They’re as American as apple pie – you’ll find them at virtually every cook-out in the land and every sporting event. But now a medical group in Washington D.C. is taking aim at the gold old hot dog. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has just unveiled a billboard in Indianapolis with a picture of hot dogs in a cigarette pack. The message reads: ‘Warning: Hot dogs can wreck your health.’ The group is trying to create awareness of a link between hot dogs and colorectal cancer. The 2007 study they cite by the World Cancer Research Fund found that one 50 gram serving of processed meat a day, about the same amount in one hot dog, increases the risk of colorectal cancer by about 21 per cent. Hot dogs should come with a ‘warning label that helps consumers understand the health risk,’ Susan Levin, the committee’s nutrition education director told USA Today, similar to warning labels on cigarettes. Not all health experts agree, naturally. ‘It is not necessary to eliminate consumption of red or processed meat; rather the message is that these foods should not be the mainstay of your diet,’ states the guidelines of the American Cancer Society. Mail Online

Mayor Mary Lee Cook of Oak Hill, Florida, claims that the marijuana plants narcotics agents found growing near a fence in her yard were placed there by someone looking to damage her reputation. Two weeks ago, narcotics agents from the sheriff’s department asked to search the mayor’s home, having been informed that she was growing marijuana.  The 84-year-old mayor says that the agents found and seized a few ‘scrawny’ marijuana plants in individual containers. The sheriff’s office report notes that 10 marijuana plants in total were discovered. A spokesman from the sheriff’s department says that Mayor Cook has not been charged and that investigators do not believe she was aware of the drugs on her property.

Authorities are investigating how to Carnival cruise ships ended up colliding at a Key West port Tuesday. The Carnival ship, Fantasy, was attempting to dock when it went stern to stern with the Carnival cruise ship, Imagination. No one was injured and the crash only caused cosmetic damage to the ships. Authorities also said no pollution or spill was caused by the watery fender bender. Investigators drug tested crew members, as is the standard procedure, and will continue to look into the accident. NBC Miami

The controversial former local news anchor with a flair for the overdramatic that landed him on CNN is reportedly lending his voice to Florida International University football games this fall. FIU’s athletic department confirmed Sanchez will be in the radio booth during games this season, but did not release how much he will be paid or for how long he will call games. Sanchez was fired by CNN in October after some controversial comments he made about The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and his employer. But FIU hasn’t let controversy stop it from hiring a big name with equally large baggage in the name of ratings. Now Sanchez is back in the pond he started at, swimming with the likes of other former big fish like Isiah Thomas. NBC Miami

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Jesse James and Kat Von D ended their engagement on Monday, and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned the details of their blowout fight and the other woman that led to their breakup. According to an eyewitness, Jesse and Kat had a verbal argument outside of her Los Angeles, Calif. home Monday afternoon about another woman before Kat finally told him to leave. “They were outside and I could hear them fighting. Kat kept throwing some woman’s name out and arguing about how she didn’t like him living so far away,” the source exclusively told RadarOnline.com. “Jesse finally said, ‘Fine, f**k you!’ and sped away on his motorcycle. Kat sat in her Bentley with her head on the steering wheel for about three minutes before finally driving away.” Kat announced her split from Jesse on her Twitter account saying, “I am no longer w Jesse, and out of respect for him, his family and myself, thats all the info I’d like to share. Thanks for respecting that.” RadarOnline

A former hospital worker is facing jail after embezzling $1.5m from his employer by ordering, stealing and reselling printer toner. Marque Gumbs ordered the office supplies while working at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, but sold the toner on to help fund his luxury lifestyle. The receiving clerk would order unneeded printer toner on the hospital’s bill before meeting the supplier on the street, reselling the product and pocketing the cash. While carrying out the scheme, Gumbs, 33, bought a 2011 BMW, a diamond-encrusted Rolex watch and Vuitton bags. He also lived in a luxury £2,250-a-month condo in New York’s Trump Tower while carrying out the elaborate three-year scam and regularly took holidays to Las Vegas and the Caribbean. Prosecutors said Gumbs ordered over $1.5m of printer toner between September 2007 and August 2010 while employed as a low-level receiving clerk. He carried out the scam while earning just $37,800-a-year at the hospital, and would often order toner cartridges which didn’t even work on the hospital campus machines. Gumbs faces up to seven-and-a-half years jail after admitting grand larceny yesterday at Manhattan Supreme Court. Mail Online

As far as Halloween costumes go, this is certainly a topical one. An extraordinarily lifelike mask of Casey Anthony’s face has gone on sale on eBay, sparking a furious bidding war.  Disturbingly, almost 80 people have already bid for the item, which looks remarkably like the young mother from Florida who was earlier this month dramatically acquitted of charges that she murdered her two-year-old daughter Caylee. At the time of writing, 77 bidders have tried to purchase the latex mask and the highest bid is $1,825. Daily Mail

Justin Bieber and his father pose topless, showing off their matching tattoos. A newly-released photo shows the father and son in Israel earlier this year where they had the etching done together. The pair had the word ‘Yeshua,’ which means Joshua in Hebrew, etched onto the left side of their torsos. Bieber first showed off the etching when he went on a Hawaii break with girlfriend Selena Gomez in May. It came as Justin’s second tat, with the teen seemingly sharing his father’s love of the ink. The Baby singer also has an etching of seagull on his left hip, which he had done to celebrate turning 16.