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Burger bars and budget stores: Credit crunch winners who are in the money 'I can't remember us ever being this busy,' said the chef as he prepared another Pepperoni Passion at the Domino's Pizza takeaway in southwest London. By David Harrison Last Updated: 12:27AM BST 05 Oct 2008 Domino's has seen half-year profits soar by more than a third to £8.3 million compared with last year Photo: PA "We used to envy the restaurant over the road because it was always packed with people spending lots of money. But now everybody seems to want to order in pizzas or have...

One of the most intriguing parts of the Anthony case is Casey's car and what investigators found in the trunk. Her mother Cindy claimed the smell of human decomposition was created by an old pizza, so Channel 9 decided to test that theory. The pizza was kept in a car trunk for 12 days and became hard as a rock and had no odor at all. But the Anthony family told Eyewitness News the experiment wasn't conducted correctly. "You can't just put a pizza box in something and expect it's gonna react," George Anthony told Eyewitness News. Since George Anthony...

OUR PURPOSE To provide honorably discharged veterans with a business opportunity when they transition to civilian life or seek a career change, and thank them for the sacrifices they and their families made for our country “The Little Caesars Veterans Program provides honorably discharged and disabled service members with an outstanding opportunity to utilize their leadership skills to run a business. The significant credits and discounts, as well as special financing options, make this truly unique program a valuable and excellent option for our service members who transition to the civilian workforce each year - especially our wounded warriors who...

In Chicago, pan pizza rules. But in Iraq it's more like panned pizza, as the military serves a ketchup/sliced hot dog mutant. (At least the crust isn't a bun.) Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Evans of Elk Grove Village and teen son Kent decided to deliver, hoping to ship pan pizzas to troops for Independence Day. They did it with cash donations and help from DHL and Lou Malnati's. Here's how the mission unfolded. 2145 hours, May 30: Evans and his son are chowing down on Lou Malnati's when they hear a news report on Iraq. Kent wonders about...

An employee of a Virginia Beach pizza restaurant shot and killed a masked robber who had come in the back of the shop to rob it Saturday night, police said.

A pizza delivery driver fought back at a group of suspects who tried to rob him, pulling out a gun and wounding one of them. Greenville Police say the incident happened early Monday morning at 1105 A Masters Lane when the Chanellos Pizza driver said three suspects began hitting him as he was delivering the pizzas. Police say the delivery driver then pulled out a gun and began to fire. One of the three robbery suspects was struck. Elvis Deans Junior, a 17 year-old student at South Central High School, is listed in stable but critical condition. He'll be charged...

Day in and day out, I get served slop in a bowl for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I guess it’s not so much slop as it is dry hard pellets that taste like cardboard and lamb. So imagine my surprise when my old man pulled his chair up to the computer and surfed over to blissful biscuits to order me my very own Heaven Scent Pizza. I drooled uncontrollably as my father read me the ingredients…whole wheat flour, carrots, celery, parmesan cheese, garlic, basil, etc. No additives whatsoever. Sure it didn’t have any lard, but this pie tastes and smells...

Rush for 23-cent pizzas closes Papa John's stores Chain seeks police help at 6 local shops Thursday, May 8, 2008 9:34 AM Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 05:24 PM THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Overwhelmed by the response to a promotion offering 23-cent pizzas, Papa John's closed its Columbus stores before dinner today. Columbus Police officers were called before 5 p.m. to help close the pizza shops because of concerns that the large crowds could become unruly, said Amanda Ford, a police spokeswoman. She said there are about 20 Papa John's locations in the city, but officers were beginning by assisting at...

Eating pizza topped with tomato paste can help prevent sunburn and premature wrinkles, new research suggests. A study found that volunteers who ate helpings of ordinary tomato paste over a 12-week period developed skin that was less likely to burn in the sun. Researchers at the University of Manchester found that the test subjects were 33 per cent more protected against sunlight than another group who were not given tomato paste. The effect of eating tomatoes was equivalent to slapping on a factor 1.3 sunscreen. Changes were also seen within the skin of the volunteers that counteract the appearance of...

PORTSMOUTH -- Police are investigating the shooting death of a pizza delivery driver in Portsmouth. It happened around 11:00 Friday night at the 5600 block of Craneybrook Lane in the Churchland section of the city. Police have identified the victim as Robert Edward Kiesewetter, a 50 year old resident of Yaupon Street in Portsmouth. He was delivering pizza for Papa John's.

US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) - after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994. Chris Clark, 43, accepted the offer from an anonymous bidder after a week-long online auction. "It's crazy, it's just crazy," Mr Clark, who lives in North Potomac, Maryland, was quoted as saying by the Baltimore Sun newspaper. "It will make a significant difference in my life, for sure," he added. Mr Clark registered the domain name in 1994, when the world wide web was just starting. He had hoped that pizza.com would help to get a contract...

