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Carbs galore: Olive Garden has doubled down on all-you-can-eat bread sticks by offering a new sandwich made with — you guessed it — bread sticks. The sandwich comes with — you guessed it again — unlimited regular bread sticks on the side.

The chain restaurant is aiming for two kinds of customers: Folks who really enjoy bread sticks, and folks who really enjoy irritating Michelle Obama.

Human error: Google disclosed Monday that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 minor traffic accidents — none of which, it says, were the robot drivers’ fault.

Sounds like Google’s robots have mastered the classic teenage boy explanation for car mishaps: “Honest dad! That dog came outta nowhere!”

D’oh! A theme park in Los Angeles on Wednesday will open a new city block-size attraction inspired by Springfield, the town in “The Simpsons”.

The attraction is said to be faithful to the long-running show. But to be 100 percent accurate, it needs to go back in time about 15 years and pretty much stop being funny.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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