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Scott Van Duzer

President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bear-hugger may hit campaign trail

Matt Sedensky, Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The hulking pizzeria owner whose presidential bear hug has thrust him into fame says he's ready to hit the campaign trail if he's asked...
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In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden visits with patrons over lunch at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Bear hugs, biker babe: Campaign 2012 gets physical

Nancy Benac, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama goes airborne in a doozy of a bear hug with a pizza guy in Florida. Joe Biden cozies up with a biker chick in Ohio...
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President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama bear-hugger's pizza shop facing boycott

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Scott Van Duzer, the Florida pizza shop owner made famous for the bear hug he gave President Obama on Sunday, says that people are boycotting his pizza shop because of the affection he showed for Obama...
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President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Florida man 'bench presses' Obama

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - If President Barack Obama was looking for a lift in Florida, he got one from Scott Van Duzer...
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