" A mother of three, she also considers Girl Scout cookies to be "pure junk food.

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Every year, my troop supports a local shelter for families of domestic abuse by supplying them with Girl Scout cookies.

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's 35 employees are welcome to sell Girl Scout cookies in the office, says Ron Trenka, co-owner of the New York digital-marketing agency.

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OK, so if peanut butter cookies are made with peanut butter, and oatmeal cookies are made with oatmeal, what are Girl Scout cookies made of?

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"We ought to be able to run the state of Maine without taxing Girl Scout cookies, " said Mr. King, now the state's junior U.S. senator and an independent.

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In stark contrast to his colleague, Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma, also a Republican, handed out Girl Scout cookies on the floor of the General Assembly on Tuesday.

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It comes back into the Reinsch house in Snickers bars, Ragout spaghetti sauce, Peter Pan peanut butter, Girl Scout cookies, Certs breath mints, and almost any kind of crispy snack food.

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State tax laws regarding Girl Scout cookies vary widely.

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In the past, girls in Girl Scout troops have typically sold cookies and exchange currency face-to-face.

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Girl Scout troops, for example, have started using GoPayment swipers to accept credit cards when selling cookies door-to-door.

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