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CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS

A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.
He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.
She directs him down the correct aisle. A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter. She says, confused, 'Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife? He answers, 'You see, it's like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco and some rolling papers; cause it's sooo-ooo--oo- ooo much cheaper. So, I figure if I have to roll my own ........... so does she.

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ATA Airlines Bankruptcy

ATA Airlines has filed for bankruptcy Wednesday April 2. The move left thousands of ATA Airlines passengers stranded as operations immediately ceased. It's the 2nd time the airline has filed for bankruptcy in the past 3 years.

Stranded ATA passengers look for other ways out of Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP)- State officials are helping travelers stranded by the abrupt closure of ATA Airlines, as they look for other ways to fly out of Hawaii. Passengers approaching the closed ATA counters at Honolulu International Airport are being met by representatives of the state Transportation Department.

Aloha Airlines Bankruptcy

Aloha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy March 20, the second time in three years. Aloha blamed what it termed unfair competition from go airlines, a subsidiary of Arizona-based Mesa Air Group Inc., and Banmiller stood by that on Sunday.

Banmiller thanked employees, but said the airline had to face reality that no buyer would come to its rescue. Aloha's owners, who pulled the airline out of its last bankruptcy in 2004, have lost an estimated $200 million and the company has been losing about $5 million a month for the past year.