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Man Trades Baby Name for $100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not... Read full story »

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