Only in America: Young sisters' lemonade stand shut down by Texas police

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Police forced a pair of sisters in Texas to shut down their lemonade stand because they didn't have a permit. Andria Green, 8, and her sister, Zoey, 7, were raising money to buy a Father's Day gift, but cops told them they needed to apply for a permit "because of the bacteria that can grow in the lemonade" if it's not temperature-controlled.

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