boston, Science and Technology
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Family decries friends' silence after son killed after Ravens parade
The flowers left in condolence are a kind but painful reminder that De'ontae Smith is gone, as is the funeral program his mother carries around to remember the boy stabbed to death downtown just hours after the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl victory parade....
Tags: Genesis (music group), here! (tv network), Shootings, Baltimore Ravens, Witnesses
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Guess which Monopoly token is out?
Lehigh Valley ParentingI suppose the iron's time has past, but still it's kind of sad to imagine a Monopoly game without the familiar metal token. But let's face it, who actually irons anymore? The public has spoken in an online contest and the iron is out, replaced by a cat...
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