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Eighth-grader petitions Hasbro to market Easy Bake Ovens to boys What to get a little boy for Christmas that isn't the usual toy car set, video game or sports item? One fresh-faced activist suggests an Easy Bake Oven. McKenna Pope, 13, is petitioning toy maker Hasbro to stop marketing the kitchen set only to young girls, asking for images of boys to also be placed on Easy Bake boxes. The Garfield, N.J., eighth-grader, moved to action by her 4-year-old brother's attempts to cook on top of a lamp's light bulb, already has scored nearly 18,000 signatures on her petition on Change.org. On the petition, Pope writes she found the lack of packaging or promotional materials featuring boys to be "quite appalling." The girly purple and pink colors used on Easy Bake ovens didn't help either. "I feel that this sends a clear message: women cook, men work," she wrote. "I want my brother to know that it's not 'wrong' for him to want to be a chef." As Pope points out, many of the top figures in the culinary industry are men — behemoths such as Emeril Lagasse, Gordon Ramsey, Wolfgang Puck and many more. On Hasbro's website, the Easy Bake brand is included under "Cooking & Baking Games for Girls." To really pound her point home, Pope uploaded an adorable video where she goads her brother into explaining the trouble with wanting an Easy Bake Oven (he also hopes for a dinosaur). "Only girls play with it," he said, while attempting to bake cookies. Notable quotables "Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked over the past ten years and who have become an extension of my family." — Actor Angus T. Jones, 19, in a statement apologizing for slamming the hit sitcom he's been a part of since 2003. In an interview with a religious website, Jones said he has had a religious conversion and joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He urged fans to "Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth." "I am getting more pressure from my kids, and it is something I want to do within their lifetime, but I also feel like the time has come. The time is nigh. It's soon. I got a good feeling about it." — Actor Brad Pitt on the possibility of a wedding soon with Angelia Jolie. He made the comments recently at the premiere of his new film, "Killing Them Softly," hosted by the Cinema Society in New York. "When you're younger and have the early success that I had — it sounds like the worst Hallmark cliche — but I didn't have anyone to share it with. I don't mean I wanted someone to sit by the fire with. But when you have a family and children, you kind of see yourself reflected in them. I want to make the kinds of movies that my kids are proud of. I have higher standards, in a way, for them." — Actor and director Ben Affleck, who was chosen by EW magazine as their entertainer of the year. Mini ha-has Q: Is it better to write on a full or on an empty stomach? A: Neither. Paper is much better. Q: Where do fish wash themselves? A: In the river basin. Q: Where do cars get the most flat tires? A: Where there is a fork in the road. Source: "The Biggest Riddle Book in the World" 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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