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A New Jersey chef is accused of cooking up a revenge sandwich for a local cop. Ryan Burke, 26, was busted for slipping "body hair" into a snack prepared for a police officer who had previously arrested him, according to Evesham police. The cook spent four hours in jail on aggravated assault and other charges after his Feb. 21 arrest. But Burke, a seven-year veteran of the kitchen at Good Foods to Go, denied the charges. "That's ridiculous," Burke, of Stratford, told the Courier-Post, a south Jersey newspaper. "I'm not that kind of person." Police tell a different story: The...

South African restaurant customers are complaining that the use of the word tsunami by local eateries leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. The Mugg and Bean chain has been selling its spicy tsunami chicken burger for over a year but will rename it in April, its managers say. Johannesburg's Tsunami Seafood Emporium opened just three weeks before the giant waves devastated parts of Asia. The Japanese sushi bar manager said he could not have predicted the disaster. "A lot of research went into the name," said Claudio Goncalves. 'Traumatised' He said that some people thought the restaurant was trying...