He said he ordered a Philly cheese steak the way he always does.

“American cheese, onions and ketchup,” said Martinez.

Martinez picked the wrong night to advance his pro-Ketchup agenda

Lawrence Ordone was working behind the counter.

“He wants ketchup on the Philly cheese steak and I have never put — we don’t even have ketchup at Subway — I’ve never put ketchup on anybody’s sandwich,” said Ordone.

Martinez said he didn’t want the sandwich without the ketchup and that a man next to him in line offered to buy the sandwich.

Ordone said that Martinez mouthed off at the man.

Martinez denied saying anything, but neither he or Ordone disputed what they said happened next.

“That’s when I flew off the handle,” said Ordone.

“He shoved a chair to the side, like knocked it down to come at me, and I said, ‘This is going to be serious,’” said Martinez.

“I said, ‘Let’s go, fight me like a man,’” said Ordone.

“I was scared. Next thing, I’m thinking a gun’s going to come out,” said Martinez.

Ordone said he blocked the customer so he couldn’t get out.

“He threatened to kill me in front of my wife,” said Martinez.

Martinez called 911, but by the time police got there the Subway worker had already left.

Ordone said he was fired from his job Wednesday, and that he is baffled the confrontation started over something as simple as ketchup.

“There’s ketchup three aisles down. You can go buy your own ketchup, and I promise to God, you can put as much as you want on it and nobody’s going to say nothing,” said Ordone.

And thus ends another indecisive battle in the Ketchup Wars.

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The dancer is in critical condition in a local hospital. There is no word on whether her air bags deployed during the incident.

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Questions aplenty. Who dresses up as a skunk for Halloween? Hasn’t this girl ever heard of princesses, or witches? Who shoots at skunks at a Halloween party? I mean, really, how foolish do you have to be?

One thing ‘re pretty confident about- these two will not be spending Halloween together again, anytime soon.

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Despite this very limited rollout, by late April, the site had 70,000 registered users, was signing up over 10,000 per week and was serving 3 million page views per day. These numbers, while impressive, would soon be dwarfed when the company decided to pivot and move away from serving just the college niche.

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Mitchell was arrested and charged with public drunkenness. The university reports:

“No animals were harmed during the incident, but the university takes the allegations very seriously. GHSU does not condone behavior that conflicts with the research, education and clinical missions of the university and employees are expected to conduct themselves, at all times, with integrity and respect.”

We are told the monkeys were not harmed and they were checked by a veterinarian, who reported the monkeys are fine.

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King himself has some interesting medical theories. Namely, that “he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.” He would, however, “be open to discussion about that subject matter.”

It’s truly disturbing that we have elected officials, from both parties, who are so incapable of critical thought. It has been encouraging to see the widespread condemnation of Akin’s remarks, but we still would like to see a strong and definitive statement from Romney and Ryan making clear that such discourse is unacceptable and calling on Akin to quit. Barry Goldwater said “Extermism in the defense of Liberty is no vice,” but surely idiocy in the pursuit of political power is no virtue.

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smartphone, and have the receipt emailed to them.  Drivers sign up with the service, are vetted, and through a smartphone app, use GPS to track the cost of the trip.  Enter the great city of Cambridge.  Ever eager to protect the entrenched interests of local taxi drivers from the encroachment of the independent contractors Uber uses, they conducted a clever sting, by ordering a car from Uber, fining the driver, and confiscating his phone. Ultimately, the state’s Department of Standards cited the company for using GPS to track the cost of the trip.  Apparently, the law doesn’t mention the technology, the federal government doesn’t “certify” it, so it’s not acceptable.  This, despite its widespread use and easily verifiable results.

Cambridge has long had a strange tension between the promotion of cutting edge technological development and strange protectionist politics. If the law doesn’t allow for a service like Uber, well, then, it’s time Cambridge and Massachusetts stopped retarding innovation and changed their laws.

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When a loved one passes, you want to remember them as they were. Often, it’s helpful to hold on to a physical memento which is associated with their life and what was important to them.

Was your relative a partisan hack? Did he watch MSNBC exclusively? Are you Chris Matthews? Then you might be in the market for a President Obama cremation urn for your loved one!

Cremation Solutions, of Arlington, Vermont, is now offering custom-made funeral urns. With just a picture or two, they will be happy to create a personalized final resting place for your dearly beloved, newly deceased relative. President Obama, Snooki, Octomom, Predator, it doesn’t matter! If you have a picture, Cremation Solutions can create an urn for you.

DISCLAIMER: A President Obama funeral urn should in no way be interpreted as a call for the assassination of President Obama, or any other public figure. Even Snooki.

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panel television, but an assault rifle. Horvitz called police who took the weapon, which cannot be legally possessed in Washington DC.  He is unable to return it as well, as it cannot legally be transported.

There is no word yet from Amazon or the seller on what went wrong that caused an assault rifle bound for a Pennsylvania gun shop to end up delivered to the hallway of a Washington DC man awaiting a new TV.  Perhaps they were just giving him a way out from his disappointment upon discovering that even with 500 channels there was still nothing to watch on his new TV. Or perhaps they confused remote control with gun control.

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