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Local High School Students Fight For Hunger; McDonald’s Threatens Dropping Employees’ Health Insurance

• Twenty area high schools compete in the Philabundance benefit The Great Food Fight. [CBS Philly]

• A West Pottsgrove pizzeria owner has been charged with corruption of minors and sexual harassment. [The Mercury]

• McDonald’s is threatening to drop health insurance for its workers unless regulators waive a requirement on so-called “mini-med” plans. [WSJ]

• Wealthy Americans are eating more fast food than they were a year ago. [WSJ]

• Groupon is starting a dating service, complete with a $60,000 scholarship for babies conceived on “Groupon dates.” [TechCrunch]

• Food safety advocates want the government to test for more E. coli strains. [WSJ]

• Adam Richman is very hurt that Alton Brown thinks Man v. Food is an embarrassment. [NYDN]

• Chinese language TV station New Tang Dynasty Television’s upcoming cooking competition won’t feature a single chef from China, as all eleven slated to compete were not allowed to leave the country. [City Room/NYT]

Local High School Students Fight For Hunger; McDonald’s Threatens Dropping