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Don't expect me to sniff around for angles to the video showing a dozen or so rats having their way at a NY KFC/Taco Bell, but... It just so happens that both chains are owned by Yum Brands Inc., which hasn't exactly been forthcoming in the recent E. coli outbreak at Taco Bell stores in NY, NJ, Pennsylvania and Delaware (Taco Bell is based in Irvine). Yum said a 5 percent drop in quarterly sales was the result of "adverse publicity related to a produce-sourcing issue." So what do they call this? An "environmental intrusion issue"?

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6:50 PM Thu | Largest crowd for a Walk of Fame star ceremony that many could remember, outside the Capitol Records tower on Thursday. Photo by Gary Leonard.