Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Club changing 'Food Stamp Friday' MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 2 (UPI) -- An Alabama nightclub manager says he's working on a name-change for a "Food Stamp Friday" event offering a price break for patrons on government assistance. Advertisement The manager of the Rose Supper Club in Montgomery said the event, promoted by a local rapper who will be performing at the club Friday, will still take place if the artist agrees to change the name, WSFA-TV, Montgomery, reported Monday. The "Food Stamp Friday" promotion raised criticism from some who said offering $5 admission to patrons who show their "food stamp card" glamorizes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. "I just don't understand how they are promoting this without anyone saying anything about it," local resident Stephanie Pope said. Police: Stolen calf in Honda Civic DEMING, N.M., April 2 (UPI) -- Three men are accused of stealing a 220-pound calf and driving off with the bovine in the back seat of a Honda Civic, New Mexico authorities said. Advertisement The Luna County Sheriff's Office said Jose Coronado, 26, Gerardo Gonzalez-Balderas, 20, and Salvador Balderas-Gonzalez, 23, were pulled over around 3 a.m. Friday for speeding and the deputy was shocked to see a 220-pound Holistein calf in the back seat of the car, The Carlsbad (N.M.) Current Argus reported Monday. The men, who work for a Sierra County ranch, initially told the deputy they were allowed to have the animal but later allegedly admitted they had taken the calf without permission. The men were charged with felony counts of larceny of livestock and conspiracy as well as misdemeanor counts of lack of a bill of sale and exporting livestock. High-speed chase ends with a kiss OCEANSIDE, Calif., April 2 (UPI) -- A California couple who led police on a high-speed motorcycle chase surrendered after running out of gas but not before one final kiss, authorities say. The couple led police on a more than 100-mile chase Sunday before surrendering when their motorcycle ran out of gas, North County Times, Escondido, Calif., reported. The chase began when the driver, Gabriel Barajas, 48, failed to pull over for a traffic stop for speeding in Newhall about 1:45 p.m., Oceanside-based California Highway Patrol officer Jim Bettencourt said. Advertisement Stacy Veronica, 49, Barajas' passenger, was not wearing a helmet during the chase, which reached speeds up to 95 mph. The chase ended about 8 miles north of Oceanside, Bettencourt said. Barajas and Veronica engaged in a final kiss before they were taken into custody for resisting arrest. Barajas was also charged with evading officers, Bettencourt said. Frontier Airlines nixes warm cookies DENVER, April 2 (UPI) -- The warm cookie service Colorado-based Frontier Airlines inherited when it merged with Midwest Airlines is being canceled by the company, officials said. Frontier officials said in a Friday announcement they will no longer offer the warm chocolate chip cookies as part of their in-flight service and they will instead serve bags of Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Crackers or Barnum's Animal Crackers to passengers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday. The officials said the cookies, which were made famous by Midwest Airlines before it merged with Frontier in 2009, do not factor into purchasing decisions by customers and do not provide enough value to justify the expense. "Frontier is the only domestic low-cost carrier offering a free perishable snack to all customers, which does not align with either the perception or financial reality of the ultra low-cost business model," senior vice president Daniel Shurz said. "Removing the complimentary cookie is another step in our continued effort to make Frontier a sustainably profitable airline." Advertisement The airline said the cookies will be offered until the inventory runs out, which is expected to happen in May.
