Mama Bear's billboard
CHICAGO - The most imaginative Super Bowl ad might not appear on television, but on Jennifer Gordon's pregnant belly.
The self-professed "die-hard" Chicago Bears fan is offering up her nearly nine-months pregnant belly space for advertisers to paint. She'll showcase it at Sunday's Super Bowl, when the Bears play the Indianapolis Colts in Miami.
All the Chicago woman wants in exchange is two tickets to the game.
Gordon, a publicist, has posted ads online on eBay and Craigslist detailing the ploy. The going rate for Super Bowl tickets is currently $3,000 to $5,000.
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The 35-year-old mom-to-be has only one condition.
"It can't have anything to do with Indianapolis or the Colts."
A 'runaway' hit?
DULUTH, Ga. - The story of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is becoming a rock opera.
The show is scheduled to open in October at Duluth's Red Clay Theatre and Arts Center.
Mark Pitt, the theater's owner, says the show will not spoof Wilbanks' infamous disappearance before her scheduled 2005 wedding. Instead, it will show how the community came together and bonded over the experience.
Wilbanks and her then-fiance, John Mason, will only be minor characters, Pitt said.
Wilbanks got her nickname after fleeing before her wedding and making up a story about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted. Actually, she got cold feet and fled to New Mexico.
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Firemen can't get the bugs out
SALT LAKE CITY - Firefighters have been forced to abandon a busy station because it's infested with bedbugs.
The pests were first discovered in November after two firefighters reported bites.
Station House No. 2 downtown was vacated for a week and sprayed, but that didn't solve the problem. Four subsequent sprayings still have not killed the bugs.
The department is removing carpets from living quarters and installing linoleum. All beds and bedding have been swapped out.
Officials believe a nearby homeless shelter, where firefighters and paramedics are often sent, may be the source.
Today's best bet
"Bear Tales"
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Grandpa Ben tells tall tales about the night sky during a family camping trip.
7 p.m.
MSUM Planetarium, 167 Bridges Hall, 11th Street and 8th Avenue South, Moorhead
(218) 477-2904
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