A Pizza Hut deliverer fired shots at an armed robber who threatened his life, wounding him and leading to the criminal’s capture by police. What kind of reward did James Spiers get for his self-defense? Unemployment: A Des Moines pizza driver who was suspended from his job after he shot an armed robber said today he has been overwhelmed by support from people who cheered what happened. “But no one had contacted me directly about a job offer,” said James William Spiers III, 38, who was sent home by Pizza Hut managers after he fired multiple shots at a man...

A pizza delivery driver who shot an alleged armed robber in Des Moines last week said he's receiving support from the community. James Spiers III fired multiple shots at a man who allegedly put a gun to his head after Spiers delivered a pizza to an apartment complex. The suspect, Kenneth Jimmerson, was arrested after he called for help. Jimmerson, who suffered at least three gunshot wounds, is charged with first-degree robbery. His finance, Melanie Stout, who police believe called in the pizza order, is charged with conspiracy. Spiers, who works for Pizza Hut, has a valid handgun permit. He...

An Iowa state senator has vowed to stop buying Pizza Hut products if the chain fires a Des Moines delivery man who shot a teen who tried to rob him last week.

March 16, 2008 -- Joel Klein is a pizza-party pooper. The schools chancellor's food police have put the kibosh on a 20-year-old "Pizza Day" tradition at a Queens elementary school, opening the door for a citywide ban, infuriating parents and upsetting kids. "This borders on cruel," said Michael Teoduro, vice president of the PTA at PS 193 in Whitestone. "It's one thing that the kids really look forward to in school, and for no legitimate reason it's pulled out from under them." Pizza Day took place once a month, when kids would eat 90 to 100 pies from local shop...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pizza delivery company Domino's Pizza Inc. will cut 55 jobs in the U.S. as part of a restructuring meant to reduce costs, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.

Pizza makers must weigh rising costs of wheat with competition 2 days ago DETROIT - First, it was cheese. And many pizza makers across America absorbed sharply rising prices of the staple ingredient as long as they could before passing along some of the expense. Now, they're dealing with the surging price of wheat used to make pizza crust. Players big, small and in between in the US$30 billion-plus industry are feeling the heat as they figure out how to deal with the double-barrel price spikes of the gooey and grainy commodities without sacrificing their quality, competitive edge or customer...

VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. today celebrates the grand opening of the fifth store to open under the Little Caesars Veterans Program as U.S. military veteran and Little Caesars franchisee Patricia Evans opens her doors for business at 1650 F Baytree Road in Valdosta, Georgia. "The Little Caesars Veterans Program has provided me the opportunity to transition to a new career as my family and I begin the next chapter in our lives," said Evans. "I am proud to be the first woman to open a store under this program, and I'm excited to be...

From an e-mail ad I received from Papa John's today. Note which pizza has the blue backdrop, and which one has the red.

STUNNED schoolkids were asked to design a politically-correct PIZZA which would not offend anyone. Pupils were told to discuss which toppings might upset religious groups, veggies or people with allergies. In response, The Sun’s culinary experts have cooked up the most unPC pizza in Britain, with ingredients to offend everyone. Greg McLaughlan, 40, whose daughter Chelsea, 12, was in the lesson, said: “It’s ridiculous to tell kids what they can put on pizza. It makes race relations more difficult.” But headteacher Jan Charters defended the lesson at Oakwood Technology College, Rotherham, South Yorks – where a fifth of pupils are...

DURHAM, N.C. - Here's one way to get a presidential candidate to change his mind: If you're a 5-year-old, shed a few tears. That's how Hadassah Jones, of Durham, got Barack Obama to answer questions Thursday after the campaign initially denied such requests from reporters. Crouching to the ground after a rally with 4,000 supporters, Obama briefly outlined for Hadassah his plan to provide health insurance for everyone and to improve schools. He also suggested to the first-grader that wealthier people should help those who are less fortunate. "We've got to make sure that people who have more money help...

Totino's and Jeno's pizza recalled due to E. coli Almost five million Totino's and Jeno's frozen pizzas with pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the pepperoni may be contaminated with E. coli, General Mills Inc said on Thursday. General Mills, which owns the Totino's and Jeno's brands, said the recall affects about 414,000 cases of pizza products currently in stores and all similar pizza products that might be in consumers' freezers. Each case contains 12 pizzas. The possible E. coli contamination was uncovered by state and federal authorities investigating 21 E. coli-related illnesses in 10 states. General Mills said nine...

