NYC Bans Trans Fats In Restaurants

First City In America To Implement Ban
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK Slightly healthier French fries and doughnuts could soon be on the menu at city restaurants, along with more information about how those treats could affect your waistline.
New York health officials used their regulatory powers Tuesday to order a pair of unprecedented changes at city eateries.
One [...]

McDonald’s Experiments With Mini-Gyms For Kids

CHICAGO — Climbing ropes, stationary bicycles and electronic dancing games could join the menu of play options for kids at McDonald’s if they prove a hit in a trial launched in several of its U.S. restaurants.The burger-and-fries company, often accused by critics of contributing to child obesity, is tinkering with the mini-gyms as a possible [...]

PB&J mess makes for long, sticky cleanup on I-664 ramp

CHESAPEAKE - A late- morning peanut-butter-and-jelly break closed down an interstate exit ramp for a really long clean up. Police said the driver of a tractor-trailer pulling a full load of the snack spreads lost control about 11:50 a.m. while leaving Interstate 664 for eastbound U.S. 58.
The driver was not injured, [...]

Couple Gets Pasta Sauce Instead Of Camcorder

ST. LOUIS — The Rittenbergs planned to shoot family movies with a new camcorder. They may have to settle for a family pasta dinner, instead.The couple paid about $1,600 for a camcorder at a Best Buy store in the St. Louis suburb of Ellisville last week. They said when they opened the box, they found [...]

Ohio firm recalls turkey and ham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio-based company is recalling 46,941 pounds of turkey and ham products that officials fear could cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
HoneyBaked Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling the meat, which includes cooked, glazed and sliced ham and turkey, USDA said in a statement.
The meat, [...]