I keep forgetting how to force the transaction log in SQL Server to shrink, so I'm posting here primarily so I know where to find the how to :). Often the log does not shrink when you try to shrink from SQL Managent Studio. The solution, before you shrink the database do:

BACKUP LOG <DatabaseName> WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY

Thanks to Pinal Dave for this one (see his post SQL SERVER - Shrinking Truncate Log File - Log Full)