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Faneuil Hall Marketplace Sale to Move Forward; Think Twice Before You Eat An Apple

• The $140 million sale of Faneuil Hall Marketplace’s lease is back on, days after the Boston Redevelopment Authority blocked it. They’d halted the deal after General Growth, who now owns the lease, wouldn’t furnish information about how the new operator plans to maintain the site. [Herald]

• Time to rethink an apple a day? The fruits ranks highest among common produce for pesticide contamination. [CBS News]

• A tussle over frozen veggie pad thai that rocked the aisles of a New York City Trader Joe’s is set to hit courts today. Sounds like both parties involved need to do a little more yogilates. [NYP]

• The ups and downs of Louisville, Kentucky’s efforts to fight obesity resembles the efforts of somebody on a yo-yo diet. [NYT]

• Food trucks are growing up: First, they added booze, now they’re catering weddings. We’re tearing up. [WSJ]

• Remember when former New York Giant Plaxico Burress intelligently took a gun to a nightclub, then shot himself in the leg? Well, now he’s out of prison and determined to regain baller status by pigging out at Prime One in South Beach. [Page Six/NYP]

• As high food prices slam the developing world, it’s usually the mothers in families who go hungry. [LaCrosse Tribune]

Faneuil Hall Marketplace Sale to Move Forward; Think Twice Before You Eat An