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(CNN) -- A motorcade carrying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Philippines was pelted with eggs and other objects Wednesday, the State Department confirmed The incident occurred at 2:45 p.m. in Manila, when the motorcade was traveling from the presidential palace to another location, deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters "The secretary's motorcade ran into a crowd of approximately 40 to 50 people, protesters," Toner said. "They threw objects at the lead vehicle -- I believe it was eggs and paintballs, they maybe threw rock -- and the motorcade pulled out of that area He also said...

You know those guys on the Food Network? The ones who get all puffed up about eating live baby octopus or sautéed crickets? Well, they've got nothing on the crowd, 35 strong, who recently dared to dine at Bardo Edibles + Elixirs in Norfolk. The reservation book was filled for Bardo's Bizarre Foods Dinner, a mid-March event that had a waiting list. Edward Storey, the restaurant's new executive chef, had searched the planet (via the Internet) for edible oddities and spent the day skewering, simmering and slicing the bugs, scorpions and sexual organs of cows. "This is going to be...