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Jack Daniel’s says a dog toy company is ripping off its brand. What will the Supreme Court say?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

Lawyers for Jack Daniel’s will argue to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a dog toy company violated federal trademark law when it parodied the distiller’s bottle to sell a “Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker” toy replete with poop-themed jokes.The case pits the rights of a famous trademark holder against the First Amendment rights of a company that wants to use those marks to sell a humorous product.At the center of the case is a squeaky toy created by VIP Products that is strikingly similar to Jack Daniel’s bottles. Apart from the general shape of the toy, the plastic bottle, like its glass counterpart, has a similar font style and uses a black label.VIP borrows Jack Daniel’s “Old No. 7 Brand Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey” to sell “The Old No. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet,” a reference to dog excrement. And it changes the liquor bottle’s “40% ALC. BY VOL. (80 PROOF)” with “43% POO BY VOL.” and “...

Denver weather: Passing metro shower, mountain snow

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Clouds will stick around the Front Range Wednesday with a few passing snow and rain showers and highs in the middle 50s in the Denver weather forecast. Snow showers will linger in the high country and slowly clear by tonight.Weather today: Passing showersDenver and the Front Range will see partly cloudy skies Wednesday with highs in the middle 50s. Snow lingers in the higher elevations with passing showers along the Interstate 25 corridor.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast for March 22. Winds will be brisk south of the metro area with high wind warnings and red flag warnings with an enhanced fire risk in effect for the southern Eastern Plains until 8 p.m. How much snowfall did Denver get this winter? Pinpoint Weather: Advisories on March 22. Weather tonight: Clearing and seasonalWinds will slow overnight as skies gradually clear and temperatures dip into the upper 20s. Snow will wrap up in the mountains.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast for March 22. Looking ahead...

2 juveniles arrested in Littleton armed bank robbery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — Police in Littleton were searching for three armed robbery suspects and temporarily had placed two nearby schools on secure perimeter. According to the Littleton Police Department's tweets, the robbery occurred at Promise Park near the intersection of South Bannock Street and West Powers Place. Rapidly spreading deadly fungus already in Colorado, presents ‘urgent’ threat LPD said the suspects ran away after the robbery.Little High School and Littleton Prep were on secure perimeter but were cleared for dismissal around 3:45 p.m. People who live nearby were asked to shelter in place, but that was lifted around 4:15 p.m.At around 7 p.m., LPD took two people into custody.Littleton Police released vague descriptions of the suspects, all three are Hispanic males between the ages of 14 and 17 years old, and all three were dressed entirely in black clothing. One had curly dark hair, one had a short crew cut and one was wearing a mask and hood. One had white and r...

2 inmates found at local IHOP escaped Virginia prison using toothbrush, metal object to dig hole

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

(CNN) — Two inmates who escaped from a Newport News, Virginia, jail by digging out and scaling a wall were found at a nearby IHOP hours later Tuesday, officials said.The Newport News Jail Annex discovered the two inmates, John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, missing during a routine head count around 7 p.m. Monday night, the Newport News Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.The pair had dug a hole through one of the jail walls using “primitive-made tools” that they constructed out of a toothbrush and metal object, the sheriff’s office said a preliminary investigation revealed. Those tools helped them access untied rebars in the wall, which they then used for the rest of their escape, the agency added.After getting out, the two encountered containment walls and had to scale a wall to leave the area, the release says.Garza and Nemo were later found on Tuesday morning at an IHOP in Hampton, Virginia, where they were arrested by police.“I̵...

Researchers 3D printed this cheesecake

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

(CNN) — Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing technique to churn out consumer goods such as furniture and shoes, human organs and even a rocket. But can industrial technology be applied to make a fully baked dessert that can be fabricated in your home kitchen?Engineers at Columbia University set out to do just that. A team whipped up a seven-ingredient vegan cheesecake that was assembled and cooked entirely by a 3D-printing machine and — in a new innovation — laser technology, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal NPJ Science of Food.The experiment was a step toward developing practical uses for 3D printing in mechanically assembled food, the researchers said. The machines needed to create and bake a 3D-printed dessert already exist — at least in Columbia Engineering’s New York laboratory — butthere are not yet troves of cookbooks out there spelling out how the tech can be applied.“If this (tech...

