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Padma Lakshmi Offers Baby Gender Clues; Russia Sets Higher Price on Vodka

• During a recent Late Night with Jimmy Fallon appearance, Padma Lakshmi hinted that her baby is a girl. [Examiner]

• A 74-year-old woman crashed into an El Cajon Carl’s Jr. yesterday morning, killing one seated patron. [L.A. Times]

• Today Hooters introduces “More Than a Mouthful Mondays,” offering a ½ pound cheeseburger with fries all day each week, which the company calls “the best value in the restaurant industry today.” [Fast Food Maven]

• A Diamond Bar Jack-in-the-Box was robbed at gunpoint this morning. [SB Sun]

• In an effort to reduce alcoholism rates, Russia is instituting a mandatory minimum price on bottles of vodka — about three dollars for a half-liter. [NYP]

• Many Muslim deli owners are torn between wanting to follow the teachings of the Koran and the need to sell pork and alcohol to turn a profit. [NYT]

• Natural wine bars are on the rise in the United States and London. [NYT]

• The number of Americans with no income but food stamps has risen 50 percent in the past two years. [NYT]

Padma Lakshmi Offers Baby Gender Clues; Russia Sets Higher Price on Vodka