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21 Mar 2011 15:53

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World: Food-borne radiation detection prompts call for ban, general fears

  • worrisome Radiation has been detected in milk and spinach from areas surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, causing World Health Organization officials to call for a ban on food coming from that area.
  • zealous An upscale restaurant in Taiwan known as Peony, which specializes in Japanese cuisine, has gone to some length to prove their culinary purity: diners are offered radiation meters to check their food. source
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25 Feb 2010 09:29

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Biz: Denny’s Twitter presence is no grand slam, apparently

Menus across the country link to this random Twitter page that has nothing to do with the restaurant. It’s a mistake that they simply haven’t fixed. source
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13 Feb 2010 13:58

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World: Restaurant attack in India the deadliest since the Mumbai attacks

Eight died after a bomb ripped apart this restaurant in Pune today. 33 more were injured. source
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06 Dec 2009 20:17

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Culture: Who didn’t Tiger Woods have an affair with, anyway?

  • The latest to come forward: A Perkins waitress. Listen, there’s so many of these reported affairs now that we’re going to guess that some of them aren’t true. Although this one has a better chance than some of the others. Mindy Lawton, a waitress at an Orlando Perkins where Woods was known to get an egg-white omelet with broccoli, claims that she had a year-long relationship with the super-celeb. We’ll say it again, man. You could’ve saved yourself so much trouble had you come clean immediately. Now it’s just a sad, unbearably depressing joke. source
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20 Feb 2009 12:58

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U.S.: Fast food and strokes: Tied together like burgers and fries

  • 13% increase in stroke rates in areas with 33 fast-food restaurants or more
  • 1% increase with each additional fast food restaurant. Does that include diners? source
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