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Jared Fogle Had 'Amazing' Time With 'Little Boy': Secret Tapes

Shocking recordings document Fogle bragging about child sex

(Newser) - For more than four years, an FBI informant said she listened to and taped former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle as he talked about his desire for children, as well as his sexual exploits with them. Now Rochelle Herman-Walrond's recordings are about to be heard by the world when they...

Ever Eaten at Subway? You Just Won a Settlement
Eaten at Subway Since 2003? You Just Won a Settlement
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Oct 25, 2015 9:49 AM CDT

Eaten at Subway Since 2003? You Just Won a Settlement

What happens when a footlong isn't a foot long?

(Newser) - Subway is back in the news over a controversial figure that appears in its advertising—and thankfully we're not talking about Jared again. No, this time the culprit is Subway's footlong subs that aren't always a foot long. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a federal judge agreed...

In Unusual Move, Jared Fogle Pays Victims Before Sentencing

Checks for $100K have been delivered

(Newser) - In a move that US Attorney Steven DeBrota says he has only seen once before in his 25 years of dealing with child porn cases, prison-bound former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle has paid restitution to most of his victims before sentencing. DeBrota tells the AP that $100,000 checks from...

Here's the Latest Chain to Go Antibiotics-Free

Subway plans to be antibiotics-free by 2025

(Newser) - Subway said Tuesday that it plans to switch to meat raised without antibiotics over the next several years. The announcement comes after the company was targeted by advocacy groups calling for the change, with a coalition planning to deliver petitions to Subway's headquarters on Thursday. The sandwich chain had...

Subway: We Failed to Act on 'Serious' Jared Complaint

Company says it reviewed more than 1M customer comments

(Newser) - Subway says it received a "serious" complaint about Jared Fogle years ago and failed to do much about it—but it didn't involve "anything about sexual behavior or criminal activity." A company spokeswoman says the complaint was received in 2011 from Rochelle Herman-Walrond, the informant who...

Franchisee: Subway Knew About Jared for Years

'He would just tell me he really liked them young'

(Newser) - Subway may have known about spokesperson Jared Fogle's alleged desire to have sex with children since 2008. At least, that's what the former owner of a Subway restaurant in Florida tells Business Insider . Cindy Mills, who was a Subway franchisee from 2006 to 2012, says Fogle started calling...

Jared Fogle's Foundation an Apparent Sham

Subway pitchman's charity didn't do its job, records show

(Newser) - Jared Fogle had something for minors, but it wasn't money: Turns out his foundation to help battle childhood obesity did little but raise the Subway pitchman's profile, USA Today reports. According to tax records, the Jared Fogle Healthy Lifestyle Nationwide School Grant Program spent an average of just...

'Jared Fogle Is a Monster': FBI Informant

Rochelle Herman-Walrond spent 4 years secretly recording Fogle for FBI

(Newser) - "I'm numb and I'm shocked. I'm relieved most of all," says the Florida woman who secretly recorded Jared Fogle for the FBI for four years, building up evidence that led to charges that will send the ex-Subway pitchman to prison . Per WWSB , Rochelle Herman-Walrond, IDed...

Documents: Jared Fogle Will Go to Prison for Sex With Minors

On Nov. 3, 2012, Fogle allegedly paid a girl, 17, to engage in sex acts

(Newser) - Longtime Subway pitchman and married father of two Jared Fogle will be heading to prison: Documents released today by the US attorney's office in Indianapolis say Fogle has agreed to plead guilty to one count of travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and one count...

Report: Jared Fogle to Plead Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Subway says it no longer has any relationship with him

(Newser) - You won't be seeing Jared Fogle in Subway ads again—and you might not see him dining on anything but prison cuisine for a while, according to Fox59 . Sources tell the station that the former Subway spokesman is expected to plead guilty to possession of child porn and that...

Teenage Clerks Brilliantly Foil Would-Be Robber

Subway workers just ignored him until he left

(Newser) - Best attempted-robbery story in a while: When a guy in a lame disguise walked into a Subway store in Coventry, Rhode Island, and demanded money, the young clerks simply ignored him until he went away, reports NBC News . Or as police put it, "the two teenage employees did not...

Subway Wipes Jared Fogle From Website

Longtime spokesman suspended after FBI raid

(Newser) - Jared Fogle hasn't been charged with anything, but after an FBI raid on his home yesterday, Subway didn't waste any time in cutting its ties with its longtime spokesman. The company announced that they had "mutually agreed to suspend their relationship due to the current investigation"—...

Police Raid 'Subway Guy' Jared Fogle's House

Sources say warrants served in connection with child porn investigation

(Newser) - "Subway Guy" Jared Fogle is grabbing headlines this morning over the presence of something (police) rather than an absence of something (pounds): The Indianapolis Star reports that FBI agents and state police today entered Fogle's home in Zionsville, Ind. An evidence truck was observed in the driveway. An...

Opening a Subway Is Surprisingly Cheap

Compare $262K to $2.3M for a McDonald's

(Newser) - Want to open a fast-food restaurant of your own? For a McDonald's, startup costs will run you up to $2.3 million, Business Insider reports. But there's an easier route: Go with Subway, where the startup costs are less than an eighth of that figure, at a maximum...

Almost 500 US Foods Contain Plastic Chemical

Report singles out brands and products that use ADA

(Newser) - Azodicarbonamide is a chemical used to make shoes, yoga mats, a variety of plastic products, and … bread? American supermarkets are crawling with the chemical, also known as ADA, according to the Environmental Working Group , which today released a report identifying almost 500 food products that use it. Most of...

Subway Removing Bread Chemical After Petition

Blogger called attention to Azodiacarbonamide

(Newser) - Score one for the Food Babe . After the food blogger—real name Vani Hari—launched an online petition calling on Subway to remove a chemical called Azodiacarbonamide from its bread, the chain has announced that it is doing just that, reports USA Today . Azodiacarbonamide, used to make dough more elastic,...

2 Customers Sue Subway Over 'Footlong' Subs

New Jersey men say they're too short

(Newser) - That didn't take long: Two Subway customers have sued the chain because their "footlong" sandwiches came up a little short, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The lawsuit by two New Jersey men comes after last week's hubbub made by customers who discovered that their sandwiches measured about a...

Subway: 'Footlong' Doesn't Mean It's a Foot Long

'Descriptive name' not intended to be precise measurement

(Newser) - An Australian customer's gone-viral complaint that his "footlong" Subway sandwich came up a little short prompted a response from the chain there today, reports ABC News . It must have been loads of fun for the marketing department:
  • “'Subway Footlong' is a registered trademark as a descriptive
...

Scandal: Some Subway 'Footlongs' Just 11 Inches

At least that's the case in New York, the 'Post' reveals

(Newser) - Concerned that you may not be getting your money's worth when you buy a "$5 Footlong" at Subway? Have no fear: The New York Post is on it. In a stunning exposé, the newspaper has uncovered that some Subway outlets in New York are serving up "footlongs"...

Prefer Dunkin Donuts? You Might Be a Republican
 Prefer Dunkin Donuts? 
 You Might Be a Republican 
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Jun 23, 2012 7:35 AM CDT

Prefer Dunkin Donuts? You Might Be a Republican

Are you Team Subway or Team Wendy's?

(Newser) - If you love BMWs, Dunkin' Donuts, and Subway, you just might be a Republican. Democrats, meanwhile, prefer Jeeps, Starbucks, and Wendy's, a study finds. Researchers clocked 4,000 people's reactions to various brands to the millisecond, and found a divide between left and right, ABC News reports. "...

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