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Cracker Barrel · United StatesBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Cracker Barrel’s modern makeover doesn’t stop with redoing its restaurants. It’s dropping the barrel and the man from its logo, too. On Tuesday, the Southern-inspired casual dining chain unveiled a new logo “rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape,” but without the barrel itself — a central part of the brand’s identity since 1977. (As for the the barrel itself, it was “essentially the water co…See the Story
Cracker Barrel Unveils a Controversial Logo Change
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US Crime · CaliforniaErik Menendez will not be released, the California Parole board decided in a highly-anticipated and lengthy hearing Thursday, curtailing for now the contentious push by he and his older sibling to be freed after the 1989 killing of their parents in their Beverly Hills home.
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California parole board denies release for Erik Menendez due to misbehavior in prison
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California Politics · CaliforniaCalifornia's Democratic-controlled state Legislature passed bills Thursday setting up a high-profile special election this fall, when voters will decide whether to approve the party's plan to gerrymander California's congressional map.
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California legislators pass redistricting plans to put a Democratic-drawn map before voters
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