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Born in Germany, brought to America with the German immigrants, the bratwurst is more than just a sausage. In Wisconsin, they are never actually called bratwurst, although they certainly understand you if you call them that. In Wisconsin, they are just “brats” and they are everywhere in the badger state

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Des Moines police said woman living on the 1400 block of East 9th Street was assaulted with a bratwurst Monday night after refusing to fight with a homeless woman.

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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst. The woman known as The Black Widow on the competitive-eating circuit downed 35 brats in 10 minutes to win the first Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship. She edged out her nearest competitor by half a brat to win. "I don't know where she puts it," spectator Sue Van De Kreeke said. "I got sick watching her." The previous bratwurst-eating record was 19 1/2 brats in 10 minutes. Thomas, a Burger King manager from Alexandria, Va.,...

No matter how you cut it up, eating people is simply wrong - By Barbara Amiel (Filed: 08/12/2003) Not a few modern cannibals in the West have been German and it would be tempting to say, after reading the testimony of self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes, now on trial in Kassel, that eating people is a peculiarly German thing to do. But there have been some American and British cannibals, with the odd Russian as well. What may be an EU speciality is that apparently cannibalism is not a crime - though using wooden chopping boards may be. Somehow, one would...

KERRY PIGSKIN FAUX PAS RANKLES PACKER BACKERS Spring Green, WI - In verbal miscue reminiscent of earlier gaffes when he touted the Ohio State Buckeyes at a Michigan rally and mistakenly referred to Green Bay's "Lambert Field," John Kerry lauded Iraqi militants before a crowd of Green Bay Packer supporters here Sunday. "Hey, and how about those Fallujah Freedom Fighters?" Kerry enthused. "I know it's only September, but boy, they are really playing with the heart of a champion." Sensing an uncomfortable buzz in the audience, Kerry quickly righted himself. "Of course, they haven't had to play Breath Fever and...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Not even German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's famed fondness for grilled sausages could stop officials from banishing bratwurst at the Brandenburg gate. The license for the only bratwurst stand at the gate, which marks the old border between East and West Germany, expired on Thursday and will not be renewed despite widespread protests. "They say my bratwurst stand isn't appropriate for the square's historic surroundings," said Curt Boesenberg who has sold his sausages from a stand in front of the gate for years. "That's ridiculous. Sausages have a long tradition in Berlin." Expensive restaurants have opened in the...