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Better known for its roast beef, the chain is adding a hamburger to its menu for the first time in its nearly 60-year history. Arby's announced Monday it's adding the "Wagyu Steakhouse Burger," which costs $5.99, as a limited-time offering beginning Monday through July 31. Fast-food chains are constantly competing for customers' dollars and attention, and specialty offerings are a way to attract new customers and maintain existing ones. That's important for Arby's, which has 3,400 U.S. restaurants, according to industry research firm Technomic. That's a substantially smaller footprint compared to other chains, like McDonald's (roughly 14,000 locations). As...

Forget hamburgers and hot dogs—the U.S. Department of Agriculture is pushing people to grill up pineapple slices, peaches, nectarines and other fruit for their big July 4th feast. “Throw some grilled pineapple on the grill & get ready to enjoy nature’s candy,” USDA’s “MyPlate” website tweeted out this week. […] If you must grill meat, USDA is suggesting things like a “low-sodium & tasty recipe for grilled steak with Criolla sauce.” But there’s not much information on how to make a good burger. When a search for the word “hamburger” is run on the MyPlate site, the first three items...

NEW YORK—American consumers can expect bigger grocery bills in 2012, even as commodity prices are forecast to fall. (snip) In a recent report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said grocery-store prices will likely rise 3% to 4% in 2012, on par with this year, even though ingredient costs may fall. The biggest increases would likely be in the first half of next year, but prices would most likely ease later in 2012, said USDA economist Richard Volpe.

Attention Malia and Sasha: The remote is in Mom's hands this Saturday, and she's sending a message to you and the rest of the nation's kids to "Go out and play." At noon EST on Sept. 25, first lady Michelle Obama will tell Nick viewers to "get ready to shut down your computers, put down your cell phones and turn off your TVs." Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. and TeenNick will then go off the air for three hours, according to the Associated Press. The cartoon blackout is part of Nickelodeon's annual Worldwide Day of Play campaign, an annual effort to...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release September 14, 2010 REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY TO THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, D.C. 10:29 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you so much, truly. (Applause.) Everyone, please. Thank you so much. Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning! MRS. OBAMA: Let me tell you, I am as thrilled to be here as you all sound. (Laughter.) I'm really honored. And I'd like to thank the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and CHCI for inviting me to come speak at your policy conference today. I...

President Barack Obama has blown $10 million on drunken White House parties, Washington insiders tell GLOBE. This week's Special Report rips the lid off the Commander-in-chief's outrageous antics, including boozy conga lines and dinners featuring $150-a-pound Japanese beef! It's must reading for every American.

Barbarians Within the Kremlin Gates Yulia Latynina A very long time ago, when Europeans began conquering the world, they encountered a number of strange societies. One was the Aztec Empire, located on the territory of modern Mexico. According to Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, Aztec ruler Montezuma II was so powerful that he “made up to 20,000 human sacrifices per year.” The Europeans encountered another part of that multipolar world on the coastlands of Brazil. This was the Tupi Indian tribe. A traveler named Andrei Teve, who lived among the Tupi people in the mid-16th century, tells of their unpleasant habit...