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5 types of travelers that are killing tourism

Are tourists destroying tourism?

The secret to surviving the holiday buffet

There is probably no greater diet danger zone than the holiday buffet. It's hard to resist grabbing a huge plate and piling it up with buttery breads, cheeses, meats, cakes, cookies and pies.

'Hearty Eater' Claims Buffet Banned Him

A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet line, then banned him and a relative because they're hearty eaters. A spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim.

Big Eating: Amish Seek Buffet Record

According to record keepers, the world's biggest buffet happened in Las Vegas. The record may not stay there, though.

Family Kicked Out of Buffet Restaurant

Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet. The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.

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Why we Love Buffet
Source: TheStreet.com

Warren Buffet is the most admired man in business. He comes from humble origins and is not materialistic and Mainstreet loves him. He is smart and respected in the business world and Wall Street needs him. But what is it about him that really captures us.

The All-Inclusive All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Guide
Source: eatingtheroad.wordpress.com

This is the definitive guide to becoming a seasoned all-you-can-eat buffeter. If you would like to gain knowledge of each and every aspect that lay between you and getting the most fulfilling meal possible you have come to the right place.

110 Words About... Sweet Pickles

Ever been at a buffet-style dinner party and grabbed what would seem to be an innocent and delicious pickle from the veggie tray? You save the bumpy, briny little gem for a moment that is just right.

Is Eating At Buffets More Safe From Food Tampering?

This morning on NPR it was being discussed that an employee had balled up some of his pubic hair and put it into some food he was either serving or delivering. It was said that we know this type of thing is going on all the time all over, but we choose to ignore it.

10 ways the new economy will look different
Source: Christian Science Monitor

But it's not Panglossian to predict that today's fear will break, eventually, and rational economic exuberance will return. Consumers will spend again, particularly on things they think have value. Banks will lend again, perhaps with more care.

Putin's dog eats Russian party bosses' food
Source: Independent.co.uk

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's pet dog gobbled up a special tea prepared for bosses of Russia's ruling party today.

Money Market Madness

It is common knowledge that the stock market is crumbling faster than a stale shortbread cookie. We are in a state of repression and barely teetering on the edge of an all out depression.

Video Report: Woman Claims Mouse Found In Chinese Food
Source: ClickOrlando.com

A customer claims a mouse was the main ingredient in her dish at a Chinese buffet in El Paso, Texas. Warning: the video is very graphic.

NY Mayor Mayor Bloomberg Declares War On {{{ Salt }}}
Source: WCBSTV.com

Singer Jimmy Buffett will never find his "lost shaker of salt" in New York City or any other place in the country if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way. The mayor is waging a war on salt and he wants food manufacturers and restaurants to join his army … or else.

Why New Taxes on the Super-Rich?

Among the super-rich are investors and hedge fund managers. These Americans are the special beneficiaries of specific legislation in recent years which helps them avoid taxes. New taxes are needed to save the vast amount of revenue lost as a result.

Hungry seal hits bonanza at fish hatchery
Source: The Boston Globe

Looking for a stellar seafood place on the Cape, with locally raised fare and no wait? A brazen young harbor seal found just that today after she sneaked into a state fish hatchery in Sandwich and dined on an all-you-can-eat trout buffet before being nabbed and returned to the se …

Seal turns hatchery into all-you-can-eat buffet
Source: Yahoo! News

Life is a big buffet for a young seal with a talent for breaking and entering. A young harbor seal somehow broke into a fish hatchery on Cape Cod on Tuesday and turned the place into an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Texan jailed after 2 ate from 1 plate
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dan Linscomb, 40, of Texas City, Texas, ate the buffet at the Iron Skillet restaurant in northwest Atlanta on Oct. 21. He admitted, an Atlanta police report said, that his girlfriend "ate a couple bites from his plate."

Man Jailed After 2 Ate From 1 Plate at Buffet
Source: FOXNews.com

Jailed on a charge of theft of services, but was released two days later after he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.

Obama the Philosopher
Source: The Nation

But as the magnitude of the conservative failure has become apparent to all but the densest Americans, Obama the philosopher emerged, with an intriguing combination of new New Deal and old New Deal thinking.

Reseach: Heavier People Sit Closer to the Buffet
Source: local6.com

For the research, 213 diners were observed at 11 all-you-can-eat restaurants around the country.

Buffett says financial crisis is an 'economic Pearl Harbor'
Source: Yahoo! Finance

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said the nation has been hit with an "economic Pearl Harbor," and the government must respond quickly.

Man Pulls Knife On Church Members Over Butter
Source: local6.com

An Ocala man pulled a knife on members of a church congregation who would not give him butter from their morning buffet. See more irresistible headlines

Buffett and Ahmadinejad Bet on Israel's Future
Source: The New York Times

Question: What do America's premier investor, Warren Buffett, and Iran's toxic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have in common? Answer: They've both made a bet about Israel's future.

They're Global Citizens. They're Hugely Rich. And They Pull the Strings.
Source: The Washington Post

In a world with only two kinds of international institutions -- weak and dysfunctional -- the members of this superclass are filling a power vacuum when it comes to influencing decisions about transnational issues such as financial-market regulation or climate change.

U.S. bank woes are "poetic justice"
Source: Reuters

The woes in the U.S. financial sector are "poetic justice" for bankers who designed and sold complex investments that have since gone sour, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Wednesday.

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