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  1. win-wins
    A New App Gives Drivers Free Coffee If They Don’t Touch Their PhonesUsers in Japan get a coupon if their phone stays facedown and flat for 62 miles.
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Studies
    Fat People More Likely to Die in Car Crashes Than Skinny PeopleAs if diabetes, heart disease, impotence, and gout weren’t enough to worry about.
    By Collin Keefe
  3. Crash
    Caffeine CrashAn update on the Frites N Meats truck, and a car crashes into a Starbucks.
    By Daniel Maurer
  4. Crime Scenes
    Cab Interrupts Dinner at Café HabanaAnd deer run wild through an upstate Wegmans.
    By Daniel Maurer
  5. Crime Scenes
    When Cars Attack Restaurants: A Recent HistoryFive were injured when a cab plowed into the Bean this weekend. It’s not the only time diners have had to run for cover.
    By Daniel Maurer
  6. Studies
    Sweet, Life-giving Booze?A bizarre study indicates that alcohol might just save your life.
    By Daniel Maurer
  7. Bad Things
    China Chalet Van Jumps Curb, Kills Two SchoolchildrenAnother is critically injured.
    By Daniel Maurer
  8. Party Crashing
    Broken GlassA car slammed into an Upper West Side restaurant yesterday.
    By Daniel Maurer
  9. NewsFeed
    Kinder, Gentler Palm Wants Your Gay Business Since 1926, the Palm restaurant chain has been feeding its mostly male clientele big steaks, big lobsters, and the big heads of famous people with those scribbly caricatures on the wall. But with the current steakhouse boom — and more competition — the owners of the Palm are trying to move the restaurant away from being an “old boys’ club.” On August 27, the Palm plans to introduce a multi-pronged marketing strategy to freshen up its image: That means targeting women (via salads with enticing, exotic-sounding names like Tequila Shrimp or Raspberry Lobster Tempura) and a younger set (look for bigger bars and ads on VH1).
  10. The In-box
    BBQ Brethren Speaks! Now here we thought that the Barbecue Brethren were a bunch of byzantine schemers, taking potshots at their enemies and vice versa, while the world looked on in indifference. But it turns out that we were wrong! Eric Devlin, an articulate fellow who happens to belong to that group, set us straight in a missive as notable for its refined tone and polished eloquence as for the fact that it is totally insane. Further proof of the Brethren’s non-omnipotence can be found in the fact that none of their members won last weekend’s Ribfest; the laurels went to Boston’s I Que.
  11. Mediavore
    Whole Foods Plot Still Grimy in Gowanus; Tony Bourdain on Ina GartenWhole Foods has only one more building to demolish to clear out its plot by the Gowanus Canal for its 2008 opening, but there are still no signs of environmental cleanup. [Brownstoner] Related: Has the Benevolent Whole Foods Betrayed Its Health-Obsessed Customers? Anthony Bourdain didn’t waste much time agonizing over the expulsion of Tre from Top Chef before laying into Casey, who slices slower the “Ina Garten on Thorazine.” [Bravo] Related: The Gay Side of ‘Top Chef’ Comes Out Amalia chef Ivy Stark hates chicken. So why is there chorizo-stuffed crispy chicken on Amalia’s menu? [Diner’s Journal/NYT]