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Man falls ill eating Heart Attack Grill burger

Menu offerings and warnings are posted in the

Photo credit: AP | Menu offerings and warnings are posted in the window of the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. (Feb. 15, 2012)

Laughing tourists were either cynical or confused about whether a man was really suffering a medical episode amid the "doctor," ''nurses" and health warnings at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, a restaurant owner said Wednesday.

"It was no joke," said Jon Basso, who promotes himself "Doctor Jon," his scantily-clad waitresses as nurses and customers as patients.

Basso said he could...

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