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Cheesus Christ! It was only a matter of time before Jesus manifested himself in fromage form, so it barely comes as a surprise to see a heavenly face peering down from a grilled cheese sandwich.
Linda Lowe, from South Carolina, says the image of the man hailed by many as the son of God appeared on [...]

The Dominos Pizza chain says two people are facing criminal charges afer kitchen workers filmed unsavoury acts involving cheese and posted it on the Internet.
Kristy Lynn Hammonds and Michael Anthony Setzer have been charged with distributing prohibited foods after footage of what appears to be Setzer shoving cheese up his nostril appeared on YouTube.

Health officials in the United States are hunting for an illegal cheese manufacturer whose backstreet dairy sales are believed to be the source of a string of illnesses.
Unscrupulous cheese vendors have been offloading their tainted produce in parking lots outside stores and churches in the Winnebago area of Illinois, west of Chicago, local authorities say. [...]

A man has been arrested for slicing his fiancee’s finger because she didn’t place the cheese on his meatball sandwich correctly, according to reports.
Police in the U.S. city of Philadelphia said Lyndel Toppin’s girlfriend needed 23 stitches after he attacked the 44-year-old woman with a knife, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.

Pop star backstage demands have a reputation for the unusual, whether it’s vats of booze, bowls of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed, or dwarves and monkeys.
Now chart-topping singer Lady GaGa has joined their ranks with a strange request for cheese.

Pressure is growing on U.S. President Barack Obama from Americans at home and abroad to scrap a planned 300 percent duty hike on Roquefort cheese that many say is embarrassing for their country’s image.
The duty, raised by Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush as part of a raft of taxes in retaliation to a European Union [...]

An American woman claims to have found an image of beatified Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa in a slice of cheese, claiming the discovery miraculously helped cure her sore throat.
Monica Sliva, of Turlock, California, says she saw the celebrated religious figure’s likeness in a slice of cheddar after falling ill and seeking solace in her [...]

Israel is lifting restrictions on cheese entering Gaza, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says, announcing an end to one of the more bizarre blockades on the Palestinian enclave.
U.S. President Barack Obama had protested the embargo on cheese and other foodstuffs, including pasta, certain types of noodles and fruit preserves, to 1.5 million conflict-hit Palestinians.

The wife of Bernard Madoff, the New York financier who swindled more than $650 billion out of unsuspecting investors, braved the wrath of the public this week by breaking cover to buy cheese.
As Madoff sat in jail awaiting a possible 150-year sentence after pleading guilty to fraud, Ruth Madoff decided to visit a local grocery [...]

A Parmesan from Wisconsin has beaten off more than 1,300 rivals to take the title of America’s Best at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.
SarVecchio Parmesan, described as having a mellow caramel flavour with a crunchy crystal texture, was crowned the winner at the biennial cheese-off in Green Bay, Wisconsin.