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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — This is the year Chris Christie was planning to be more than just New Jersey's governor. Yet it turns out that high-profile investigations into his administration and campaign operation in a political payback case could make advancing his agenda a challenge.

A man's quest to overcome his fear of rejection by making at least one crazy request a day for 100 days was throttled last week when a Krispy Kreme employee accepted his order for five doughnuts linked together in the colors and shape of the Olympic symbol. "It's only my third day and I have already failed," Jia Jiang wrote on his 100 Days of Rejection Therapy blog. "But I did so with such amazement and happiness." When the 31-year-old approached the register to make his "specialized" doughnut order, Jackie Braun, a shift leader at an Austin, Texas, Krispy Kreme,...

BELLEVUE, Wash., Officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said they are using day-old Krispy Kreme doughnuts as bait to lure a bear in Bellevue. Jason Capelli, a game warden with the department, said the 1 1/2-year-old bear, estimated to weigh 70 to 80 pounds, has been spotted digging through garbage and birdfeeders in a Bellevue neighborhood and Krispy Kreme donated day-old doughnuts to use as bait, The Seattle Times reported Friday. "Krispy Kreme doughnuts are standard bear bait," Capelli said adding trappers are also using maple syrup and caramel-molasses mix as bait. Capelli said the bear's "comfort...

EVEN the doughnut-loving Chief Wiggum from The Simpsons would have been appalled. Well, maybe. A Brisbane police officer got into a holey row with Krispy Kreme staff, demanding to be served free doughnuts. Shocked customers looked on as the officer argued with staff for several minutes in a bid to get his freebies, before finally storming off - empty handed and non-cinnamon-fingered.

SEC investigators probe Krispy Kreme's books Daily Herald Reports Posted 7/30/2004 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. said Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how the company accounted for the repurchase of franchises and earnings forecasts. Shares of the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company fell 16 percent. Chief Executive Scott Livengood, 51, has been buying stores back from franchisees, with some investors and analysts questioning the prices. Krispy Kreme, which had its first loss as a public company in last quarter, cut its annual profit forecast in May, triggering a 30 percent share drop. "It's just one more blow to their credibility,"...