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Cue the Papa John vanishing act. Papa John’s, the embattled 5,212-unit pizza chain, has sent precise instructions to its store owners on how to remove every last image and signature of founder John Schnatter from its locations. Store owners should remove Schnatter’s signature from the wooden paddles used to take pizzas out of the oven — and replace it with images of vegetables or cheese...

New Bolivian President Carlos Mesa: a Best-Selling Author and Journalist By Alvaro Zuazo Associated Press Writer Published: Oct 18, 2003 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) - As one of Bolivia's top journalists, Carlos Mesa wrote a best-selling book about the many presidents in this country's often tumultuous history. Now his story will have to inside any new printing of "Entre urnas y fusiles" (Between the Ballot Box and the Rifle). Mesa was sworn in as president late Friday after the resignation of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Mesa, a political independent who had some leftist leanings in his youth, has served...