People in China are eating with chopsticks made in Americus, Georgia. The Georgia Chopsticks Company is producing a million a day, with most being exported to China. Company president Jae Lee says Georgia has just the right kind of wood, poplar and sweet gum trees that grow like weeds. Lee hopes to up his production to 10 million a day when the plant can get enough workers. The chopsticks factory is an economic boost for the area, which has lost many jobs to foreign competition.
Minnesota's head of license plate censorship said letter combinations banned by the state include abbreviations for profanities and brand names. Tom Evans, supervisor of the state Department of Public Safety's special plate unit, said he and his team go through every possible three-letter combination every year to determine which plates need to be banned. Evans said each year brings the banning of new combinations that have been reported to the department as obscene, such as FYU and WTF. "Any time there is an 'F' in the box, we have to look really close," he said. "I would have never thought about WTF before." Evans said other potentially offensive combinations, such as KKK and LSD, are also banned.
People in China are eating with chopsticks made in Americus, Georgia. The Georgia Chopsticks Company is producing a million a day, with most being exported to China. Company president Jae Lee says Georgia has just the right kind of wood, poplar and sweet gum trees that grow like weeds. Lee hopes to up his production to 10 million a day when the plant can get enough workers. The chopsticks factory is an economic boost for the area, which has lost many jobs to foreign competition. 
Minnesota's head of license plate censorship said letter combinations banned by the state include abbreviations for profanities and brand names. Tom Evans, supervisor of the state Department of Public Safety's special plate unit, said he and his team go through every possible three-letter combination every year to determine which plates need to be banned. Evans said each year brings the banning of new combinations that have been reported to the department as obscene, such as FYU and WTF. "Any time there is an 'F' in the box, we have to look really close," he said. "I would have never thought about WTF before." Evans said other potentially offensive combinations, such as KKK and LSD, are also banned. 
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