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Soda Industry and City Council Members Oppose Funding Schools With Soda Tax; Veggie Burgers Gain Wider Acceptance at Burger Chains

• Union members, business owners and industry flacks demonstrated outside City Hall yesterday in protest of Mayor Nutter’s plan to plug the school district’s funding gap with soda tax. [Daily News]

• A Georgia woman called 911 because she received the wrong Chinese-food order. Wait, you can do that? [Gawker]

• The Wurst Tex food cart in Austin serves a rattlesnake-and-rabbit sausage dubbed Predator and Prey. Like everything else, it tastes like chicken. [SE]

• Seems some Game of Thrones actors are taking badassery to heart: Sean Bean, who plays Ned Stark, was stabbed outside a bar only to patch himself up and order another drink. [Gawker]

• Once regarded as “tasteless cardboard hockey pucks,” veggie burgers are popping up on menus at chains like Smashburger and Elevation Burger. [NRN]

• Sleepiness makes fatty foods extra tempting. Blargh, can someone pass the Girl Scout Cookies? [Body Odd/MSNBC]

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