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Well-Dressed Brawlers Convicted of Manslaughter; Pizza Proprietor Unleashes Vermin on Rival Pizzerias

• Three men were convicted yesterday of involuntary manslaughter for the death of a Hyde Park man during a post-funeral brawl outside Club 33 in 2009. The attackers sported black tuxedos with red vests during the rumble. [Universal Hub]

• Well, this is disgusting: A Pennsylvania pizza shop owner is accused of “food terrorism by mice” after he allegedly released the vermin into two competing pie parlors. [NYDN]

• As if there weren’t enough bad news about global food security these days, there’s now a rapidly spreading “wheat rust” disease affecting crops in eastern and southern Africa. [ABC News AU]

• Frommer’s just released its list of the top ten airport restaurants, including Deep Blue Sushi at New York’s JFK and Legal Sea Foods at Boston’s Logan International. We don’t know of anyone choosing their flights based on airport food, but it could happen. [USAT]

• Yo, yo, everyone’s bidding for a 50 percent stake in Yoplait, including General Mills and Nestle. [RTT News]

Well-Dressed Brawlers Convicted of Manslaughter; Pizza Proprietor Unleashes