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Wiener Wars

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CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's two largest hot dog makers took their legal beefs on Monday to federal court, where a judge will determine whether Oscar Mayer or Ball Park franks broke false-advertising laws in their efforts to become top dog.

The long-ranging wiener war pits Chicago-area companies Sara Lee Corp., which makes Ball Park franks, against Kraft Foods Inc., which makes Oscar Mayer. The case could clarify how far companies nationwide can go when boasting that their product is better than a competitor's.

"So, let the wiener wars begin," Judge Morton Denlow said as he opened the trial Monday morning, inviting lawyers to begin delivering their opening remarks.

Frankly, I don't give a darn. But do you have a favorite brand of wiener?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.