A sticky, sweet sandwich made of peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff finds itself in the center of a legislative showdown. After his third-grade son was given a Fluffernutter, Massachusetts state Sen. Jarrett Barrios is planning to file legislation banning schools from offering the sandwiches more than once a week in cafeterias. But another lawmaker has come to the defense of this candy-filled concoction. State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein, a Democrat whose district is near the company that produces the treat, is moving to designate the Fluffernutter the “official sandwich of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”
But if that doesn’t work, RedEye has come up with sandwich-saving slogans:
– “Fluff is the stuff!”
– “Don’t knock our ‘nutters!”
– “Marshmallow and nuts, no ifs, ands or buts!”
– “Lunch & learn: Fluffernutters rule!”
California due for ‘Big One’
New earthquake research confirms the southern end of the San Andreas fault near L.A. is overdue for a “Big One.” The lower section of the fault has not produced a major earthquake in more than three centuries. The new study, which analyzed 20 years of data and is considered one of the most detailed analyses yet, found that stress has been building up since then and that the fault could rupture at any moment.
Marines, sailor charged
Seven Marines and a Navy corpsman were charged Wednesday with premeditated murder in the death of an Iraqi man who was pulled from his home and shot while U.S. troops hunted for insurgents. They could face the death penalty if convicted. The charges were announced at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in California, where the eight are being held.
KKK message mars graduation
Graduates and their families were stunned to see the words “Ku Klux Klan” scroll across the bottom of a jumbo video screen during a commencement ceremony, and police were investigating whether the display was intentional. Police and officials of Captions Unlimited, the company that supplied a stenographer to transcribe spoken commencement remarks, were investigating the June 13 incident at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Killer to be put to death
A Houston judge ruled Wednesday that serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, who gained notoriety as the “Railroad Killer” linked to at least 15 murders across the country–including two in Illinois–is mentally competent to be executed next week for the 1998 rape-slaying of a Texas doctor. Resendiz’s attorneys had argued that the 46-year-old Mexican national is delusional and believes he is half-man, half-angel and will return three days after going to the death chamber.
BY THE NUMBERS
$100 hamburger debuts
Want a beefed-up burger? Head to the Old Homestead Steakhouse in Boca Raton, Fla.
$100: Cost for the burger
3: Number of types of beef, including American prime, Japanese Kobe and Argentine cattle beef
20: Number of ounces the hamburger weighs
$124.50: Total burger bill with 18 percent tip and tax
$10: Portion of the total bill from each sale the restaurant will donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation
