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"The anticipation and buzz around this question proves that this debate should be taken to the people. We're no longer asking a few hundred attendees at the town hall presidential debate on Oct. 16 to pose the question, rather we're bringing the question – sausage or pepperoni? – to millions of Americans." - Kurt Kane of Pizza Hut in a statement Monday announcing the end of the marketing bit that promised a free pizza for 30 years to a person who asked President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, “Sausage or pepperoni?” during tomorrow night’s presidential debate. The company received negative backlash on social media sites and were mocked by several pundits, including Stephen Colbert.
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Alvin E. Roth of Harvard University and Lloyd Shapley of UCLA were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday. The duo received the prize based on their work in market design and matching theory.
Hot video: Close call for tour guide teasing crocodile
Video from Costa Rica shows a tour guide playing "chicken" with a giant crocodile when he slipped into knee-high mud.
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Quote of note
"The anticipation and buzz around this question proves that this debate should be taken to the people. We're no longer asking a few hundred attendees at the town hall presidential debate on Oct. 16 to pose the question, rather we're bringing the question – sausage or pepperoni? – to millions of Americans." - Kurt Kane of Pizza Hut in a statement Monday announcing the end of the marketing bit that promised a free pizza for 30 years to a person who asked President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, “Sausage or pepperoni?” during tomorrow night’s presidential debate. The company received negative backlash on social media sites and were mocked by several pundits, including Stephen Colbert.
News to know
Alvin E. Roth of Harvard University and Lloyd Shapley of UCLA were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday. The duo received the prize based on their work in market design and matching theory.
Hot video: Close call for tour guide teasing crocodile
Video from Costa Rica shows a tour guide playing "chicken" with a giant crocodile when he slipped into knee-high mud.
GateHouse News Service