Gov. DeSantis hints at possible presidential run in Piers Morgan interview

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Governor Ron DeSantis hinted at his possible presidential ambitions. When asked if he thinks he could beat President Biden, DeSantis replied, “I think so.”Morgan then asked, “So you’re running?” to which DeSantis responded, “No, I didn’t say that. I just said I think I could.”During the interview, DeSantis made it clear that he has not made a final decision on running for president. However, if he were to run, he would focus his campaign on how to beat the president rather than the other GOP candidates.For now, DeSantis is focused on governing Florida, but he urged viewers to stay tuned. It remains to be seen if he will ultimately decide to throw his hat in the ring for the 2024 presidential election.DeSantis has been a rising star in the Republican party, particularly for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida. He has been praised by many conservatives for his refusal to enact strict lockdo...

Ukraine says Russian missile hit apartment building

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched exploding drones that killed at least four people at a student dormitory near Kyiv before dawn Wednesday, just hours after Japan’s prime minister left the Ukrainian capital following a show of support for the country. The same day, Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after discussing his proposal for ending the war, which has been rejected by the West as a non-starter.A high school and two dormitories were partially destroyed in an overnight drone attack in the city of Rzhyshchiv, south of the Ukrainian capital, local officials said. It wasn’t clear how many people were in the dormitories at the time.The body of a 40-year-old man was pulled from the rubble on a dormitory’s fifth floor, according to regional police chief Andrii Nebytov.More than 20 people were hospitalized, Nebytov said, and a few others were unaccounted for.Ukrainian air defenses downed 16 of the 21 drones launched by Russia, the Ukraine General...

Cactus League report: Marcus Stroman returns from emotional WBC experience — plus updates on Eloy Jiménez and Leury García

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

The Chicago Cubs aren’t officially announcing their opening-day starter yet, but all signs point to Marcus Stroman getting the ball.Major League Baseball plans to release all of the opening-day starters later this week. Stroman is in line to start March 30 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field.Stroman said Tuesday it would be huge to receive that honor, though he told manager David Ross that if he wants someone else to get that start, he would understand because Stroman is taking a big-picture approach.“I’m not somebody who needs the opening-day start … I’m trying to make 33, 34 starts and that’s the goal,” Stroman said. “But to feel that energy at Wrigley, that’s why you work so hard for those moments and I feel like I’d be the perfect one to go out there and pitch opening day.”White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito, meanwhile, felt he got better as his start went on against the Brewers on Tuesday in Phoenix. ...

Missiles, drones hit civilian buildings in Ukraine

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president posted a video Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Russia launched launched exploding drones that killed at least four people at a student dormitory near Kyiv before dawn.Just hours earlier, Japan’s prime minister left the Ukrainian capital following a show of support for the country. The same day, Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after discussing his proposal for ending the war, which has been rejected by the West as a non-starter.The video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Telegram appeared to be CCTV footage that captured the moment a missile hit the nine-story residential block by a busy road.Ukrainian media carried pictures showing charred apartments on several stories of the affected buildings, and flames billowing from some of them. The number of causalities was unknown.However, Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Moscow-...

Police officer shot at in German raids linked to extremists

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:20:36 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators carried out raids related to a far-right movement on Wednesday, authorities said. A police officer was shot at during one of the searches and reportedly sustained light injuries.Justice Minister Marco Buschmann tweeted that federal prosecutors ordered searches of 20 properties and that the move was related to the Reich Citizens movement, a loose grouping whose supporters deny the legitimacy of the present-day German Constitution and government. They claim instead that the German empire, or Reich, of 1871 still exists.The incident in which a police offer was shot at “shows how dangerous the deployments are,” Buschmann said. He added that weapons authorities “are obliged to disarm ‘Reich Citizens.’”He didn’t give further details on the purpose or result of the raids.Federal prosecutors confirmed that a shot was fired during a search in the southwestern town of Reutlingen and that a person was arrested, German news agency dpa reported. The...