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Wine with that White Castle burger? Wine with that White Castle burger?, White Castle, the iconic hamburger chain , is testing beer and wine at its Lafayette, Ind., store. The alcoholic beverages are joining another experiment on that restaurant’s menu. How about Some White Castle Wine?

Airline raises fare $580 US Airways is planning to raise the fare between Pittsburgh and another Pennsylvania city by $580 come January. The move, which has drawn the ire of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey  is reportedly the result of another airline’s move. 

Country's cash goes plastic, Canada rolls out new, high-tech $100 bill. Paying with plastic takes on a new meaning today as the Bank of Canada rolls out new $100 bills to replace the cotton-paper blend note. The $100 is Canada's first polymer bank note and features a wealth of anti-counterfeiting features such as partially-hidden numbers. The bill also includes a large, transparent window, transparent text, a metallic portrait, raised ink and a frosted maple leaf window. The $100s feature two portraits of prime minister Robert Borden and an image of a researcher at a microscope and a depiction of DNA. The $50 polymer note will follow next March. The rest of the plastic money will be in circulation by the end of 2013. A focus group took a close look at the $100 bill earlier this year and saw several offbeat images the designers didn't count on. Some in the group mistook a strand of DNA on the $100 bill for a sex toy. Most people also thought the see-through window on the new...

All of our favorite nerd pursuits combined into one product. Just when I thought I was going to die of nerve explosion while waiting for the next season of AMC's  The Walking Dead comic-to-tv adaptation, Z-Man Games and author Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment announced a joint venture to bring the very first  Walking Dead  board game to retail this summer. We don't have very many details about gameplay beyond the general idea: beating up zombies, trying to live, collecting supplies, and so forth--pretty standard fare that with this license is going to be pretty awesome. Robert Kirkman heartily endorses it, and he ain't no shmuck: "I've always loved board games, but never knew they could be this cool! We've done test plays of  The Walking Dead  board game at the office, and the game play scenarios ring true to what Rick and the other survivors face in the comic book. I couldn't be more impressed with Z-Man Games." The game will be for 1-6 pla...

Fall in line, maggots, and stand at attention as we talk with Hollywood's number one military advisor, Dale Dye . A hardcore film buff can rattle off a list of their favorite cinematographers, maybe even editors or production designers.  But when it comes to "military advisors" there is only one:  Dale Dye. He pretty much invented the role of current military advisor for films, and his list of credits is a mile long.  He's also wound up before the cameras, acting first in walk-ons and is a regular on the forthcoming  Falling Skies .  We spoke with the man about his career starting with  Platoon  (coming to Blu-ray for an anniversary edition this Tuesday,) the actors he's trained and what he's got coming up next. Jordan Hoffman:  Did you invent this job? Are there other people out there doing it now? Dale Dye:  Yeah, ever since my role in motion pictures as a military advisor has gotten some publicity, there are a number of guys who have ...

These controversial stickers will draw attention to your luggage and make it easy to identify. Caution: Airport security might not like the design of some of these clever suitcase stickers. Air Stewardess Sugar Money

What's scarier than a haunted house?  TWO HAUNTED HOUSES! Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson and their three young children have just moved into a big, old home.  He's a teacher and she doesn't work, so immediately I assumed there was some deal with the devil to make the down payment, but this was just my mind playing tricks.  The young baby does nothing but cry and one night the eldest sees something, makes a spooky face, then goes to sleep and NEVER WAKES UP. He's not in a coma, he's just. . .in limbo.  Rather than making the cover of the New England Journal of Medicine with this indescribable condition, they just send the kid home.  And then the craziness starts. I can't lie, the first few scares got my heart rate up.  There are demonic sounds on the baby monitor and, even though I was thinking "here comes the scary part, here comes the scary part" when something finally jumped out, I yelped like a frightened puppy. I can't recall seeing a mov...