*look for the website this fall...(hint hint)"RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is still for lovers, but the state's tourism agency will eliminate images of people making heart symbols with their hands in its upcoming advertising campaign because the gesture is also used by a violent street gang.The Virginia is for Lovers "Live Passionately" campaign will remove images of models making the hand gesture, one of several signs associated with the Gangster Disciples, Virginia Tourism Corp. officials said Friday. The gesture shows thumbs and index fingers formed into a heart."
(The Virginia Board of Tourism, redifining the term "Hand Check" since 2007.)
In other news, from Foxsnooze.com*:
The American Red Cross has announced it's canceling their recent ad campaign.
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