Posted: 26 May 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Hold on to your stomachs -- the Center for Science in the Public Interest has come out with its Xtreme Eating awards, giving dubious honors to restaurant fare that maxes out on fat and calories.

Restaurant Operator Fined RM84,000 For Hiring Foreigners Without Work Passes

Posted: 26 May 2010 06:12 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- A restaurant operator was fined RM84,000 or four months' jail by the magistrate's court here Wednesday for hiring seven foreigners without work passes.

Teen firefighter waives restaurant arson prelim

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:33 AM PDT

A volunteer firefighter will stand trial on charges he burned down the popular northeastern Pennsylvania restaurant where he worked.

Japanese restaurant worker 'dies from overworking'

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:09 AM PDT

The family of a Japanese man who officially "died from overworking" after putting in hundreds of hours of overtime for a restaurant chain have been awarded �600,000 compensation.