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    Steak Shortage

    New York City faces a crisis: A shortage of good meat.

    Peter Luger, one of the fanciest steak houses in the city, has been forced to - gasp! - introduce a new, more affordable steak, the ribeye, just to have something to serve everyone. Rising ethanol prices have apparently driven up the cost of tasty hot beef.

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