Nashville, TN (WFN) -- The members of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy union don't want to hear a story about a man named "Jed." PACE is demanding that CBS cease production on the proposed reality series, "The Real Beverly Hillbillies," on the grounds that it will exploit worker families in the rural south.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Florida policeman resigned from the force after a teenager claimed he made her and her boyfriend do jumping-jacks and pushups while shirtless before he'd let them off the hook for kissing in a parked car. The officer said he never forced them to remove their shirts, but admitted to scaring them by making them do calisthenics.

Atlantic City, N.J. -- A new restaurant in Atlantic City is knocking ballpark franks right out of the ballpark with a $19 Kobe Beef Hot Dog. The Old Homestead Steakhouse already serves a Kobe Beef Burger for $41 at its New York location.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- It was a bachelor party gone horribly wrong: A Fort Wayne, Indiana, man claims he was unable to have sex with his new bride because of injuries sustained in a strip club the night before his wedding. According to the Fort Wayne "Journal Gazette, "Justin Scheidt has filed suit against the club, claiming dancers there made him straddle a pole while they repeatedly free-fell from it, hitting him in the family jewels again and again.

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