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Norco's can-do proposal: turning horse manure into energy
The Riverside County city of Norco is best known for being "Horsetown USA," a city with more miles of riding trails than paved roads and a hitching post at the downtown McDonald's.
Truth be told, Norco is also on the receiving end of 65 tons of manure...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Plant Openings, Health, Chevron Corp.
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Bacon, bourbon and shamrocks make for fast-food milkshakes
Fast food’s new love affair with healthful items may be less a marriage than a fling, if the new crop of milkshakes – think bacon, bourbon and shamrocks – is any indication.
Jack in the Box just launched its bacon milkshake, which...Tags: Malts and Milkshakes, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Foods and Beverages, Jack in the Box Incorporated, KFC's Double Down Sandwich
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Spam maker Hormel to treat its pigs better
Do happier pigs make for better Spam?Hormel Foods Corp., which makes the gelatinous canned meat, is betting yes.
The Minnesota company said this week that it will stop using gestation crates by 2017. The crates, which are often so small that the pregnant...Tags: Smithfield Foods, Hormel Foods Corporation, Smithfield
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'Arrietty,' 'The Borrowers' and the appeal of all things small
Kids — tykes, urchins, tots, moppets, bambinos, waifs, ragamuffins, cherubs and small fry — are fascinated by smallness. Consider their films: "Antz," "A Bug's Life," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," "Toy Story," "The Rescuers," "The Secret of...Tags: Empire State Building, Fiction, Entertainment, England, Literature
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Arizona English-fluency case may have wide repercussions
For almost a decade, Alejandrina Cabrera has had no trouble speaking her mind in this dusty Arizona border town.
She's gone door to door campaigning for City Council candidates. She's addressed the City Council. She's even led two recall petitions...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Politics, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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McDonald's pushes ahead with new look
With half-moon-shaped booths, low stools, wooden blinds and flat-screen TVs, most patrons might expect to pay $8 for a burger, or $4 for a smoothie. But the decor isn't a harbinger of price. This is the new look of a remodeled McDonald's, purveyor of...Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Food Industry
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Patt Morrison Asks: Pocho pundit Lalo Alcaraz
Every presidential campaign turns out to be a quadrennial godsend for editorial cartoonists, but for Lalo Alcaraz, 2012 is a jubilee year. Herman Cain, chowing down at a Miami restaurant, asks, “How do you say ‘delicious' in Cuban?” Newt...Tags: Mormon, Entertainment, McDonald's Big Mac, Elections, Politics
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McDonald's unveils Chicken McBites and strong earnings
McDonald’s now has its eye on the KFC customer, launching its new Chicken McBites in the U.S. on the same day that it announced record revenue of $27 billion for 2011.
The variation on popcorn chicken, featuring chicken breast and home-style...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Restaurant and Catering Industry, James A. Skinner, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Foods and Beverages
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McDonald's #McDStories Twitter marketing effort goes awry
McDonald’s latest marketing campaign was supposed to deliver social media praise via the hashtag #McDStories. Instead, in a classic example of the risks of Twitter-based advertising, tweeters with a much snarkier intent commandeered the effort.
The...Tags: Elections, Politics, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, Inc.
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Big Mac $6.81 in Switzerland, $1.62 in India, Economist says
If an average Big Mac in the U.S. costs $4.20, the $6.81 price tag for the same burger in Switzerland may mean that the Swiss Franc is 62% overvalued, according to an analysis by The Economist.
The publication’s occasional Big Mac Index takes the...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Swiss Confederation, Sandwiches, Hamburgers, Money and Monetary Policy
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Charles Barkley, Weight Watchers and why athletes eat badly
TNT announcer Charles Barkley may have caught some flack after calling his shedding of 38 pounds in three months for a Weight Watchers campaign a "scam" (comments that he sort of seemed to mean in a good way, allowing the company a graceful response)....Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Miami Heat, Tim Lincecum, Foods and Beverages
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