There seems little point ordering chart-toppers that I can get in the city today, but I can pick and choose from the back catalogue much more easily than at a brick-and-mortar store.

CNN: WINDOWS SHOPPING

At a downtown Chicago McDonald's that doesn't yet have the screens to display order numbers, but is starting to implement dual-point ordering by calling out the number on the receipts, service was fast and friendly on a recent day.

WSJ: McDonald's Tackles Repair of 'Broken' Service

Under a new "dual point" ordering system that is being rolled out nationwide, the customer places an order at one end of the counter and is given a receipt with a number.

WSJ: McDonald's Tackles Repair of 'Broken' Service

In the week since President Barack Obama outlined his new approach in a speech at West Point, Republicans and some conservative Democrats have criticized the White House for ordering 30, 000 new U.S. troops to Afghanistan, rather than the full 40, 000 first sought by Gen.

WSJ: McChrystal Expects Effects of Surge Within a Year

At that point we will have -- (cell phone rings.) Is somebody ordering a pizza?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing