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Gun in Texas Shootout, Colorado Slaying a Match

Evan Ebel had the weapon used to kill prison chief Tom Clements

(Newser) - Nearly a week after Tom Clements, chief of Colorado's prisons, was fatally shot at his front door , investigators have matched the gun in his slaying to one used by prime suspect Evan Ebel in a shootout with Texas authorities. It's a small part of the puzzle as investigators...

Fast Food Far Saltier in the US
 Fast Food 
 Far Saltier 
 in the US 
study says
Apr 22, 2012 4:54 PM CDT

Fast Food Far Saltier in the US

Same products contain less salt in Europe, Australia

(Newser) - If you're craving some Chicken McNuggets, you're better off getting them in Europe than on this side of the pond. With 1.6 grams of salt per 100 grams of nugget, the American version is packed with more than twice the salt of British McNuggets, which contain 0....

Domino's Managers Torch Papa John's: Cops

The pair allegedly built an ignition device but didn't use it

(Newser) - Talk about taking your job a little too seriously. A pair of Domino's Pizza managers in Lake City, Florida, have been charged with burning down a rival Papa John's Pizza franchise, the Ocala Star-Banner reports. Police arrested one manager, Sean Everett Davidson, 23, on Thursday, and say he...

Domino's Says It Plans Store on the Moon

... though opening date is a little fuzzy

(Newser) - It’s tough to get a decent pizza in space—so tough that astronauts at the International Space Station once received a delivery from an earthbound Pizza Hut. Now, Domino’s Japanese operation is going a step further in the publicity wars: The chain swears it plans to open a...

The 5 Creepiest Ad Mascots of All Time

In honor of BK's King, Time breaks down the weirdest product hawkers

(Newser) - Now that Burger King’s weird plastic-faced “King” mascot is done terrorizing us , Time decided to break down the creepiest product mascots of all time. You can check out some of their greatest hits in the video gallery below.

Domino's Driver Saves Regular Customer

Was worried when elderly woman didn't order for 3 days

(Newser) - When 82-year-old Jean Wilson fell at home and couldn’t get up, just one person came to her aid: her pizza delivery driver. Wilson has ordered a large pepperoni pizza every single day for the past three years, and Domino’s employee Susan Guy often delivers it. Guy realized something...

Domino's Posts Job Offer: $31K for Hour of Work

Pizza chain offers world's most lucrative part-time job

(Newser) - Domino's is staging a publicity stunt guaranteed to attract attention in strapped times—its Japanese branch will hire an employee to work for a single hour in December. The pay? Just over $31,000. More details will be out later this month, but "basically it's anybody over 18, no...

Jon Stewart Pummels Pope
 Jon Stewart Pummels Pope 
Apr 8, 2010 6:09 AM CDT

Jon Stewart Pummels Pope

Host says Domino's Pizza more contrite than Church

(Newser) - Maureen Dowd has been nipping at Pope Benedict's heels, but you know you're in trouble when Jon Stewart takes aim at you. On last night's Daily Show , Stewart blasted the pontiff's defiance over his handling of sex abuse cases. "If any other organization had done anything close to...

America's Unhealthiest Fast Food

Here's a preview of your post-health care reform sticker shock

(Newser) - Thanks to a fun little side clause in the health care reform bill, fast food restaurants are going to have to start posting nutrition information on their menus. The Daily Beast decided to offer a preview of the 40 most shock-inducing items:
  1. Wendy’s Triple Baconator: In a class by
...

Domino's Ad Compares Own Pizza to Cardboard

 Domino's Ad 
 Compares 
 Own Pizza 
 to Cardboard 
BECAUSE IT'S NEW! AND IMPROVED!
Jan 12, 2010 10:27 AM CST

Domino's Ad Compares Own Pizza to Cardboard

Shock-loving marketers convince pizza chain to dis old pies

(Newser) - Have you seen the new Domino’s ad? In what must be an unprecedented advertising move, Domino’s doesn’t just admit that its pizza is lacking, it rakes it over the coals, airing customer complaints comparing the crust to cardboard and the sauce to ketchup. Of course, the goal...

GOP Should Copy Domino's, Admit It Screwed Up
GOP Should Copy Domino's, Admit It Screwed Up
JONAH GOLDBERG
Jan 8, 2010 11:37 AM CST

GOP Should Copy Domino's, Admit It Screwed Up

Republicans can rise again if party acknowledges, 'We blew it'

(Newser) - The GOP need not abandon its core principles to become ascendant again—but it has to 'fess up to its failure to deliver what it preaches. The party could take a lesson from Domino’s Pizza, which in a new campaign basically says: "We blew it." The analogy...

Tough Times Push Chains to Try New Fare

McDonald's classy coffee, grilled KFC widen menus

(Newser) - Desperate times are driving chain restaurants to desperate measures—straying from their bread-and-butter dishes and diversifying the menu. KFC now sells grilled chicken, Domino’s offers subs, and McDonald’s dips into the world of espresso coffee, USA Today reports. “This is a defining moment for the industry,"...

Pizzeria in Town Built by Domino's Chief Not Domino's

(Newser) - The first pizza shop in Domino’s founder Thomas Monaghan’s Catholic university town of Ave Maria, Fla., will not be a Domino’s, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. Domino’s says the town is covered by another franchise’s delivery radius, and Ave Maria will get a Milano’s...

America's 10 Most Noxious Eats
 America's 10 Most Noxious Eats 
May 18, 2009 1:50 PM CDT

America's 10 Most Noxious Eats

(Newser) - From fries drenched in salad dressing to cheeseburgers mashed between glazed donuts, Americans are not known for always possessing the most refined palettes. Minyanville takes a look at some of the worst offenders.
  • The KFC Famous Bowl, described as tasting like “your nephew’s half-eaten dinner plate”, mixes fried
...

Snot Pizza Isn't a Felony: Keillor

(Newser) - One minimum-wage worker farts on a salami sandwich, and suddenly the president of Domino's is issuing a public apology? “This is the world turned upside down,” writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. In the actual world, the salami fart is nothing. “The night manager just says,...

Domino's Workers Fired for Gross-Out Video

Employees filmed doing worse than anything than the Noid ever dreamt up

(Newser) - Domino's Pizza is struggling to contain the damage after a video of disgusting antics in one of its kitchens surfaced on YouTube, Advertising Age reports. A male employee is filmed wiping his bare butt with a sponge he then uses to wipe a pizza pan, farting on pepperoni, and stuffing...

TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu
 TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu 
Nov 18, 2008 9:46 AM CST

TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu

Users can order Domino's pizza from their TVs

(Newser) - Hungry? Don't get up from the couch. TiVo customers can now order Domino's pizza right on their TVs, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a promotion that pops up when a customer forwards through a Domino's commercial. The promotion has two goals: Beefing up the pizza chain's bottom line—shares...

Negative Ads Spread to Drive-Thru, Food Aisle

Tough economy forces brands to take pot shots at competitors

(Newser) - Perhaps inspired by politicians, marketers are stepping up the attacks in campaigns for consumers’ food dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports; complaints of misleading comparison ads are up 50% since last year. Hard times means marketers have to try harder to give consumers “a reason to buy you,”...

Domino's Founder Grows His Catholic-Friendly Town

After a year, Florida's Ave Maria boasts close to 1K residents

(Newser) - Almost a year after opening, Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s made-to-order Catholic town is growing. Although the 1,000 residents of Ave Maria, Fla., are not exclusively Catholic, the town wears it identity on its sleeve: The only coffee shop plays Mass on TV 24/7, and the bookstores prominently...

Pizza Mogul Orders Town, University
Pizza Mogul Orders Town, University
Jul 19, 2007 11:19 AM CDT

Pizza Mogul Orders Town, University

Domino's founder courts controversy with new Florida development

(Newser) - Ten years in the making, Ave Maria University and the eponymous town built around it by Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan will open Saturday. Monaghan is a devout Catholic, and the university—and to some extent the town—will reflect that. Intended as what Monaghan calls a "fresh, faithful...

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