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Hit-and-Run and Looming Strike Cast a Dark Cloud Over Citizen’s Bank Park; What Does ‘All Natural’ Mean?

• Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred outside McFadden’s at Citizens Bank Park and left an elderly man with a serious head injury. [CBS Philly]

• In the latest round of negotiations over health care and wages, unionized Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park have rejected the offers from the company, which could possibly lead to a strike. [NBC Philadelphia]

• Gunmen stuck-up a Domino’s Pizza delivery woman in South Philly, netting $20 and a pizza. [South Philly Review]

• Seven IHOPs in Indiana and Ohio were mysteriously raided by the Feds yesterday. Maybe agents had really strong cravings for chocolate-chip pancakes? [NRN]

• In case you were wondering, Americans eat out an average of five times a week, mostly at lunch. [UPI]

• Now that it’s in the hummus game, PepsiCo is trying to get Ethiopians to grow more chickpeas; it claims that as a side benefit, its efforts will help the famine situation in Africa. Hmmm. [NYT]

• In what might be the first instance of this ever, we actually agree with Michelle Bachman, who said stringent regulation of the food industry is overburdening small farms. [AP via Google]

• What does “all natural” mean when stamped on a food package? Eh, who knows. And that uncertainty has sparked lawsuits. [Law Blog/WSJ]

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