A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man complained that an all-you-can-eat buffet overcharged him and an in-law, accusing the restaurant of discriminating them because of their size. Ricky Labit made the accusation against the Manchuria Restaurant located in Houma, at which he had been a regular for eight months. According to him, as he and his wife's cousin were about to eat their meal, a waitress then delivered a bill for $46. 40, which was double the usual charge for the adult buffet price.

A 265-pound man claims that a restaurant he frequents because of its "eat-all-you-can" buffet promo, has banned him from eating again in the eatery because "he and his companion eats too much. " But a spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim. Ricky Labit, a disabled offshore worker, said he had been visiting the Manchuria Restaurant in Houma and eating there at least three times a week. He claims he had been a regular customer of Manchuria for eight months.

A man from Florida has bitten more than what he chewed from a $10 plate of steamed clams he and his wife ordered at a beach bar. He found from the dish a rare purple pearl that is probably worth thousands. George Brock and his wife Leslie turned out to be the lucky diners at Dave's Last Resort & Raw Bar on Friday. The couple from Royal Palm Beach ordered steamed clams containing the gem.

Buckshot, Katie and Obu-Jet used to be stray dogs but with an $800,000 inheritance from their deceased owner, they can now live the high life. The Maryland dogs inherited $400,000 and a house in Hagerstown with roughly the same value when master Ken Kemper died of cancer last year.

A Knoxville Hooters customer who was upset over his bill shot several times into the restaurant, injuring a manager and another customer. Police were still looking for the man. Managers asked the man to leave after he refused to pay the tab because he was upset over the total. He then went outside and started firing shots from a . 40-caliber handgun at the restaurant.