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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=819ebb3a-ef5c-42ef-8362-3f749a61fabe&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wogLxXmg.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2014-07-21. 5 Crazy Junk Food Combos_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 4, 2015 5:02 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 4, 2015 5:02 PM UTC The newscast director at the Arizona CBS affiliate KOLD broke the news that he was leaving by bringing in a cake with the text of his resignation letter on top. Mark Herman did give the station’s news director a print copy, but thought the dessert—white cake with strawberry filling and whipped cream frosting made by a Tucson bakery—would be a fun way to inform the rest of the office. Herman, who is taking a new job at the Nashville ABC affiliate WKRN, tells TIME he wasn’t trying to get back at his bosses in any way: “I have a great relationship with my managers, so it’s all in good fun.” ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] The daily marketing is part of the party. In fact the markets just an annex to the kitchen. It looks like you're really enjoying that Skippy peanut butter sandwich. Tastes great. [ MUSIC ] Through an aerosol inhaler called a medahaler through which the minute particles of the drug are sprayed and reach right down into the lungs. [ MUSIC ] Ooh. Oh. Oh. 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