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Adam Sandler Lends a Hand to Restaurant Staff; Commercials Could Make Us Fat

• Adam Sandler pitched in to help a Miami restaurant clean up and close for the night. [Monsters and Critics]

• A new U.S.C. study proposes that it’s the content in commercials that leads to obesity more than T.V. watching itself. [N.Y. Times/Well]

• In an attempted effort to feed the impoverished, Kenya lost $26 million after the country’s Cereals and Produce Board sold maize supplies to fake companies. [MSNBC]

• A new study of restaurant employment shows that workers are lacking in benefits and employer support. [WaPo]

• A South Carolina woman was locked into her local grocery store after it closed. [The State]

• Massachusetts is launching a food allergy awareness program in which food service staff are trained in dealing with the special requests of customers. [Boston Herald]

• The Houston location of the iconic Brennan’s restaurant, destroyed by fire during hurricane Ike, is reopening. [Chron]

Adam Sandler Lends a Hand to Restaurant Staff; Commercials Could Make Us Fat