Spread the word and tell the owner in your local to stick The Irish Pub Song on the jukebox.

Prices for cigarettes sold through vending machines in Arkansas went up last month. In Northwest Arkansas, vending machine cigarettes now cost $7.50 to $8 per pack. Most of the old mechanical pull-slot National Vending machines have been replaced by snack machines that accept dollar bills and can be used to dispense cigarettes by the pack.

According to one vendor, the gross revenue of all cigarettes he sells for vending has dropped from $10,000 a week in the 1980s to about $500 now.

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On a typical night, one bar owner sells about 200 Jager Bombs in Omaha. The number doubles when the Jager girls are there. He requests the women during special events.

The effort has been successful enough that more brands are hiring similar spokeswomen.

"Lately, every product has a girl," Boyd said. "There used to be maybe two or three; now there's like 10."

The Miller Light Girls. The Red Bull Girls. And so forth.

Sometimes the party girls have their drawbacks.

Longtime bar owner Terry O'Halloran said the girls usually entice customers to sample their products, but often get patrons to switch from a product at full price to the discounted item, so it is not a huge benefit to the bar.

However, he said, "people do enjoy the swag they hand out."

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The Shout House will charge an admission price of $4 per person, which will be donated directly to the local charity Finnegans Community Fund.
 
WHEN: Thursday, April 16, 2009
7:00 p.m.:       Doors open 
8:30 p.m.:       World Record attempt begins
9:30 p.m.:       Official results announced     
 
WHO: Chris Raph, Shout House Dueling Pianos Bar Manager/ Bartender/ Mixologist
Carlos Martinez, Guinness Book of World Records Adjudicator
Joe Wilkie, Shout House Dueling Pianos Manager
 
WHERE: The Shout House Dueling Pianos
                       650 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
 
The Shout House Dueling Pianos has been twice voted Minneapolis Best Downtown Bar by the readers of The Minnesota Daily. The bar's non-stop, consistently entertaining show has made this venue a favorite destination for locals and out-of-town visitors. Chris Raph has been with The Shout House for almost 3 years.
 
Finnegans Community Fund was created out of the belief that there are loads of fun and creative ways to make a difference in a community. Finnegans believes that it takes a community to create and maintain healthy communities and healthy communities don't leave folks behind.  The Finnegans Community fund has donated over $125,000 to help fund programs assisting those in poverty.