Dairy air?

Or derriere: A stench compared to manure or sewage was reported in Everett’s Rucker Hill neighborhood Friday morning, and the state Clean Air Agency is investigating.

After repeated diaper checks, the city’s babies looked with exasperation at their parents and said: “For the last time, it’s not me.”

Broke-a-cola: The IRS has notified Coca-Cola that the soft drink maker owes $3.3 billion in back taxes. Coke disputes the bill.

The IRS bill was marked with the label: “No deposit; no return.”

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev, during a visit to Los Angeles, reacted angrily when he was told that for security reasons he could not visit Disneyland.

Fearing an amusement park race with the Soviet Union, the U.S. was protecting its animatronic bears, pirates and presidents technology.

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