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Paul Ryan Says A
Family of Woodchucks
Ate His Car
By Jessica Campisi, CNN
Don't underesti- mate the damage a few hungry rodents can inflict, even on something as inedible as an SUV.
During an event hosted by The Economic Club in Washington DC, Speaker Paul Ryan said his Chevy Suburban was gnawed on by a family of woodchucks
"My car was eaten by animals. And it's just dead," Ryan said.
As a top congres- sional official with a security detail and a chauffeur, Ryan says he hasn't driven in three years. So while he isn't using his car, he says keeps it at his mother's house in his hometown of Jainesville, Wisconsin.
According to Ryan, every month she revs up the Suburban just to make sure it still works. Recently, after returning home from a trip to Florida, it was dead.
"So I towed it into the dealer, they put it up, and they realized that a family of wood- chucks lived in the underbody of my Suburban," he said.
Looks like Ryan's going to have to get a new
car before he retires at the end of the year and has to start driv- ing himself.
Ryan said he has his eye on a Ford pickup.
He also said he renewed his license, so bar- ring anymore woodchuck encounters, he'll be ready to hit the road.
Chuck E. Cheese Offers
'Pay Your Age Day' Deal After Build-A-Bear Fiasco
By Kaylyn Hlavaty
CLEVELAND - Will we ever learn?
After Build-A- Bear's "Pay Your Age Day" deal caused over- whelming crowds at malls across the country, leav- ing some chil- dren turned away without a bear, Chuck E. Cheese is offer- ing a similar deal to parents and
children.
But can the big mouse in the baseball hat deliver where everyone's favorite child- labor-fueled retailer failed?
We'll see.
Today Chuck E. Cheese is allow- ing parents to pay their child's age for 30 min- utes of fun.
At Southpark Mall, Build-A- Bear
turned away 150 people with 3,000 people, according to Ed Jaroszewicz, marketing direc- tor for the mall.
Build-A-Bear handed out $15 vouchers to those who were turned away in line.
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