Crime on Wales’ railways has fallen by a quarter over the past year, figures from British Transport Police show.

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Click to watch video Bill Wisth stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, weighs in at 350 pounds, and darn it, he'd like some more fried fish. WTMJ reports that his usual supply line was recently cut off when the managers of Chuck's Place restaurant in Thiensville, Wisconsin felt he'd enjoyed enough of their advertised all-you-can-eat Friday night fish fry after he availed himself of twelve pieces. Staffers, who had issues with Wisth throughout the years, informed their still-hungry customer that they were running short on the special and sent him on his way. The additional eight pieces with which they dispatched him were not enough to drown out his cries of false advertising. Wisth phoned the police and showed up two days later with a protest sign protesting the restaurant's policies. He sees it as a case of a small fry against the big guy and plans to picket the restaurant every Sunday until they reconsider their policy. The restaurant, however, appears unwilling to work with Wisht – at least until he pays off the tab he's accrued over the past few years. If this sounds like a familiar scenario, it's because The Simpsons already did it. In the show's 1992 episode “New Kid on the Block,” Homer Simpson sued fictional seafood restaurant The Frying Dutchman after being ejected from the all-you-can-eat restaurant for consuming “All our shrimp! And two plastic lobsters!” The restaurant eventually offered a settlement to which Homer agreed – eating at a window table while the restaurant owner barks to lookers-on, “Come for the freak; stay for the food.” But is it actually freakish to expect a restaurant to make good on their claim? Hungry diners descend upon no-limit establishments devoid of sticker-shock anticipation and ready to fill their bellies. While strategies vary wildly – some skip the lower-margin starches like bread and potatoes and stick solely to the pricier (for the restaurant) proteins, others enjoy the opportunity to pick at this and that and still others take “all-you-can-eat” as a personal challenge – the end goal is the same: satisfaction for their hard-earned cash. So we're asking for your take. In the comments below, weigh in on the topics: are “all-you-can-eat” specials and buffets a smart, wallet-sensible choice or just an excuse for gluttony, and what's your strategy for dealing with the endless stream of food? Stop when you're full or just one more little mint? It's wafer thin… Take Our Poll

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Is ‘all-you-can-eat’ an opportunity or a challenge?

Chef Jamie Oliver will be sitting down with CNN soon, and you can take part in the interview. Oliver is best known for his activism on improving the health of people around the world through better food buying choices and cooking know-how. He has hosted many TV series over the past 14 years, from “The Naked Chef” to “Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution,” and is the author of cookbooks including “Jamie at Home,” “Jamie's Ministry of Food” and “Jamie's 30 Minute Meals”. Would you like to ask him a question? If so, upload it to iReport on video (please keep all questions under 15 seconds long). Post your video by Friday, May 18 at noon ET, and you could see his response on CNN.com! IMPORTANT: If you are under 18, please provide contact information for a parent or guardian, otherwise we cannot ask your question. Click to watch video

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Over the past decade, major airlines have figured out how to use the bankruptcy code to accomplish what they have never been able to at the bargaining table: reduce wages and benefits to “market” levels. Read full article > >

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Two can play the airline bankruptcy game

The number of mixed-race babies has soared over the past decade, new census data show, a result of more interracial couples and a cultural shift in how many parents identify their children in a multiracial society. Read full article > >

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Number of biracial babies soars over past decade

North Wales Police are the only Welsh force to see an overall rise in crime over the past year with burglaries up 22%.

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Crime up in north, down elsewhere

Local authority pension schemes are still a “ticking time bomb”, the Taxpayers’ Alliance warns, despite their financial health improving over the past year.

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New warning over council pensions

With her hip-shaking moves, easy-to-follow cues and brightly colored wardrobe, Catalina Mejia has made a splash over the past year as a Zumba instructor at Studio X in Gaithersburg. But when her students request private dance lessons, she tells them that they’ll have to work around her school schedule. Read full article > >

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The world’s youngest Zumba instructor

Tax and benefit changes announced by Chancellor George Osborne over the past 18 months are set to come into force on Friday, affecting millions of people.

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Tax changes set to take effect

When we’re mature, responsible and hard-working all week, we need something to help release our frustrations. Civilization and discontent, they go hand in hand, right? We want to sack the quarterback, then do a savage dance. I’m not talking about a bunch of nuts. I mean my father, my son and I over the past 75 years, one generation after another rooting for the NFL. Read full article > >

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Remember when fifth-seeded Florida – led by future beloved Washington Wizard Mike Miller – rallied to beat 12th-seeded Butler in the opening round of the 2000 NCAA tournament? Well, I do. I was selling cheese for Whole Foods back then, but – having won small sums of money in four March Madness pools over the past five years – I had also convinced myself that I was a college basketball savant, destined for Feinstein-like sportswriting greatness. The year before, I had correctly picked three of the Final Four teams (including fourth-seeded Ohio State), and even considered writing a letter – like, with pen and paper – to Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, explaining my incredible prowess and demanding a job at The Post. Read full article > >

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NCAA tournament 2012: Driven crazy by March Madness, this year I’m sitting it out

The election of the once and future president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin , tempts one to despair that the brief and inspiring political awakening in Russia over the past year was for naught. He has gotten his way — replacing his protege Dmitry Medvedev and reclaiming the Kremlin to solidify authoritarianism and political stagnation. Read full article > >

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The promise of Russia’s urban middle class

The number of full-time undergraduate degree courses offered at UK universities has fallen by 27% over the past six years, data shows.

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Degree courses ‘cut by a quarter’

HIGHER EDUCATION IS both crucial to America’s economic competitiveness and hard for many students and their families to afford. Annual tuition and fees rose $1,800 over the past five years at public four-year institutions and $3,730 at private schools, according to the College Board. Net tuition, after factoring in financial aid, held steady over that period, but that shows only that rising costs ate up most of the additional federal, state and private scholarships. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Encouraging a degree of saving in higher ed

Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff, is leaving the Army in much the same manner that he served in it over the past decade: as an iconoclast. The general, who retires Tuesday, used a final interview with The Washington Post to argue that the law banning women from combat jobs in the military was an unnecessary anachronism — and that women are already effectively serving in combat roles. Read full article > >

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Army’s vice chief of staff, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, gives closing words of advocacy