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...detectives determined that one of the men at the campsite, Michael D. Dupont, 25, of 4 Irving St. in Hudson, Mass., had an outstanding warrant in Marlboro District Court. According to the CPD report, Dupont was transferred to the MSP barracks in Brighton for processing...
Created in 1925, the Giant started out looking more like a scowling dwarf, and he wasn't even green. Years later, this hunky mascot was named the third most recognizable icon of the 20th century by Advertising Age (behind the Marlboro Man and Ronald McDonald). His role was diminished in 1991, but the Giant resurfaced last August in a new print campaign...
...Perhaps for him, Marlboro country is more than just an ad campaign...
...left in the hands of a glacially slow congressional committee (and the attentions of phone company lobbyists who see a considerable chunk of their clients' revenue disappear into thin air). One community has leapt to the defense of pedestrians and responsible drivers everywhere: On Friday, the township council of Marlboro, N.J., announced a ban on drivers' use of hand-held phones. And while the image of disapproving councilmembers might not inspire the fear and trembling required to convince errant drivers to pry their Nokias from their ears, perhaps the prospect of a $250 fine will do the trick...
Interestingly, it appears to be the physical action of dialing and holding the phone that causes the most significant distraction; Marlboro officials are still allowing citizens to zip down the highway chatting into a microphone-and-earpiece contraption. I would think that carrying on any kind of totally internalized conversation that tend to block out sounds like sirens, horns and the desperate cries of soon-to-be roadkill might be dangerous, but that's just...