Spc. Jessica Rafanan, from 571st Military Police, and a native of San Diego, Calif., enjoys an early lunch thanks to the new addition to Forward Operating Base Warhorse—Pizza Hut. She would like to see other fast-food restaurants, like McDonald’s, come to the FOB. Photo by Maj. Raul Marques-hernandez, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs. BAQOUBA — Pizza – the quintessential food for most Americans, especially Soldiers. “That pizza pie,� as it’s known in New York, with its cheesy and saucy goodness, has made its way to one of the smallest Forward Operating Bases here – FOB Warhorse,...

ANGOLA, Ind. -- A waitress got more than a $5 tip for her friendly service. She also got a $10,000 gift. Jessica Osborne was so overcome she cried so hard she could barely breathe. When she told a co-worker what had happened she called her a liar. ''I got that a lot,'' Osborne said. The money came from a mother and her two sons who want to remain anonymous. The three were regular customers at the Pizza Hut in Angola and she remembered their order: two Mountain Dews, a cup of hot water for a bag of tea the woman...

ERIE, Pa. — A pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and was killed when the bomb around his neck exploded wasn't a hostage — he was a conspirator in the plot, federal authorities said Wednesday. The deliveryman, Brian Wells, 46, had told police before the bomb exploded in August 2003 that he was an innocent victim and had been forced by gunmen to rob the bank. However, in the indictments unsealed Wednesday, Wells is named as a co-conspirator. Two other people, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and her friend Kenneth E. Barnes, are charged with bank robbery, conspiracy and a firearms count.

April 30, 2007 -- Rudy Giuliani for president. That's amore! A Post review of campaign filings reveals Republican Giuliani is igniting ethnic pride and support from many of the nation's 25 million Italian-Americans, including national leaders and business titans hoping to elect the first president of Italian descent. Home Depot founder Ken Langone is the campaign's New York City finance chairman, a key player in raising millions of dollars in cash. Former New York Stock Exchange head Dick Grasso is also a Giuliani man. Eight officers or board members of the influential National Italian American Foundation have contributed more than...

(CBS) BOSTON What began as a dreary day at Fenway Park ended in a video-taped sequence that has people buzzing all over the world. CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston reporter Jon Keller has the inside story of a classic Boston sports moment which is a slice of life in more ways then one. Everyone knows that the late organist John Kiley was the only man ever to "play" for the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics. But who was the only Sox fan ever to blow a foul ball, get doused in beer and hit with a pizza slice all at...

A Shoals mother is accused of doing the unthinkable to get free food. The woman turned herself in Thursday to Russellville police in Franklin County. Investigators say a woman was trying to get a man to buy her a free pizza in exchange for sex with her teenage daughter.

World no match for N.Y. pizza as S.I. guy takes prize in Vegas Monday, March 26th 2007, 4:00 AM Salvatore Russo from Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza outcooked 65 competitors from six countries last week at the 23rd International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Even Russo's competitors conceded his slice was out of this world. A Staten Island pizzeria proved to the world what every New Yorker already knows - we have the best pizza anywhere. Salvatore Russo from Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza outcooked 65 competitors from six countries last week at the 23rd International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. "New...

http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/assets/aclu-pizza/ Funny but not TOO far fetched.. check it out and then Pass it on..

(CBS) NEW YORK We've been dealing with the pocket-emptying effects of rising gas prices, new electric rates, and an increase in cab fare, but how would you feel about breaking the bank all for...a pizza? Now you can find out thanks to Manhattan restauranteur Nino Selimaj, who has apparently brought from the heavens a real "pie in the sky" with his new $1,000 pizza. Yep, that'll be $1,000 please. The pizza will be added to the menu at "Nino's Bellisima," one of Selimaj's six restaurants in the city. Forget traditional cheese and pizza sauce, the record-priced pie will be topped...

Cop poses as pizza driver, kills robber

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007 – The generosity of an infantryman’s parents, working in coordination with a major pizza restaurant’s corporate office, a unit family readiness group, and a major shipping company, led to a feast for some soldiers here Jan. 18. Troopers from Company B, the “Bandogs,” 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, dined on Little Caesars pizza shipped to them all the way from Detroit following a coordinated effort involving the Little Caesars Pizza Kit Fundraising Program teaming with L.S.S. Consulting, a global security consulting firm at which both parents of a Co. B soldier are executives,...

DENVER -- A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation's debate over immigrants. "This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico," one e-mail read. "Quit catering to the damn illegal Mexicans," demanded another. Dallas-based Pizza Patron said it was not trying to inject itself into a larger political debate about illegal immigration when it posted signs this week saying "Aceptamos pesos" -- or "We accept pesos" -- at its 59 stores across Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California. Pizza...

Pizza Patrón's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament Written by Doc Farmer Tuesday, January 09, 2007 ChronWatch.com As most of my regular readers know, I'm not averse to world travel. Been there, done that, seen the movie and bought the thawb and ghutra. I've worked in many a country. When I'm in those countries, I have made it a point to be respectful of the laws and customs for whatever particular locale in which I'm residing. When I'm in Tokyo, I bow respectfully to my co-workers but still avoid the sushi (or, as I like to call it, bait). When I'm in...

