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Turner Broadcasting just agreed to pay $85,000 to the city of San Francisco for any problems generated by a guerrilla ad campaign that used high-tech signs to project Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters making obscene gestures. A similar promotion in Boston sparked a daylong bomb scare, generated a $2 million payout and cost Cartoon Network CEO Jim Samples his job. It’s tough to get an exact read, but the Aqua Teen movie appears to have taken

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