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Sunday, February 9
"Kiss a little longer, last a little longer -- give your _____ long-lasting freshness with Big Red!" The old slogan for Wrigley's cinnamon gum may be raised from the dead if plans for a Viagra-infused gum come to fruition. Reuters says a patent was filed in 2000 for just such a thing -- but we'll have to wait till 2011 for the little blue pill's patent to run out before Bigger Red can hit shelves.