Every now and then, I like to gather up what’s going on with coffee in the news. It is always interesting and runs the gamut from the mundane to the outrageous.

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Coffee Study:

Coffee gets another thumbs up in a new study. Men with type 2 diabetes got the okay to continue drinking their favorite brew.

Coffee seen OK for diabetic men
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5515AV20090602

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McDonald’s giving free coffee and paying tolls in Atlanta:

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “The local McDonald’s association will pay the 50-cent toll for Ga. 400 drivers between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Drivers also will be given a card for a free small hot McCafe coffee or medium iced McCafe coffee.” McDonald’s, please don’t forget about the city that never sleeps.

McDonald’s brews up hot time to drive, drink coffee
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/06/02/freetoll0602.html

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Crime Does Not Pay:

“A Portsmouth, N.H., man was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence for stealing an $8.29 bag of coffee — and he's been banned from all the Dunkin' Donuts in town.” This man is apparently a real Dunkin’ Donuts coffee fan.

Man Banned from all NH Dunkin Donuts after Theft
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hiDIZMYKe06voI2-x3m261mhTuAAD98IO9GG0

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More coffee crime:

“A man bought a to-go cup of coffee at a Mesa Denny's before allegedly robbing the restaurant and fleeing on a bicycle, authorities said Monday.” Criminals do the strangest things.
Man buys coffee before allegedly robbing Denny's
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/06/01/20090601abrk-dennys.html

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Coffee Can Sometimes Make you a Millionaire:

“Gainesville’s Donald Grant bought a lottery ticket with his morning cappuccino, and now he’s got what he called “a realm of possibilities.” “The retired cashier plans to use the money for a new pair of glasses and dental work.” Do you think he’ll have any money leftover?

$1 million buys a lot of coffee Gainesville man stops for coffee, wins $1 million
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/06/02/lotteryguy0602.html

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Starbucks has the last word in “Tip-Gate”

“San Diego County Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett ruled in favor of the baristas last year after a bench trial and awarded $86 million in restitution plus about $20 million in interest.”

“An appeals court reversed the ruling Tuesday, saying that the original decision was improperly based and that supervisors at the nation's largest coffee-shop chain "essentially perform the same job as baristas."

Starbucks wins reversal of $100-million tips verdict
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-starbucks-tips3-2009jun03,0,7588542.story