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Burger King Crash Shows the Dangers of Eating Fast Food; KFC Compiles a Dossier on Colonel Sanders

• While no charges have been filed yet, the incident yesterday where an elderly man drove his car through a Burger King near 8th and Market shows that there’s a whole new danger to eating fast food. [KYW Newsradio]

• KFC is looking for stories about Colonel Sanders so that the company may “reintroduce [the] chain’s founder to future generations.” Just what they need. [Official Press Release]

• A small food-poisoning outbreak is happening in Illinois. The cause: Mexican papayas. [Chicago Tribune]

• Speaking of food-borne illness, some American officials are pushing to broaden the types of E. coli that are subject to federal regulation. [USAT]

• Get a load of what it’s like to be a judge at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival. It actually doesn’t sound so bad. [Mercury News]

• A burglar that is being labeled “sloppy” by his victims is targeting restaurants in Tampa. He’s not too sloppy; he’s still on the loose. [WTSB]

Burger King Crash Shows the Dangers of Eating Fast Food; KFC Compiles a Dossier