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Actress Ashley Benson Kicks Off #AweSummer ::: 49-cent Slurpees all Memorial Day Weekend Nationwide

Actress Ashley Benson Kicks Off #AweSummer ::: 49-cent Slurpees all Memorial Day Weekend Nationwide

Actress Ashley Benson of hit TV show “Pretty Little Liars” and box office hit “Spring Breakers,” appeared at a Los Angeles 7-Eleven store to take the ceremonial first Slurpee sip of summer. 7-Eleven is kicking off the Slurpee season as the country heats up for summer this Memorial Day weekend. The convenience retailer is making summer #Awesummer with Summer Slurpee Days – a 49-cent medium-size Slurpee drink offer Friday through Monday, May 24-27, at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide. 

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The Independent Collection Maps a New Course for Destination Travel

The Independent Collection Maps a New Course for Destination Travel

Neighborhood collaborations make the getaway experience one to savor

City scenes and insider information greet guests who visit The Independent Collection’s new in-the-know websites, http://independentcollection.com. The recently relaunched sites are for a select group of hotels located in unique urban neighborhoods along the East Coast, all part of The Independent Collection. The Independent Collection, a growing collection of intimate lifestyle hotels managed by HHM, maps a course of travel for its guests that make the entire experience one to remember.

Rat & Mouse Poop, Mold On Ice Machine, No Health Permits Close Restaurants

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9)-- In this week's Food Alert, a fine dining restaurant operating with an expired business license, another without a health permit, and then there are the mold and rodent issues.

Health inspectors shut down Taipei 101 Tokyo Cafe on Bethesda Avenue in Bethesda, MD;  Mauricio's on Bladensburg Road in Brentwood, MD;  Cups and Mugs located in the Reston Hospital Center in Fairfax, VA; ZMart on South Capitol Street in Southwest, DC; and, Rajaji Curry House in Northwest, DC.

At Bethesda's Taipei 101 Tokyo Cafe inspectors observed, "Rodent droppings throughout the facility and on food contact surfaces."

At Cups and Mugs in Fairfax, county health inspectors closed the coffee shop citing "critical health code violations."  Inspectors wrote-up the shop for not staffing anyone certified in food safety, not tracking workers' disease status, and not having required soap and paper towels.

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Military Pharmacy Gives Heart Med Instead Of Vitamin

KING GEORGE, Va. (WUSA9) -- US Senator from Virginia is demanding answers after another medical mix-up at Walter Reed Military Medical Center.

Mark Warner wants to know why a Virginia woman was sent home with a powerful and potentially deadly heart drug -- instead of the vitamin shots she was supposed to get.

Christiane Wiggins was shaken when her son opened the package of medicine dispensed from a Walter Reed clinic at Dahlgren Navy Base. "My brain went. I was sick to my stomach," says Wiggins. 

"It was labeled B-12 on the bag, labeled as B-12 on the package insert, on the printed label on the bottle," says her son Chris.

But when he pulled out the vials, what he found inside was atropine, a potent drug used to help resuscitate heart patients. "And he said 'Mom, if I gave you this injection, it might kill you,'" remembers Wiggins.

Walter Reed Motorcade: Expect Traffic Delays

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Authorities are warning that a motorcade from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda may affect traffic during rush hour.

Baltimore police say the multi-vehicle police motorcade will escort a group of injured military service members from Walter Reed to New York City on Wednesday morning.

The motorcade is scheduled to leave Bethesda around 7 a.m. and travel on the Capital Beltway to Interstate 95 toward Baltimore.

Motorists can expect roving lane closures.

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DROP OFF DIAPERS and WIN ‘MOMMY and ME’ CUPCAKE DECORATING CLASS at OCCASIONALLY CAKE

DROP OFF DIAPERS and WIN ‘MOMMY and ME’ CUPCAKE DECORATING CLASS  at OCCASIONALLY CAKE

 

Occasionally Cake of Old Town Alexandria needs diapers as part of the Northern Virginia Family Service Diaper Drive. Customers can drop off diapers from Sat., May 4 through Mother’s Day, Sun., May 12, and be entered to win a Mommy and Me Cupcake Decorating Class, to be held on Tues., May 14 at 5 p.m. Three winners will be chosen from a raffle drawing.  Call (703) 647-9638 or visit www.occasionallycake.com for more information.

The Mommy and Me Cupcake decorating will be taught by owner, Sabrina Campbell, mom of two daughters and soon-to-be son. She will discuss cupcake decorating techniques, creativity and tips for parent and child.