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In a week when Anthony Scaramucci got canned and Allen Iverson was suspended by Ice Cube — if you ever picked those names to fit in the same sentence, start a psychic hotline — this also happened:
Walt Disney World, collaborating with Lyft, started a transportation system to take people from one point on Disney property (including resorts) to another, the Orlando Sentinel reported. They’re using Minnie Vans.
Halo Top, the supposedly “guilt free” ice cream, has become the best-selling pint of ice cream in U.S. grocery stores, according to People magazine.
A Wisconsin middle school named for famed Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi isn’t offering football this season. According to Fox 11 News, there’s a good reason: They couldn’t find anyone who wanted the job. So apparently winning isn’t the only thing.
You say potato, I say potato, eh: Health Canada officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered by J.R. Simplot Co. can be imported, planted and sold there. U.S. officials already had approved the Idaho company’s potatoes, designed to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. Nothing against female CEOs, but sometimes action heroes can also get the job done. When Time Warner beat analysts’ estimates, a lot of it was due to one person. “Wonder Woman,” of course.
How’s this for name dropping: Dunkin’ may dump its “Donuts.” A new location of the chain in Pasadena will simply be called Dunkin’ — part of an experiment at a few stores because the chain wants to be seen as a destination for coffee, too. Let’s pour a cup for everybody who still calls a certain Cupertino company Apple Computer.