Monday, patrons of the Dallas-based Pizza Patrón chain, which caters heavily to Latinos, will be able to purchase American pizzas with Mexican pesos. Restaurant experts and economists said they knew of no other food chain with locations so far from the Mexican border offering such a service. "We're trying to reach out to our core customer," Antonio Swad, president of Pizza Patrón Inc., said Friday. "We know they come back [from Mexico] and have pesos left over. We want to be a convenient place for them to spend their pesos." While U.S. restaurant chains have stepped up their marketing to...

IT took no small amount of courage to walk into one of the great Brooklyn pizzerias with a Domino’s Brooklyn Style Pizza in our hands. Domino's Brooklyn style pizza with pepperoni, left, and the pizza served at Totonno's, in Coney Island since 1924. “Get that thing out of here,” was the first thing Totonno’s owner, Louise Ciminieri, said when she saw the Domino’s box. Once we explained that we were on a mission to determine exactly what constituted a Brooklyn Style pie, she softened. Sort of. “When they say Brooklyn Style Pizza they’re referring to us,” she said. “We were...

        ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ What's Your Pizza Personality?     Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with all of us!! Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!          Your Opinions Please!     Main Topic:   If you visit this site, you can take the short little pizza personality quiz. (It will open in a new window!) Then come back to the thread and post what your pizza personality is for all of us to see!...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Eleven Domino's employees hoping to make a little more dough and get a bigger slice of the profits have formed the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers. The American Union of Pizza Delivery Drivers won recognition from the National Labor Relations Board over the summer as the bargaining agent for drivers at a Pensacola franchise.

        ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ Pizza--Where Can We Get Some Pizza?     Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with all of us!! Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!         Let's Keep This Fun and Non-Political(Ma doesn't have much soap and we do have children lurking!)     Where is the best place in America to get pizza and why? Please post pictures! We're hungry!   Have at it folks!!     

The next time you notice that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks like he's lost a little weight on CNN, it's probably because he no longer chows down on those evil "elastic loaves". "Elastic loaves" are pizzas in the lexicon of President Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad has ordered the minions in his government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday. The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Farhangestan Zaban e Farsi, or Persian Academy, the Irna official news agency reported. The academy has introduced more than 2,000 words as alternatives for some of the foreign words that have...

Hundreds of Pakistani youths set fire to a Pizza Hut restaurant, two gas stations and a dozen vehicles in Karachi, after Saturday's funeral for Allama Hassan Turabi, a loony Islamic Shiite cleric killed in a suicide attack by a rival gang of Islamic lunatics. Hours earlier, Turabi was buried at a city cemetery after more than 8,000 people, beating their chests with their hands as a sign of grief, packed the city streets for his funeral. Pizza Hut was targeted as a symbol of "infidel exploitation of the Muslim community" according to one rioter. "They are forcing haram and mushbooh...

If you want to support the Israeli troops, you can goto http://pizzaidf.org/Haaretz/ and buy them pizza and soda. Good way to show your support.

Click the source URL... http://www.aclu.org/pizza/

STATELINE, Nev. - A bear cub drew a crowd of spectators at a Lake Tahoe neighborhood as it munched on barbecue-chicken-and-jalapeno pizza in the back seat of a vintage red Buick convertible. It also apparently washed it down with a swig of a Jack Daniel's mixer, an Absolut vodka and tonic, and a beer taken from a cooler, the vehicle's owner said. About 30 people watched the cub lumber around a parking lot in upper Kingbury Grade on Sunday before it homed in on the Buick and the spicy pizza on the floor. The bruin was unfazed by the car's...

Eating pizza 'cuts cancer risk'Dont' bother reading past the title Pizzas are covered with a potentially protective tomato sauce Italian researchers say eating pizza could protect against cancer. Researchers claim eating pizza regularly reduced the risk of developing oesophageal cancer by 59%. The risk of developing colon cancer also fell by 26% and mouth cancer by 34%, they claimed. The secret could be lycopene, an antioxidant chemical in tomatoes, which is thought to offer some protection against cancer, and which gives the fruit its traditional red colour. Before people start dialling the pizza takeaway, they should consider that pizza can...

Italian researchers say eating pizza could protect against cancer. Researchers claim eating pizza regularly reduced the risk of developing oesophageal cancer by 59%. The risk of developing colon cancer also fell by 26% and mouth cancer by 34%, they claimed. The secret could be lycopene, an antioxidant chemical in tomatoes, which is thought to offer some protection against cancer, and which gives the fruit its traditional red colour. But some experts cast doubt on the idea that pizza consumption was the explanation for why some people did not develop cancer. They said other foods or dietary habits could play a...