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Comedy Clubs Still Going; Cooking Show Ratings Rise

• Boston’s comedy clubs are still popular, even if they’re not raking in the dough. [Globe]

• Cooking shows are doing gangbuster ratings. [USA Today]

• The ever-increasing popularity of oysters on restaurant menus (and the demand for variety therein) has lead to boom times for oyster farmers. [WSJ]

• A Texas woman called 911 last week to report that her husband refused to eat his dinner. [AP]

• Nestle has pulled out of Zimbabwe, claiming harassment after pulling out of a deal to buy milk from a farm owned by Robert Mugabe’s family. [NYT]

• Bennigan’s founder Norman Brinker has died at 78. [Fork in the Road/VV]

Comedy Clubs Still Going; Cooking Show Ratings Rise